Example sentences of "[noun] be [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the classic locations of the tin- and copper-mining industry in Cornwall , the remains of the Botallack and Levant mines are famous industrial monuments on the Land 's End peninsula . |
| 2 | Ant lions are infamous little creatures which dig pits and trap ants . |
| 3 | White fish and shellfish are easily obtainable fresh , and lance fish , shellfish meat and mysis shrimp are popular frozen foods . |
| 4 | My two Oscars are large active fish that share a purpose-built tank , with a large 12″ plec , a 7″ Black Shark , and a pair of Blue Acaras . |
| 5 | We shall come back to two of these references inspired by dreams of his mother and the hope that if reprieved he could ‘ comfort the autumn of her life ’ — and the remainder are mere passing notes . |
| 6 | In a complex modem society , information and expertise are major political resources . |
| 7 | Yet , Hurd 's suggestions implicitly assume that both states are stable political entities — which they are not . |
| 8 | The examples of such ‘ relationships ’ mentioned in the case are certain sexual offences , adultery , and marriage . |
| 9 | Most commercial contact lens materials in this category are simple cross-linked copolymers of vinyl pyrrolidone with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate or methyl methacrylate . |
| 10 | The debaters are well-seasoned obstetric anaesthetists from both sides of the Atlantic . |
| 11 | Copies are available free from Forestry Commission District Offices or by contacting the Public Information Division , Forestry Commission , 231 Corstrophine Road , Edinburgh . |
| 12 | A charge of £7.50 per copy is made for bulk orders but single copies are available free of charge from Export Control Organisation , Department of Trade and Industry , Kingsgate House , 66–74 Victoria Street , London SW1E 6SW . |
| 13 | Copies are available free ( send sae ) from the Publications Department at the Institute . |
| 14 | Copies are available free from . |
| 15 | Copies are available free from the Examinations Officer at the Institute . |
| 16 | Copies are available free from The Single Market Unit , New King 's Beam House , 22 Upper Ground , London SE1 9PJ . |
| 17 | Tape copies are available free of charge to blind and partially sighted people . |
| 18 | The coins are legal tender but are traded for the value of the precious metal they contain , rather than their nominal face values . |
| 19 | On the back of the video cases are detailed typewritten performance descriptions that can read like a Chinese restaurant menu . |
| 20 | Most , perhaps all , functionalists are thorough-going materialists who believe that mental phenomena are genuine physical phenomena seen at a particular level of abstraction . |
| 21 | Holme Pierrepont or the Bitches Rodeo are ideal British laboratories with a wide international mix of competent paddlers available to watch . |
| 22 | Each of the latest releases are available direct from Lander ( 041-357-1659 ) priced at £34-99 . |
| 23 | As usual , it may be noted that ( 6.22a ) can immediately be integrated to give ( 15 4 ) where f and g are arbitrary decreasing functions in the interaction region . |
| 24 | Market segmentation , increasingly informed and demanding consumers , complex and sophisticated product technology and the increased turnover in tastes and fashions , mean that speed and flexibility of response are essential organizational characteristics . |
| 25 | Our only remotely significant opponents are certain locally-elected politicians , aided and abetted by various unrepresentative members of the teaching force , and by a number of misguided education officers and politicized advisers . |
| 26 | Round the base are peculiar attached columns with upside-down flower pots in stone on top . |
| 27 | Walking and horse riding leaflets covering the route are available fresh off the press from : Countryside Commission . |
| 28 | France , Italy and former Czechoslovakia are other big customers . |
| 29 | Botany yarns and cotton yarns are dry spun and waxed on cone . |
| 30 | Occasionally our local gulls will be joined by the odd glaucous gull whose summer home is farther north , in Iceland or even in Spitsbergen : the glaucous gulls superficially resemble our herring gulls in that the adults have white bodies with grey backs , and the immatures are speckled brown , but at all ages they can be distinguished by having no black markings on the wing-tips , which are uniform fawn or white , depending on the age of the bird . |