Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [pron] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Initially , they have ultramarine flanks patterned with white concentric lines — totally different from their parents which are spectacularly dressed with alternate parallel stripes of yellow and blue . |
| 32 | And so often things do n't work out quite like this — either the offspring move abroad or , worse still , fall out with their parents who are then left with a house too large for them , but are either unable or unwilling to move to something more suitable . |
| 33 | ‘ Well , my plants are all dead and the cat 's starving , and when I went across to her place it was all locked up and there are piles of junk mail on the mat . ’ |
| 34 | The effect of a reference is to suspend the proceedings before the referring court until the Court of Justice has handed down its opinion which is then applied by the referring court to the dispute before it . |
| 35 | Ten years after their retirement they were still writing . |
| 36 | They regarded themselves , however fallaciously , as light-skinned ; in their paintings they were invariably shown full face and almost white , whereas their enemies were always depicted in profile and black , unless they were Europeans . |
| 37 | In the Parish Marriage Registers of the time , for example , plenty of intelligent young couples signed by making their mark which was then attested by the officiating clergyman . |
| 38 | For in accepting that age and , more importantly , insanity could influence the degree of individuals ' responsibility for their actions it was also accepting that in some cases , and to some extent at least , human actions could be seen as determined . |
| 39 | Unfortunately in Perk 's case , her innocence leads to her death after on her way to school wearing her yellow dress , she pops into see her Godmother who is often referred to as the most beautiful woman around and has beautiful skin , a good body and lovely thick dark curly hair . |
| 40 | The stand we were in was wooden and when a few of the fans tried to light up their cigs. they were immediately pounced upon by the attendants to cordially desist . |
| 41 | To which demand of their rights they are particularly Encouraged by the declaration of his Highnesse the Prince of Orange as being the only Meanes for obteyning a full redress and remedy therein . |
| 42 | If councillors allow the agreement to expire Mr Collin believes Northumbrian Water would ask the authority to install separate service pipes to all its flats which are currently served by a common supply . |
| 43 | The dedication took place in August at a ceremony where daughters and unveiled a framed picture of their father who was tragically killed in 1986 . |
| 44 | Rhinos are mainly hunted for their horns which are then used in the Middle East for ceremonial dagger handles and also ground up for so called healing properties . |
| 45 | Novato , California-based WordStar International Inc has been hit by an Australian court award against it ordering it to pay $3.2m to Perfect Information Pty Ltd as damages on its claim it was wrongfully terminated as one of WordStar 's Australian distributors ; WordStar will appeal the ruling , maintaining the plaintiff was never lawfully engaged as a distributor . |
| 46 | This is why to account for their longevity it is now believed that they were a qualified kind of ectothermic homeotherm continually striving to become endothermic homeotherms . |
| 47 | Towards the end of his reign , in the ordinance of the forest of 1306 , the king speaks of being confronted ‘ with the inspection of human weakness ’ and the wide burdens that fell upon him , he being ‘ inwardly tormented with divers compunctions , tossed about by the waves of divers thoughts ’ , and being ‘ frequently troubled , passing sleepless nights , … hesitating in our inmost soul upon what ought to be done , what to be held , or what to be presented ’ ; ‘ about this chiefly is our mind busied without intermission , that we may prepare the pleasantness of ease and quiet for our subjects dwelling in our realm , in whose quiet we have some rest , and in their tranquillity we are inwardly cherished with odours of satisfaction and the flowers of hoped-for peace . ’ |
| 48 | Bay leaves should always be broken to release their flavour which is mainly contained in the stalk . |
| 49 | On her first day out and about in her parish there was no doubting her popularity . |
| 50 | One had had such widespread cancer , after her operation she was just sent home to die . |
| 51 | When , during the first years of their friendship , at Braque 's suggestion he and Picasso stopped signing their works they were automatically emphasizing the autonomous existence of their creations . |
| 52 | While Mannheim 's programme is concerned with the relationships of signs to their users it is however based on the idea that the cognitive , because of its presuppositions , is rooted in the evocative . |
| 53 | I thought she was going to hit me : her hand which was already formed in a fist , went up — but she used it only to swipe at a cat scuttling from under a bush towards the door . |
| 54 | And in her hand she was still holding the red geranium . |
| 55 | Then he realised that , after kissing her hand he was still holding it . |
| 56 | Tile Hill College in Coventry has attempted to do this through its courses which are specifically geared towards the unemployed ( MSC-funded ) , and general courses which by their nature and structure attract the unemployed . |
| 57 | Many businesses print or refer to their standard terms of trading on their invoices which are normally sent out after the contract has been performed — for instance by delivery of goods . |
| 58 | To their surprise I was warmly greeted by Tony and Larry Bridges , the Line Manager , given a guided tour of the train and introduced to Sir Bill . |
| 59 | In her memory it was always raining and always cold . |
| 60 | Silk is also used as a foundation material ; it is extremely strong , keeps its shape , and can be spun into very fine strands , but because of its cost it is only used when exceptionally fine knotting is required . |