Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big hook which had once been part of a hanging scales was in the shape of the letter S , and sharpened to a point at both ends . |
| 2 | In extract 15 , for example , Cheryl 's Creole response is to the London English part of Jane 's turn , while Jane 's next turn is an English response to Cheryl 's Creole turn . |
| 3 | I 'm dealing with two estates where no will has been made and the house was in the name of husband alone who died without a will and the net result is that on on law on intestacy neither of the those surviving widows is of right entitled to the house and in both cases there are children and as you can imagine there is a certain amount of anguish about it . |
| 4 | THE station 's prime economic function was as a reception and distribution point for goods of all kinds . |
| 5 | Mr Clarke said the working plans were for about five units with about 40 places each . |
| 6 | Their symbolic political struggle is in defence of a cultural order in which there exist strong moral rules to provide solutions to the problems of the appropriate constituents and roles of the family . |
| 7 | My right hon. Friend recently announced that the mental illness specific grant is to be increased by 50 per cent . |
| 8 | Many statutes can already be summoned up on a video screen at the touch of a few buttons , and complete coverage is in the offing ; but , since the use of these computerised systems is expensive , the old-fashioned methods will long be with us . |
| 9 | And European funding is in place . |
| 10 | SynOptics Communications Inc has announced an order from the Unipart Group of Companies for its System 3000 intelligent hubs , which will be used to spearhead the latter 's migration from IBM Corp mainframe systems to personal computer local networks : the order comes via network integrator Harris Adacom , and comprises seven System 3000 hubs which will be used to run Token Ring and Ethernet ; the total contract is worth £250,000 , and SynOptics says it won the order ahead of competition from Cabletron and IBM . |
| 11 | This can be done , however , only where a taxpayer 's total income is below the level of their personal allowances . |
| 12 | The use of unemployment rates as a criterion of the effectiveness of regional policies is of limited value . |
| 13 | We need an urgent review , maybe less papers but more information on rights lost and what Labour policies are for the future . |
| 14 | Now we know why Labour policies are in such a mess . |
| 15 | The most telling accounts were to be seen in the local press whose journalists had gone along on routine reporting assignments and tried to come to terms with the decidedly un-pop star look of the performers on stage . |
| 16 | Associated funding is to be similarly redirected |
| 17 | It is an indication of how low Kylie 's emotional defences were during this crisis that — just for once — the intensely personal details of her life suddenly came gushing out , as if to exorcise some spirit that was within her . |
| 18 | The fatal accident inquiry at Ayr had been told by the lawyer for the golf club that the most important way to stop accidental drownings is by education . |
| 19 | Whether judges are better or less able than others to assess the merits and demerits of political policies is beside the point , because that is not their function . |
| 20 | If judicial divisions and controversial judgments are in any case inevitable , the pragmatist asks , why should the controversy not be about what really matters , about which decision will produce the least inefficient practice or the fewest occasions of injustice in the future ? |
| 21 | Vetting of senior commanders : the appointments of Defence Minister , CGS , and Head of the Chief Political Directorate are at least confirmed and may be initiated by Moscow . |
| 22 | Small though the total take was in 866 ( 4,000 lb of silver ) , the significant point was not its size but the fact that it was raised in cash through a generalised tax . |
| 23 | One way of establishing democratic accountability of administrative institutions is through workers control or self-management in factory , office and other socialized entitles . |
| 24 | The term economic hides the fundamental point that economic change is at the same time social change . |
| 25 | Most of the preclinical teaching is within the Medical School . |
| 26 | Most of the preclinical teaching is within the Royal ( Dick ) School at Summerhall close to the centre of the city . |
| 27 | In the United States multi employer or association bargaining at district or regional level was by no means unknown , primarily in industries exemplified once again by highly competitive product markets . |
| 28 | The coat of arms belonging to the fifteenth-century convent is to be found in the gardens . |
| 29 | This book explores the idea of major economic shifts being on the agenda . |
| 30 | Some sections of the total route are to be upgraded by other authorities ( eg. Slateford to Merchiston ) ; our volunteers will work on sections not otherwise covered . |