Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first place , by juxtaposing novelists with social commentators , it becomes evident that fictional accounts are not exaggerated , but often the reverse . |
| 2 | One of the problems facing physicists who sought to apply general relativity to these newly discovered or hypothetical objects was to make it compatible with quantum mechanics . |
| 3 | The misrepresentation and downplaying of class-based conflicts are pervasive . |
| 4 | The usual views were advanced — that he would make prison too ‘ soft ’ and too attractive ; that treating lawbreakers well would encourage more crime and that prisoners were undeserving and irredeemable , anyway . |
| 5 | A useful model was presented in the Schools Council Project 13 – 16 : A New Look at History ( 1976 ) as a way of considering analysis , judgement and empathy where associated skills were tabulated in ascending order : ( 1 ) Finding information — ability to use : an index , library catalogue , table of contents , glossary . |
| 6 | Normal values are less than 2% . |
| 7 | It is interesting to note that their normal values were similar to ours , which shows a degree of reproducibility in the normal range . |
| 8 | When strong opinions are being expressed , ask for reasons . |
| 9 | — GLENDALE Social Club doorman Brian Smith well known for his ghosthunting activities is also an expert gardener and is offering his services to disabled people and pensioners in Houghton , who are unable to do their own gardening . |
| 10 | All possible interactions were also tested for independent significance . |
| 11 | The big hook which had once been part of a hanging scales was in the shape of the letter S , and sharpened to a point at both ends . |
| 12 | And all the time there was a powerful Catholic minority which included the greatest English composer of the age , William Byrd ( 1543–1623 ) , and possibly also his pupil Thomas Morley ( 1557–1602 ) though the latter 's politico-religious activities were mysterious and ambiguous . |
| 13 | Private passions are not assumed to be a universal , biologically determined category ( they are of unknown origin , not assumed to be necessarily identical across different cultures ) . |
| 14 | Believing that private meetings were potentially a greater threat to order than public gatherings for recreation , in 1618 James I 's government intervened in these cultural conflicts by publishing the Book of Sports , which enjoined the laity to participate in a range of sporting and leisure activities on Sundays . |
| 15 | The more the government dislikes the income distribution thrown up by the free market , a distribution reflecting differences in innate ability , human capital , and financial wealth , the more the government is likely to judge that the inefficiency costs of distortionary taxes are a price worth paying in order to secure a more equitable distribution of income and utility . |
| 16 | However , the Court emphasised the need in the future for the Lord Chancellor to consult the Law Society and other interested bodies before far-reaching proposals are introduced . |
| 17 | More far-reaching proposals were made both by the Majority and Minority Reports of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws , both much influenced by William Beveridge 's analysis of the causes of unemployment . |
| 18 | I 'm dealing with two estates where no will has been made and the house was in the name of husband alone who died without a will and the net result is that on on law on intestacy neither of the those surviving widows is of right entitled to the house and in both cases there are children and as you can imagine there is a certain amount of anguish about it . |
| 19 | Their stability is governed by the Jacobian matrix which gives rise to the characteristic equation : Since B 1 in a passive resonator , the only possible instabilities are = + 1 . |
| 20 | Her normal hours are 9.30am to 4.30pm daily except Sunday and Wednesday when the shop is closed all day . |
| 21 | These hollow spindles are the fibres which take the loads and provide the strength . |
| 22 | Mr Clarke said the working plans were for about five units with about 40 places each . |
| 23 | In a lake with a negative K but in which acidifying inputs are declining , not only will hydrogen ion ( Hsup+ ; ) concentrations ( and aluminium concentrations ) decrease but so will calcium concentrations ( Ca 2 + ; ) . |
| 24 | Too many normal clubs are full of preoccupied people who spend the night wiggling their hips on the edge of the dancefloor , swigging beer and smoking endless cigs with a ‘ half bored , half I 'm beautiful ’ look on their faces . |
| 25 | Skiable resorts are Bad Gastein ( 20-50cm ) , Bad Mittendorf ( 30-40cm ) , Flachau ( 30-30cm ) , St Anton ( 20-60 ) , Obergurgl ( 10-70cm ) , Obertauern ( 20-40cm ) . |
| 26 | However , discussion revealed that possible rewards were presently available to Olwyn ; all her toys , favourite TV programmes , foods and so on were given when she asked for them , irrespective of her behaviour . |
| 27 | Comparative analysis with French and Spanish researchers is an integral part of the study . |
| 28 | Only environmentally friendly products were used by the students . |
| 29 | The Wilcoxon signed rank test for matched pairs was used for statistical analysis . |
| 30 | Cheery tombola social nights at local Labour Clubs were replaced by showings of Peter Watkins 's brilliant but heart-stopping antinuclear film , The War Game , which the BBC had commissioned in the 1960s but still wimpishly refused to screen . |