Example sentences of "be those [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It must have been those honeyed cakes , ’ she added hurriedly , and gestured to the Empress . |
| 2 | Ever enthusiastic , a similar report followed the following week speaking of the untiring energy of the Committee and so on , and including the following paragraph — ‘ Of course , there have been those pessimistic folk about who have done all in their power to discourage those who have been endeavouring to bring about this deserved end , and have scoffed at the idea of ever raising the amount of money necessary . |
| 3 | The fastest growing economies since 1945 have been those very economies which have not indulged in the purchase of nuclear weapons or devoted a disproportionate share of their budgets to military expenditure . |
| 4 | Who are those hooded hordes swarming |
| 5 | Perhaps worst of all , there are those stressful situations where one is accustomed to turn to tobacco for support . |
| 6 | Should we ever achieve this , there are those faint hearts who have unkindly suggested the added attraction of pigs flying over ‘ The Tip ’ . |
| 7 | Then there are those modern diets which tell you to ration only fats . |
| 8 | Lesser known than Royalty 's connection with deafness , but still of considerable interest are those deaf people who were born into the aristocracy . |
| 9 | The only costs that figure automatically in capitalist market exchanges are those private costs of the immediate producers , their costs of raw material , labour and capital . |
| 10 | Where are those bloody fellers ? |
| 11 | And are those hot chestnuts that I see ? ’ |
| 12 | Of course , there are those young people whom only a parent could love . |
| 13 | The participants are those young people who have passed with high honours in the Associated Board of Music examinations during the preceding session . |
| 14 | Are those empirical credentials sufficient , however , to sustain the metaphysical implications it is thought that the laws have ? |
| 15 | If so , are those strategic matters ? |
| 16 | But by far the most important are those small towns where a major temple complex provided a functional focus within the plan , as for example at Bath or Harlow . |
| 17 | At one end of the scale are those competent enthusiasts who could probably have qualified as professionals had their careers taken a different course . |
| 18 | Here are those tasteful synth parts , crystalline saxophones , and aching , hurt vocals in unashamed full-frontal exposure . |
| 19 | The question is , therefore : what are those other links which a member state , without infringing article 52 of the E.E.C . |
| 20 | ‘ Are those new clothes you 're wearing , Barbara ? ’ |
| 21 | I 'll try and nip up there tomorrow , if not I 'll have to go on Monday I do n't think any , I do n't think run away , what will Monday 's date be , the ninth ? oh well There are those new Chronicles that have got to come out |
| 22 | The ions in motion are those chemical ions in body fluids and present within body cells . |
| 23 | There are those additional requirements in respect of residence and ordinary residence . |
| 24 | Lexical units are those form-meaning complexes with ( relatively ) stable and discrete semantic properties which stand in meaning relations such as antonymy ( e.g. long : short ) and hyponymy ( e.g. dog : animal ) , and which interact syntagmatically with contexts in various ways to produce , for instance , the different sorts of anomaly discussed in chapter 1 . |
| 25 | In many cases they are not able to remember anything at all about the earlier incidents and so all they have are those inner feelings with nothing to counteract them . |
| 26 | SO WHERE ARE THOSE INNER CITIES ? |
| 27 | In fact , it could be said that the only women these days who sport one single fragrance , all the time , are those famous glamour-pusses — Joan Collins , Elizabeth Taylor , Paloma Picasso , and so on — who are paid several millions of dollars a year to endorse a ‘ signature ’ scent , on condition they never allow gossipy fellow lunchers in smart restaurants to get an illicit whiff of ‘ Chanel No 5 ’ as they swan by . |
| 28 | Most of us spend our lives believing that the best marriages are those rare unions where two hearts really do beat as one . |
| 29 | In the middle of the spectrum are those rare books that are rooted in some sort of evidence while looking at humans as the fascinating evolutionary product that they are . |
| 30 | ‘ Where are those damn diamonds ? ’ asked Sam . |