Example sentences of "[adj] [be] the [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More subtle are the changes embodied in his own self-representation . |
| 2 | Equally unrealistic are the demands made by syllabuses on teachers . |
| 3 | Will my hon. Friend also note that , unlike the Liberal party , whose individual members have held this view for a long time , what is most interesting is the view held by senior members of the Liberal Democrat party in Scotland who are now calling for separatism ? |
| 4 | Especially interesting is the layout known as ‘ Canopus ’ . |
| 5 | More rigorous was the measure introduced by Prior 's right-wing successor at Employment , Norman Tebbit , in 1982 . |
| 6 | Typical are the films written by T. E. B. Clarke , such as Passport to Pimlico ( 1949 ) , about a community whose discovery that it is an independent Burgundian principality enables the inhabitants to forget for a while the realities of post-war austerity , and The Lavender Hill Mob ( 1951 ) , about a bank clerk who robs a bank . |
| 7 | Compared to the Strats , how easy are the Gretsches to look after ? |
| 8 | The first group of paintings in which this new development is clearly visible are the canvases executed during the few weeks spent at La Rue-des-Bois in the autumn and in Paris during the succeeding months . |
| 9 | More straightforward were the comments recorded by Leonora Eyles of women in the early 1920s who declared that they would not mind married life so much if it were not for bedtime , or the anecdote related by a birth control pioneer to a 1930 conference on the provision of birth control information by public health authorities : |
| 10 | The striking feature , as in the United States , is how similar is the share taken by taxes across the income range . |
| 11 | The maximum payable is the sum insured including index-linking as shown on the Home Underwriting advice . |
| 12 | Lateral is the word given to a shoot , also called a side-shoot , that arises sideways from a leader . |
| 13 | More serious was the task performed by N185 in June 1929 , when it assisted in the search for HM Submarine H47 which sank off Plymouth . |
| 14 | These textiles to be brief are the type called in the inventories , say . |
| 15 | Many other films released at this time showed how widespread were the skills developed by Hepworth . |
| 16 | How widespread were the accounts described by ? |
| 17 | Buildings are his monument — " the Hall spans the Drive " — the tangible side ; no less valuable is the spirit engendered by probably his greatest achievement — the Parents " Association , mentioned already . |
| 18 | Most remarkable was the language used by some senior members of the judiciary . |
| 19 | Even more astonishing are the powers accorded to the government as a whole , for it is here that the primacy of the executive over the legislature is most clear . |
| 20 | Much more substantial were the resources derived from the dissolution , by which the Crown acquired , between 1536 and 1539 , land worth £135,000–140,000 per annum . |
| 21 | Great were the claims made by contemporary enthusiasts like E. Foxwell and T. C. Farrer : |
| 22 | How good is the character set in Figure 2.21 from this point of view ? |
| 23 | Less forgivable is the attitude taken by some museums who are frightened of the consequences of having their collection screened . |
| 24 | ( So firm is the grip held by the revived quantity theory of money nowadays that few of the monetarists or new classical macroeconomists who followed in Friedman 's footsteps bothered to elucidate the mechanism by which changes in M s ( or in ) affect W and P. They just do . ) |
| 25 | So Neil said , well these invoices were n't forthcoming , so I said to them , the thing , the thing is , if we start work and we buy a load of equipment how are we gon na sort of , how long 's the cheque gon na , gon na be coming in , you know . |
| 26 | How long 's the diary got to be ? |
| 27 | Most illuminating was the insight offered by a crew member who said , ‘ Most of us have been watching with our tongues hanging out . ’ |
| 28 | And the bigger the company is , the more important are the decisions made by its managers likely to be , affecting a greater value of assets and a larger number of employees . |
| 29 | Most notorious were the cost overruns in defence and civilian aircraft R&D . |
| 30 | Far more complicated were the models based on multivariate statistics . |