Example sentences of "be [adj] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think prob problems of identification have n't really been right this time and we made a point a clear point this time with a note to people , if they were n't sure , to make comments on the books . |
| 2 | We firmly believe that we are top eight material and we 'll score against the best teams . |
| 3 | Are British foreign policy and its chief practitioner entering an Alka-Seltzer phase ? |
| 4 | There are some good double but I have n't caught them . |
| 5 | He merely strengthens the conclusions of the three wise men , who think that there may have been some recent decline but who certainly did not atribute it to the national curriculum , as the hon. Gentleman did . |
| 6 | He 'd been ordered to report to the Ministry by his Adjutant , and either there had been some colossal mistake or he 'd been sent for under false pretences . |
| 7 | We also of course have got sophisticated , I hope , complaint systems now and those are another important way and we 're always trying to improve our quality control and quality assurance mechanisms . |
| 8 | We 're lucky this year because we 'll get Miss Gimlett , and she 's quite nice . |
| 9 | Now there are fewer each year as they suffer from dwindling finances and members . |
| 10 | ‘ Two games against Barnsley have been tight this season and we must be on our guard . |
| 11 | Mind I 've been cold all night and I 'm cold now . |
| 12 | Walsh warned : ‘ James has been unstoppable this season since he trimmed down in the summer from 22 stone to a mere 18 . |
| 13 | Walsh warned : ‘ James has been unstoppable this season since he trimmed down in the summer from 22 stone to a mere 18 . |
| 14 | I 've been awake all night and I 've got a hell of a day ahead , meetings from morning till night . ’ |
| 15 | By definition they are all high risk and there is thus no significance to the issue of false positives . |
| 16 | ‘ Because those wretched Japanese are all demanding breakfast and we do n't normally open the restaurant until ten-thirty for morning coffee so there 's no one there to cook it ! |
| 17 | They ca n't have been bilingual last time because they were hired from Staffordshire County Council . |
| 18 | I can remember it well , it was lit by gas e even in these days you know it would have been all electric light but it was gas and er we had erm , I would go for engineering drawing and maths probably I think . |
| 19 | We , we need the younger blood because you , you talk and say well how are you and oh my leg 's bad , my leg 's been dreadful this week and you ca n't very well ask these people to go campaigning on the streets , can you ? |
| 20 | The architect or the engineer working within the civil service may believe this to be unnecessary red tape and their culture may be dominated by a concern to do the best possible job conforming to the highest professional standards . |
| 21 | Still , he 'd be sorry one day that he 'd turned her down . |
| 22 | THREE young canoeists are lucky to be alive this morning after they were plucked to safety minutes before being swept to sea . |
| 23 | Because they Hyflo has 4 outlets , and I am trying to keep within budget , I would make do with 4 plates with a gap of a few inches between them — the overall effect should be total bottom filtration as there would be some sideways suction across the gravel in the gaps . |
| 24 | He thought : " I 'm forty-five next week and what have I achieved ? |
| 25 | Every if the reason that something 's got ta change is obvious to everybody , then you do n't really need to have any influence over their It usually has to be some considered opinion that you want |
| 26 | Although it will be some considerable time before it is fully catalogued , all the material is accessible and a record is being maintained of the areas most in demand ; cataloguing priorities are being established accordingly . |
| 27 | However , the Scot has had successive deciding-frame victories here in Belgium and perhaps his Wembley success may turn out to be another false dawn as he chases his first ranking title of an erratic season . |
| 28 | There could n't be much more time before someone found she was missing . |
| 29 | ‘ He 'll be 21 next month and I honestly ca n't see how we 'll hold onto him . ’ |
| 30 | I speak from the heart here , as it so happens that my sister is to be married this month and my mother is trying her hardest to organise the wedding that we ( never mind my sister and fiancé , these things are family affairs ) , want . |