Example sentences of "houses be [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What foolish rabbit-warrens our well-to-do houses are obliged to be , ’ William Morris complained in 1884 ; ‘ instead of being planned in the rational ancient way … a big hall , to wit , with a few chambers tacked on to it for sleeping or sulking in . ’ |
| 2 | However , private sales of houses are subject to the doctrine of caveat emptor ( let the buyer beware ) . |
| 3 | The discount houses are unique to the British monetary system . |
| 4 | But fashions change , and economic pressures mean that more new houses are likely to be designed by architects in the next few years . |
| 5 | Here the use of but suggests that the speaker thinks small houses are likely to be dirty . |
| 6 | The charge for residence in self-catering blocks and Student Houses are likely to be around £40 per week . |
| 7 | People living in the houses were also less likely to be in the company of individuals who had competing needs to their own ; clients living in staffed houses were likely to be the only service user in the room for 63 per cent of the time ( and mostly with just one other for the remainder ) , compared with 42 per cent in the three ‘ campus ’ houses , 33 per cent in ordinary hospital wards and 27 per cent in special units . |
| 8 | The charge for residence in self-catering Houses is likely to be around £40 per week . |