Example sentences of "and [art] [noun pl] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bird is set with turquoises and the leaves are of green enamel . |
| 2 | But er that was one of the things er he kep it was an enjoyable trip and the roads were in these days , er you get the motorways today , I just think on the roads , what they were in these days , there was even some places we went through a ford in the middle of the road , with the water about two or three inches deep . |
| 3 | The Teleuts needed Russian trade and agricultural products and the Russians were in desperate need of leather goods , cattle , horses and women . |
| 4 | The frequency with which the operation is carried out depends upon the plants involved and the compost or soil in which they were originally planted , but its need becomes apparent when the leaves of the plant become yellowish and get progressively smaller , and the blooms are of poor colour and with few petals . |
| 5 | We are in Norwich and the vibes are like shimmering shards of incandescent plywood |
| 6 | The seventh edition , in 1759 ‘ revised and altered according to the latest system of Botany ’ , included many new plants from overseas and , as Miller emphasised in the Preface , their descriptions had not been copied from books , but taken from nature : ‘ the far greater number are from growing plants which the author has under his care , and the others are from dried samples which are well preserved ; of which he has , perhaps , as large a collection as can be found in the possession of any private person . ’ |
| 7 | In a historically sanctified relationship , street kids and the police were in casual , intermittent , hostile confrontation . |
| 8 | It was n't just that the parents had to be kept under control despite the fact that they and the police were in many respects working at cross purposes , it was the danger of some third party interfering … a go-between with power and influence was what the Captain dreaded most … |
| 9 | Faced with that dilemma the plaintiffs chose to endeavour to run the business to an early sale and that is what they did my Lord and er the premises were put back on the market er in the early part of nineteen eighty six and er it is pleaded that er in in paragraph six statement of claim , that in May er a buyer came forward but that sale did not go ahead er because there were unreasonable delays on the part of the purchaser erm and er the deal fell through but then again in July er after the business had ceased trading , another buyer was found and then there was a lengthy period of negotiations at the conclusion of which the sale price was reduced because at that stage the plaintiff 's landlord was going to increase the rent er and the plaintiffs were at that stage under threat of forfeiture and eventually contracts were exchanged on the sixth of November nineteen eighty six the sale price being eighty one thousand five hundred and er completion was on the fifth of December nineteen eighty six . |
| 10 | She and the kids are on two council-house waiting lists , and each council has found out about the other , so she is suspended by both of them and now has to fend for herself . |
| 11 | Great spumes of snow roared up and the trees were like huge white candles , glowing under the moon . |
| 12 | Overall , Siemens AG was able to give little cheer to shareholders , and the shares were off 2.30 marks at 663.10 early yesterday after the company warned that it would be counted a success if 1992-93 profits were stable with last year — incoming orders in the first five months of this fiscal fell 2% , although it looks for a 4.7% rise for the full year ; group sales in the first five months rose 3% to the equivalent of about $18,500m . |
| 13 | Coloured rugs covered most of the ancient dusty floor and the walls were of bare brick , but hung with decorations constructed from skulls , feathers and tapestry , which Apanage announced she had contrived herself . |
| 14 | If resources are held at one set of locations and the demands are at another and the costs of transportation are known , how do we allocate the resources most efficiently ? |
| 15 | And the stairs were like that were n't they and I said oh no way am I staying , get pissed out your head and come down them stairs and mm |
| 16 | The most potentially explosive area of contact between headquarters and the Boards was in financial control . |
| 17 | The reason for the rather dull image herbs have previously had is that most were grown to provide leaves for culinary use , and the flowers were of secondary importance ; thyme and mint are typical . |
| 18 | The impact of tourism stops pretty soon outside the medieval walls of the town , and the dwellings are like those of any impoverished fishing village in Cornwall , Sicily or Provence : low , simple buildings containing no more than the most primitive necessities , but opening on to the turquoise bay , with the Venetian walls on the western side and red cliffs to the east . |
| 19 | They do n't wish it to happen , but it becomes an impossibility almost for them to stand up to their rights , and Mr talks about rights and no rights is in abstract and we all know how difficult it is then to stand up as a minority when you 're surrounded by that majority , but I 've had personal representations |