Example sentences of "to be the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pressure comes most obviously in terms of the recently imposed completion rates for postgraduate research , but there also seems to be a more general irritation in policy circles with what seems to be the leisurely pace of higher education , a pace which some would link with the original meaning of the word scholar . |
| 2 | As has been shown above , blood was perceived to be the life-giving force of the universe — an obvious conclusion on empirical grounds , but one which was elevated from the pragmatic to the sacred in Hebrew thought by the belief that in humans it was also the seat of the soul , hence the choice of terminology noted at the outset of this essay for murder and death in the Old Testament . |
| 3 | A companion analysis of findings from samples of eligible women in Colombia also revealed prolapse to be the gynaecological malady most closely associated with parity . |
| 4 | JB-4 ( Polysciences ) , a water-soluble resin , has been found to be the optimal embedding medium . |
| 5 | This seems to be the optimal solution for the male . |
| 6 | With either type , you may find a 50mm socket , into which a suitably-sized boss connector or adaptor is welded to take a solvent-welded or push-fit pipe , or a push-fit or compression fitting which takes a branch pipe directly so needs to be the correct size . |
| 7 | The King was in no position to make such a decision and , in any case , Baldwin had already decided to meet Parliament when he met the King on 10 December , and so the King did not even have to persuade him to adopt what he believed to be the correct course . |
| 8 | This approach is difficult to reconcile with the principle of supremacy of Community law and would not seem to be the correct way to apply the principle of indirect effect the duty of the national courts to interpret national law as far as possible to bring it into line with Community obligations . |
| 9 | It will be extremely difficult for even the most experienced adviser to predict whether the reviewing court will accept that the interpretation of a term adopted by the initial decision-maker was right , in the sense of what the reviewing court believes to be the correct interpretation . |
| 10 | His conclusion that the case did not fall within the class of cases involving unlawful demands colore officii is in line with what I consider to be the correct approach as enunciated by Isaacs and Windeyer JJ . |
| 11 | 1.64 In Chambers v Karia where the order had not assigned the payment to any particular head of damage the whole of the interim payment was deducted just from special damages and not applied pro rata to all the heads of damage awarded , which does seem to be the correct approach . |
| 12 | The Sanskrit word ‘ Jnana ’ would appear to be the correct spelling for the female aspect and would comply with the understanding of the function of the Wandjina . |
| 13 | It would be desirable to be able to discard those candidates which are too short or too long to be the correct word — this would reduce the number of candidate words to be considered for further processing . |
| 14 | While everyone else goes about believing 60 or 65 to be the correct retirement age , those who pride themselves on being positive about age have lifted the chronological sights to 70 . |
| 15 | The highest interpretation at some point was taken to be the correct answer . |
| 16 | Most modern text-writers state it with some slight , hesitant reservation ( and this is thought to be the correct view ) . |
| 17 | Richard Wollenberg , chairman of Cardiff Properties , informed ACCOUNTANCY that the assured tenancy companies at present run by Cardiff Properties adopt what the directors believe to be the correct policy — to value the properties on a current open market basis with vacant possession . |
| 18 | Moreover , the trivial eigenproblem gives a first approximation to 1 as the Rayleigh quotient. ( ii ) If Yo happens to be the correct set Y , the method makes this apparent at once , for then in view of ( 3 ) unc so that , on use of ( 5 ) unc Thus both matrices are diagonal , so that the eigenproblem is again trivial , having the solution |
| 19 | It was good to see references at last to what I had always understood to be the correct meaning of hostage ( April 27th ) — that is , ‘ a person given to another as a pledge ’ ( Oxford dictionary ) . |
| 20 | The courts will ascribe what they conceive to be the correct meaning to that term . |
| 21 | With animals it tends to be the other way round : more instinctive behaviour patterns and relatively less to learn . |
| 22 | I was stiff and he was supple , and it ought to be the other way round . |
| 23 | And then there was a study into and area of Belfast where most of the men were unemployed and it was the women who were going out to work in the factory and it was found to be the other way round , and the women spoke more of a non-standard than the men did when the men were staying at home . |
| 24 | The initial puzzles seem pretty straightforward , and would allow the game to be ‘ adult supervised ’ for the youngsters , although the computer hardened eleven/twelve year old would probably handle it — with the occasional flash of totally brilliant parental genius ( in reality of course it is likely to be the other way round ! ) . |
| 25 | ‘ But listen , it 's going to be the other way round , is n't it ? ’ |
| 26 | It 's supposed to be the other way around . ’ |
| 27 | and Charles is a stick in the mud and the other one 's the other way , seems to be the other way inclined At least she wo n't , wo n't be er a short of a bob or two will she ? |
| 28 | Do you think that each lot really wants to be the other lot ? |
| 29 | Yes , erm I 'm sorry to disappoint you this is n't going to be the other side of the coin . |
| 30 | It could be the figure will turn out to be the low point of the trend , although if the pound continues to strengthen , that 'll be good news for the government 's control over inflation . |