Example sentences of "[noun] and [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is an adult in his thoughts and his manners and is a very mature 22-year-old footballer . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ My father taught me the value of manners and being a gentleman . |
| 3 | ‘ There will always be ‘ other women , Men if you let love ’ as you call it come first , come before money and manners and being perbene , before breeding , and education . |
| 4 | Or she could say that Derek had always had charming manners and was in the habit of commending ladies on their scent , even if it smelled of Alexandrian sewers , and sound as though she had lost something worth keeping — and inevitably regretful . |
| 5 | These nets are about the diameter of a bicycle wheel and are attached to a rope so that they can be lowered over the edge of jetties and into deep pools . |
| 6 | Mr Fothergill 's 1991 seed catalogue includes a fully functional model which has a traditional iron wheel and is priced at £179 . |
| 7 | The example that I tried changed gear with a jerk and was too eager to change up as I slowed down . |
| 8 | The money would be spent to pay social insurance benefits to people who had been persecuted and driven out of the country at the time of the Anschluss and were now living in countries such as Israel and the United States , and a small proportion would be devoted to projects in Austria . |
| 9 | Mitcham which contains a number of interesting Georgian houses , is now a separate borough and is well known for its historic cricket green and its lavender factory . |
| 10 | Croydon Corporation were entitled to object to Tramways Nos. 10 , 11 and 20 , which lay within the Borough and were granted protective clauses . |
| 11 | Sikhism is a comparatively new religion and is meant to be a religion of reform which rejects both the caste system and the oppression of women . |
| 12 | The bible forms the basis of the Christian religion and is the source of its concretion . |
| 13 | Another explanation of the vicar 's selfishness is possible , namely that he does not live up to his religion and is therefore a poor representative of it . |
| 14 | Social scientists seem to confuse the two , and because they oppose religion and are unbelievers , they do little work on religion in human societies . |
| 15 | And that is how it would remain , until such time as the people would be free to worship in their religion and be proud of their centuries-old heritage . |
| 16 | A basic attitude of empathy ( a ) to appreciate the power and attractiveness of religion and be able to get on the wavelength of religious people ; ( b ) to be aware in a meaningful way of the kind of experiences and arguments upon which religious people base their convictions ; ( c ) to learn fluency in the language of affirmation , both of others as people and of what is meaningful and important to them . |
| 17 | But there is another , perhaps rather less obvious , reason to avoid candid recording which is associated with the subject 's self-image and is most easily understood by continuing to draw a parallel with photography . |
| 18 | In addition , the older pupils ‘ were significantly more socially acceptable among their peers , were less anxious , had a higher self-image and were rated by teachers as being better adjusted to school . ’ |
| 19 | The power moves his hand , as if by magnetism , but he forces it back , to touch the phial of Galadriel and be momentarily relieved . |
| 20 | Group 1 shares have low systematic risks and are expected to earn a return of 10 per cent . |
| 21 | In spite of the promptings of self-interest these men took great risks and were illuminated by the concept of the romantic hero : failure meant death and entry into the liberal calendar of martyrs . |
| 22 | You must be prepared to take some risks and be willing to learn from your mistakes . |
| 23 | Living in Bray , but originally from Kells , Glenna , who is single , is interested in drama , opera and the arts and is treasurer of the United Arts club . |
| 24 | Before leaving Brooklyn for London , she did some off-Broadway productions , went to the High School Of Performing Arts and was disappointed when she missed getting a part in Fame because she was too young . |
| 25 | It grew out of the work of the wartime Committee for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts and was set up in 1946 , with the great economist Lord Keynes as its first Chairman . |
| 26 | As we emptied our dustbins out we noticed another bin full of cold ravioli and bread left over from lunch ; the bread was mixed in with the garbage and was soggy from being in a dustbin of cold ravioli for two hours . |
| 27 | Campus bookselling had existed in splendid isolation and been largely unmoved by the 1980s high street revolution , he argued . |
| 28 | It has not emerged in isolation and is a strand of the overall trend in personal computing towards extremely small , powerful , easy-to-use devices . |
| 29 | Each sentence could be studied in isolation and be analysed in terms of grammatical construction , lexical content and so on . |
| 30 | She told the Opposition 's Lord Carter that farmers often worked in isolation and were traditionally independent , ‘ possibly leading to a reluctance to seek help at time of depression . |