Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [conj] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is less clear is whether they were cut in Kent or imported ready cut . |
| 2 | In our view , although the Code extends beyond the treatment of those in detention , what is clear is that it was intended to protect suspects who are vulnerable to abuse or pressure from police officers or who may believe themselves to be so . |
| 3 | It could be argued that one reason why the cities have lost so many jobs and contain so many unemployed is that they are over-represented by sectors of the economy that have declined nationally — the cities merely reflecting national trends . |
| 4 | The reason why people sometimes think they ca n't shed weight on a strict calorie ration of 1,000 daily is that they are guessing at the weight — and thus the calorie content — of their portions of food , or forgetting to add in the calories provided by little items like the butter spread on that bread , or the milk in all those cups of tea ; or they fail to realize that innocent-looking things like that canned soft drink or glass of orange juice , or the mayonnaise coleslaw served in the office canteen ( 'Ca n't contain many calories — it 's salad , is n't it ! ' ) can add a sizeable number of calories to the daily total . |
| 5 | What makes this campaign unusual is that it 's backed by a major brewery , Courage . |
| 6 | What is indubitable is that they are used of effects , that they can not be used of unnecessitated events , and hence that effects as we understand them are not unnecessitated events . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're playing some superb football but what is awesome is that we are getting better . |
| 8 | What is extraordinary is that it is taking off in England — the land of the Stiff Upper Lip , where the primary emotion often seems to be fear of embarrassment . |
| 9 | The feature that makes it dreadful is that it is crammed with unattractive tourists throughout the summer months , shambling around 50 feet above sea level in a state of exhaustion , asking everyone if they 're near the top yet . |
| 10 | What all three things have in common is that they were caused by autumn . |
| 11 | ‘ The ugly is that we are left with an element of structural overcapacity . |
| 12 | What is also new is that they are building on and developing research in the various components of information skills . |
| 13 | But we 're saying if you look at , right , these two factors , one is the you 've got land reform er on absolute egal du n no what you call it grounds , the other is that you 're getting the peasants to do it themselves |
| 14 | We only knew for certain that there was something strange afoot when we heard the sounds of a train being marshalled and it started coming towards the hostel , what is more terrifying was that it was coming on a non-existent track ! |
| 15 | ‘ You see , one of the advantages of being dead is that one is released as it were from the bonds of time and therefore I can see everything that has happened or will happen , all at the same time except that of course I now know that Time does not , for all practical purposes , exist . ’ |
| 16 | Perhaps part of the reason why some representations come to be considered as true is because we are habitualised into misrecognising the fragment as the entirety . |
| 17 | Their only claim to be local is that they are implemented in a restricted geographical area — but then so are certain aspects of defence and foreign policy ! |