Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor are social workers ' preconceptions changed by the experience of using residential placements . |
| 2 | Some doubt is in fact raised about interpreting Hezarfen 's statement as meaning that these three kadis were still , toward the end of the seventeenth century , receiving only 300 akce a day both by Ali 's statement that they were receiving " approximately " 500 akce ( see Appendix I , A ) and by the attributed to Kocu Bey which was presented to Sultan Ibrahim ( 1640–8 ) in 1049–50/1640 in which the author , discussing aspects of the learned hierarchy , says : " Whatever great provinces there are in the divinely-protected [ i.e. Ottoman ] dominions , such as Egypt , Aleppo , Diyarbakir , Damascus , Erzurum , Selanik ( Salonica ) , Budin ( Buda ) , Sofya ( Sofiya ) , Bursa , Edirne , Istanbul [ the kadis of ] all such as these are 500-akce Mollas ' . |
| 3 | I am sure Harlequins ' Troy Coker makes an invaluable contribution to the other players ' understanding of the game . |
| 4 | Changing tides and climate , new demands and general wear and tear are eroding Venices ' foundation . |
| 5 | In private , many of the more orthodox Muslim nobles furrowed their brows and wondered how the crown prince could possibly declare , as one noble put it , infidelity and Islam to be twin brothers ' . |
| 6 | Wigan are hoping to complete a deal for a top Aussie centre , thought to be Western Suburbs ' Andrew Farrar , in time for their first home match of the season against Hull on Sunday week . |
| 7 | They were private developers ' schemes , yet the Town and Country Planning Association — which tends the flame of Ebenezer Howard 's garden city ideals — endorsed them . |
| 8 | The text states : ’ An EC spokesman admitted there were conceptual problems ' in compiling the statistics , but it was the nearest they could get to being comparable . ’ |
| 9 | In the revealing words of one antislavery minister , he and his fellow Unitarians were theological negroes ' . |
| 10 | Are other countries ' programme buyers more in touch with their audience than ours ? |
| 11 | ( e ) Private Members ' Bills By long-standing tradition , Friday is Private Members ' day . |
| 12 | Cottage cheese is granular as it is skimmed cows ' milk curds , drained and washed before being coated in a very thin cream . |
| 13 | The cornerstone of our democratic system is hon. Members ' right to ask questions and to have those questions answered . |
| 14 | Gossip is Old Wives ' Tales . |
| 15 | Tarzan is top gals ' top guy |
| 16 | It bounces along wonderfully , with Caine obviously having a whale of a time , and is ideal kiddies ' Christmas fare . |
| 17 | Another familiar face on the starting grid is Valli Harriers ' Kevin Forster , who has twice finished runner-up at London in 1984 and 1988 , but has not tackled the event for a couple of years . |
| 18 | Unger ( 1983 ) argues that epistemological certainty is feminist psychologists ' main enemy . |
| 19 | The USA is United Distillers ' largest single world market . |
| 20 | This is small boys ' ideas of sex |
| 21 | Half-century show is young farmers ' best |
| 22 | In addition to this , there are local governments ' reduced costs investment schemes and rapid pay-back methods . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , in the Nottingham Post there was clear readers ' support for the classical designs of Demetri Porphyrios , which looked like school buildings for St Trinian 's . |
| 24 | But Joel was Shasta Llamas ' resident naturalist mountaineer and survival specialist . |
| 25 | Last month was National Savings ' best month in recent history — the gross inflow of £975m beat the previous record month of August 1984 by £15m . |
| 26 | It was good boys ' stuff — the hero always scoring the winning goal , hit or try . |