Example sentences of "[vb base] [coord] [noun] be [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither Mijnheer nor Danjit was a tower . |
| 2 | Dubhe and Merak are the Pointers to the Pole Star , and are in the same field with magnifications up to × 12 . |
| 3 | He is dressed like Dixie , because around here suit and tie is the uniform . |
| 4 | Shill and Miller are a pleasure to watch … |
| 5 | For a moment he was n't sure if the sudden give and click was the lock opening or the key breaking but then the door almost unbalanced him by swinging open . |
| 6 | Sir Philip Sidney 's argument in The Defence of Poetry that poetry 's didactic superiority rested in its ability to both teach and delight is an example of a belief in the superiority of eloquent as opposed to plain language as the vehicle for communicating serious issues . |
| 7 | Toast and Marmalade is the name of the simple cream earthenware breakfast set from Bridgewater . |
| 8 | COMFORT and quality are the bywords of the newly-opened Haddon show home at Fresh Fields , a new development off Whittle Avenue , Westbrook , Warrington , by Bovis Homes . |
| 9 | The Doctrine of Signatures became fashionable , the theory of which was that plants which looked like the symptoms of an illness would cure it — lungwort or pulmonaria is a case in point , since it was used for lung conditions , because its white-spotted leaves were thought to bear some resemblance to diseased lungs . |
| 10 | Praise and support are the food and drink of innovation and are so often undervalued . |
| 11 | Love and attention being the rewards of infantile behaviour , it only amazes me that I did not think of the idea sooner . |
| 12 | Torture and execution were the fate not only of those suspected of conniving with anti-Japanese activity , but of thousands of innocent Chinese . |
| 13 | Care and service are the bywords of an Enterprise representative . |
| 14 | Care and control are the issues where the allegedly ‘ terrible teens ’ provide such a daunting challenge . |
| 15 | Locate and hold is the order . ’ |