Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [adv] [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Act requires the resignation notice and statement to be delivered to the company 's registered office — which in many cases may well be the address of its resigning auditor ! |
| 2 | But the wildly differing kittens may instead be the product of the sexual promiscuity of their female . |
| 3 | The crucial thing to remember in all this is that you are looking at birds and getting out and about in the countryside — the birds may just be the excuse — because you enjoy it , not to pass an " A " level . |
| 4 | ( b ) The battle in practice The first contact between contracting parties will normally be the sending out of a price list or catalogue , or perhaps a potential buyer 's request for an estimate or tender . |
| 5 | The gardens will also be the venue in the afternoon for local pop group , Sorry Mr Pearson , and Barry Benson . |
| 6 | The effect on bile secretion seen after intracerebroventricular injection of neuropeptide Y in these studies may therefore be the result of neuropeptide Y binding to receptors that are responsible for releasing cephalic phase secretion . |
| 7 | Such problems may well be the product of social arrangements which are regarded as ‘ good ’ , ‘ right ’ and ‘ desirable ’ ; for example , high divorce rates may be the product of the high expectations and demands centred on monogamous marriage . |
| 8 | If Hamamelis are the heralds of spring , Snowdrops must surely be the epitome of the start of a new gardening year . |
| 9 | These questions should properly be the subject of extensive research and debate , since on the answers hang decisive issues of antiracist strategy . |
| 10 | The EV under these conditions would therefore be The EV of perfect information in this case is the difference |
| 11 | And I think until reviews of the standards of fire cover are applied on a uniform basis across the country , the more uniform basis than they currently are , then the figures will always be the problem . |
| 12 | These figures can only be the tip of the iceberg when we see the low rates of eligibility for maternity benefits and full time participation in the paid labour market for mothers with young children ( S. McRae , Maternity Rights in Britain , 1991 PSI ) . |
| 13 | They also acknowledge the possibility that high education levels may well be the result of economic affluence but they still feel that a certain minimum level of education is a necessary prerequisite to the take-off stage of industrialisation . |
| 14 | ‘ The corporate side is important to us ’ , says Lloyd , ‘ although members will always be the priority . ’ |
| 15 | Secondary sources for A level essays will probably be the work of historians . |
| 16 | The principal work of three judge courts will now be the determination of appeals from the High Court where the amount of the claim or counterclaim exceeds the county court limits . |
| 17 | Parents and children may also be the source of some unexpected developments and there could be a celebration or happy family gathering in June to July or December . |
| 18 | Skanform wall panelling from Norske Interiors could well be the answer for anyone seeking an economic , stylish , easy to clean , wall covering designed for the exacting demands of a hygiene-conscious environment , say the manufacturers . |
| 19 | Front-drive , a 2.2-litre 16-valve in-line four developing an impressive 225bhp , four-wheel disc brakes with an optional anti-lock device and compact dimensions by usual US standards could easily be the routine outline for a French , Swedish , perhaps even German four-door performance saloon . |
| 20 | The annual Education and Library Resources Exhibitions could also be the occasion for direct selling , with an immediate purchase facility . |
| 21 | Among the issues will certainly be the recession , unemployment and homelessness . |
| 22 | Such factors could certainly be the pacemaker of climate change , as in Milankovitch forcing . |
| 23 | However , he failed to point out that the same trends could equally be the result of a large variety of other factors . |
| 24 | After the plans had been shelved , the whole place had been leased out to various small-time manufacturers and warehousemen ; the broken-down sheds and godowns must still be the property of somebody , so too must be the piles of crates whose stencilled lettering had long since faded to pallor . |
| 25 | In the first instalment of a new monthly column that contrast the reality of nature with the dreamworld of conventional business and politics — and suggest various ways of injecting the one into the other — Jonathan Porritt looks at the build-up to next year 's ‘ Earth Summit ’ and wonder if the US Administration 's chronic inability to face facts will finally be the thing that scuppers the planet 's ‘ last chance ’ . |
| 26 | Such deviations will often be the clue to special interpretations associated with traditional figures of speech such as metaphor , metonymy , synecdoche , paradox , irony If such tropes occur , what kind of special interpretation is involved ( eg metaphor can be classified as personifying , animizing , concretizing , synaesthetic , etc ) ? |
| 27 | Single-mothers can often be the target of unfavourable press attention in which single-parenthood is associated with ‘ welfare-scrounging ’ . |