Example sentences of "be [pers pn] [adj] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you stronger than the Boss ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Are you aware that the consignment contains weapons , not machinery parts ? ’ |
| 3 | Are you aware that the array of funerals , commonly made by undertakers , is strictly the heraldic array of a baronial funeral , the two men who stand at the doors being supposed to be the two porters of the castle , with their staves , in black ; the man who heads the procession , wearing a scarf , being a representative of a herald-at-arms ; the man who carries a plume of feathers on his head being an esquire , who bears the shield and casque , with its plume of feathers ; the pall-bearers , with batons , being representatives of knights-companions-at-arms ; the men walking with wands being supposed to represent gentlemen-ushers , with their wands : are you aware that this is said to be the origin and type of the common array usually provided by those who undertake to perform funerals ? |
| 4 | We 've heard that avoiding stimulating in migration , particularly from the Leeds conurbation is an important consideration , are they conscious that the rest of regional policy is something of a black box at the moment . |
| 5 | Are they aware that the South Park fencing is in urgent need of repair or replacement ? |
| 6 | Is it possible that the statue which was scientifically examined was actually the copy , and the original — the only complete Roman bronze statue to have been discovered north of the Alps — was sent off to Spain , never to be seen again ? |
| 7 | It 's only a thought , but is it possible that the person who threw the carton of orange juice and 50p piece at Morrissey at the Madness ( Madness , not Morrissey ) gig was not some National Front yob but someone who felt that draping oneself in a Union Jack — still , like it or not , a symbol of racism — is itself racist ? |
| 8 | Or is it possible that the Government are contemplating a repetition of the 1986 strikes on civilian targets in Benghazi and Tripoli ? |
| 9 | How is it possible that the distinction between nation and state still escapes intelligent people on the British Left ? |
| 10 | Is it possible that the importance of ‘ substantial criminal experience ’ is being exag-gerated ? |
| 11 | Is it right that the Secretary of State should hide behind English Tory Members of Parliament who consistently and always seem to have their names at the front of the Order Paper when there are Welsh questions , thus denying Welsh Members the right to put their point of view on behalf of their constituents ? |
| 12 | Is it right that the future of the hospitals should depend on an undignified ideological tug-of-war in the Scottish Office bunker ? |
| 13 | Nor , in an edition now over go years old , is it surprising that the editor omits ornaments and grace-notes ( in bars 1 and 6 ) or assumes Rameau 's string layout to involve divided violins rather than divided violas . |
| 14 | Is it surprising that the public should resist such an attempt to politicise the police , despite the fact that it is the policy of the Opposition ? |
| 15 | Nor is it surprising that the accumulation of capital was accompanied by an accumulation of employee grievances . |
| 16 | Furthermore , is it certain that the consumption of more than the daily requirement of methionine in this combination would be safe for all the more than 20 million adults in the United Kingdom who currently consume paracetamol each year without harm ? |
| 17 | Nor is it obvious that the government should always oppose large profits . |
| 18 | So why is it important that the kill has to continue . |
| 19 | Is it that they will not be bothered by maximum working hours or minimum wages , or is it just that the trade union movement in this country has been crippled by repressive legislation over the past 12 years ? |
| 20 | If the port of Murmansk is blocked up for weeks and mackerel arrives spoilt , is it wrong that the crew be given its bonus for so many fish caught , or that the dockers be paid for so many tons unloaded ? |
| 21 | Nor is it likely that the fashion for takeovers and debt was responsible for America 's poor rate of investment . |
| 22 | not annulled is it likely that the directive would affected from something like ninety , late nineteen-ninety-six . |
| 23 | How far is it inevitable that the manipulation of fact for the purposes of fiction leads to romanticising ? |
| 24 | ‘ Is it true that the magistrate investigating the Miletti case is to be replaced ? ’ |
| 25 | Let us consider just two of them : ( 1 ) Is it true that the word ‘ here ’ is an exception to the rule that knowing the meaning of a word means knowing what is meant by it , that is , knowing something which we call by that word ? and ( 2 ) Supposing that the word ‘ here ’ can be used meaningfully without our knowing something which we call ‘ here ’ , are Russell and McTaggart right in their assumption that the word ‘ I ’ is not like ‘ here ’ in this respect ? |
| 26 | I have a simple question for the Minister : is it true that the Government said that , whatever the deal might be , they intended to get the Bill through the House by Christmas ? |
| 27 | Is it true that the Army will contribute £10 to each uniform and that officers and others will have to pay any further costs ? |
| 28 | Is he aware that the parent company , which was nationalised as part of a French and Italian consortium , has threatened to remove the transputer from this country because of the British Government 's failure to support British industry in the way that the French and Italian Governments have ? |
| 29 | Is he aware that the North Western regional health authority has a record capital spending programme for next year of more than £100 million and that it includes Bolton 's new hospital ? |
| 30 | Is he aware that the warmth of his reception was genuine , as the farmers very much appreciate his understanding of their difficulties with the planners and with marketing ? |