Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [modal v] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Battling for honours will be 111 teams with dogs pulling sleds , of if there is no snow , wheeled rigs . |
| 2 | Any attempt to introduce the sponsor 's range of products must be low key . |
| 3 | In some of the applied sciences the number of hours may be considerable while in an Arts course the formal teaching periods may be relatively few . |
| 4 | The edges and corners of borders can be frustrating places to plant . |
| 5 | All kinds of circumstances could be such situations . |
| 6 | A typical combination of elements might be 20 minutes of full screen , full motion video , 5000 high resolution stills , 6 hours of audio over the stills and the equivalent of about 15,000 pages of text . |
| 7 | But beyond that , Mr Hurd is unpersuaded that flocks of Eurocrats will be much help . |
| 8 | Selfing populations of plants could be valuable material , although the retention of unused yet presumably expensive floral features in some populations raised doubts as to whether they have been selfing for long enough to reach evolutionary equilibrium . |
| 9 | Kerr includes a table of estimates in which it is clear that the ceilings of servants will be several feet lower , the cost of their rooms a mere quarter , and their floor space — despite their larger numbers — less than two-thirds of that allowed to the family . |
| 10 | From 1 April this year , the vast majority of patients will be guaranteed admission to hospital within two years of being placed on a hospital waiting list . |
| 11 | According to the Limited Partnerships ( Unrestricted Size ) No 1 Regulations 1971 , which provide for limited partnerships in surveying and allied professions beyond the usual maximum of twenty members , not more than one quarter of the total number of partners can be limited partners . |
| 12 | In many schools the majority of pupils may be practising Jews , Muslims , or Hindus . |
| 13 | As more money became available and the number of codebreakers could be increased GCCS managed to penetrate all the really important codes of Britain 's friends and foes alike during the inter-war years . |
| 14 | No satisfactory explanation has been found for this spontaneous decline although changes in the nitrosamine content of foods may be one factor . |
| 15 | It is suggested that the lighting of blackboards should be 500 lux , and general teaching areas 300 lux . |
| 16 | Developing managerial skills and consequently more autonomy in nurses may be one way to promote constructive responses to changes and greater equity and cohesion within the multidisciplinary team . |
| 17 | The closing date for submissions will be 1st April 1993 . |
| 18 | Text and other data available to lexicographers will be up- to-date . |
| 19 | Occupants of houses taken over by HATs will be secure tenants , but during the passage of the Bill fears were expressed about the possibility of much higher rents . |