Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] be [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began to see how different Houy life was from what I was used to . |
| 2 | Yet this was a period when the English Civil War was at its height ; from the coins themselves we would never have suspected that such a large proportion of minting in the war years of 1639–47 was the result of a commercial agreement between the two countries and not just of the high levels of expenditure caused by the war . |
| 3 | Then she shows how much fun the proper outdoor technique is for her — ‘ The ideal occasion for communing with nature … is while you 're peacefully sitting still . ’ |
| 4 | Mind you must remember at the time when he was fighting to put it through , the bill through parliament , the whole B M A , British Medical Association were against him , to a man . |
| 5 | The analysis will show how dependent small businesses are on their major customers ; how much is sold outside the local area economy ; and how competitive factors influence their sales . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , unofficial reports said that a British atomic submarine was on its silent way to the Falklands . |
| 7 | The impression that a simple one-sided morality is of itself nobler and more clear-headed than a complex one is false . |
| 8 | For the first time the new initiates beheld the inner chapel , of cloudy veined marble , to the Emperor Deified — vermilion threads in the milky crystalline limestone were like His agonised psychic sendings that pierced the veils of luminous nebulae . |
| 9 | A playful puppyish mood is upon you , but while this immature attitude is in evidence , be sensible enough to resist objects such as clothes , furnishings and oddments unwittingly left in your way . |
| 10 | A Spaniard 's natural emotional loyalty is to his pueblo , to his province ; he identifies himself progressively against those of another village or province , against other Spaniards , and finally against all foreigners . |
| 11 | Moreover , it is not without point that national economic consensus was at its strongest in the late 1950s under the premiership of Harold Macmillan . |
| 12 | Masefield 's unique narrative style is at its most sustained in these two novels . |
| 13 | No self-respecting republican popular front is without one . |
| 14 | Indiscriminate patient selection is in our opinion unwanted and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy should be largely restricted to patients with solitary stones , as careful patient selection is the key to obtaining optimal results with the least expenditure . |
| 15 | If celibacy and the life of professed religious women are about anything at all , they are about this hidden strand both within the Christian tradition in particular and in women 's lives in general . |
| 16 | You will then know what a healthy weight-loss diet is for you and be able to follow this for a further two weeks , or longer if necessary . |
| 17 | I have never hated hyenas : their occasional maniacal laughter and their eerie whooping cries are among my earliest memories . |
| 18 | In the majority of cases involving layers , it is not , for unless they are ranked in the top 100 , the major money-making opportunities are beyond them . |
| 19 | Soon , a long hot summer was upon us , and my trip to Buckingham Palace became imminent . |
| 20 | Another sign of possible 1929-style international financial crisis is upon us . |
| 21 | Such explanations of allegiance to the state and to charismatic patriarchal figures are in themselves too vague in this generalised form . |
| 22 | By now the soggy British spring was upon us . |
| 23 | Another element of Pareto 's attack on classical democratic theory is in his contention that the governing elites , whether characterised by the residue of combinations or by the residue of persistence of aggregates , are motivated not by morality or reason but by these common basic sentiments which are in themselves morally unspecific and illogical . |
| 24 | There was two feet of sand over the highest part of the island where the wind had carried it and all the heavy bridge-building machines were on their sides . |
| 25 | Then he was there , and that beautiful black bag was beside her . |
| 26 | The antique fountain-pen market is in its early stages , with the first International Pen Show and Auction being held in Geneva , November 1–3 . |
| 27 | Three or more miners were to he supplied and paid " from time to time " for the first three months but after this duration six able bodied miners were to he provided . |
| 28 | We gave him a Bronx cheer and a brief round of applause , ate and chatted our way through two more boxes of popcorn , until , finally , fifty minutes later , we were told the only remaining power was in his elbow and would we like our money back ? |
| 29 | ONE of Europe 's most successful healing therapies is on its way to Belfast . |
| 30 | The system of rent tribunals for furnished and post-1939 unfurnished houses is in our opinion a disgrace to British justice . |