Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But the only obvious truth of this kind in the UK has been that foreign supply creates domestic demand , the measure of which is import penetration . |
| 32 | The Roman politicians of the post-Gracchan period Posidonius admired were those who had shown moderation and had not yielded to the rapacity of the equestrian class , men like Rutilius Rufus or Lucius Sempronius Asellio , a benefactor of Sicily ( Diod. 37.5 ; 8 ) . |
| 33 | Arthur had been all of those things himself : hunter , warrior , then king . ’ |
| 34 | There was a heel-bone , in particular , which Dr Macleod said was such , that if the foot was in proportion , it must have been twenty-seven inches long . |
| 35 | About to join a battle royal with Britain and Germany over his ambitious plans for a 30 per cent increase in the EC budget , the last thing Mr Delors wanted was more tales of bogus food exports . |
| 36 | Innominate Crack and Kern Knotts Crack are both 4c , though the first is the harder overall and more suited to the modern climber , being less of a squirm than the other . |
| 37 | To recapitulate : what Schopenhauer demonstrated is that music differs in character and origin from the other arts because they represent phenomena , while music represents metaphysical reality directly . |
| 38 | The Degas , Turner and Monet shown are all in private collections and should not be confused with the better known versions of the same paintings in the major galleries . |
| 39 | Another thing that Nicodemus learned was that no one is too old to be born again . |
| 40 | From Henry 's recollection of the trial , which was , admittedly , not all that clear , Young had been some kind of chemist . |
| 41 | Andréew Fisher had been another contemporary from Sydney and an ability to write , a law degree , and a background in student papers and films made him a choice to handle much of the business side . |
| 42 | The career of Miller had been that of a classic party functionary rising to PUWP central committee secretary and politburo member , whereas Kwasniewski , who came up through the editorship of party youth wing newspapers to become Minister of Youth and Sports from 1985 , had made his name as a pragmatist and advocate of co-operation with Solidarity in the 1989 round table talks . |
| 43 | And if Jack had been such another he would have thanked Charlie for his unstinted friendship , his generous loans , his hospitality and for bringing him Marilyn Thompson . |
| 44 | At the turn of the century industrial production in Belorussia had been half that of the average for Russia as a whole . |
| 45 | What Weismann realized was that nothing that happens to your body can be translated back into your genes as it were . |
| 46 | On the whole , especially at local level , the Left in Britain has been more goal orientated than the Right . |
| 47 | Busy is something Graham Myers has been all season with all Forest injuries Ward with a free kick gets it clear straight to Thomson though Greyson Thomson Gemmell closes down the room immed that 's a very good ball . |
| 48 | Mrs Thatcher has been such a figure and , in spite of reverses , she has animated and directed governments with a sense of political direction . |
| 49 | But all Bob knew was that dozens of people sounded in agony with horrific-looking wounds . |
| 50 | If Frankenstein had been some sort of intelligent creepy-crawly , Ace thought , that 's the kind of monster he 'd have built . |
| 51 | After a while I thought that as Dateline had been such a success the first time why not have some fun and do it again ? |
| 52 | Bill had been enough times to a morgue . |
| 53 | Mrs Thatcher had been such a dominant political figure for so long , her approach to politics so radical , that all who served with her were stuck with a general defence of her record . |
| 54 | Lalande wrote of him in 1763 : ‘ Sisson has been several times in prison for failing to pay his workmen [ of whom Jesse Ramsden , q.v. , was one ] ; he starts many things and finishes nothing : he takes his instruments to the pawnbroker , where they have been seen selling for a tenth of their value . |
| 55 | The nature of community representation in Pittsburgh has been such that , while obliged to consult groups over the allocation of federally originating money , only one group per neighbourhood was consulted . |
| 56 | An irritating feature of Wien filters is that to vary the pass or rejection frequency , ideally both capacitances or , as is rather easier , both resistances should be varied in sympathy . |
| 57 | Before Aunt Tossie had sent him away to that Special School , Nicandra had been such a good little Queen to him . |
| 58 | ‘ It is declared that a good wife is a crown to her husband , but Mrs. Crawley had been much more than a crown to him … she had been crown , throne and sceptre all in one ’ . |
| 59 | Now she understood what that something precious Fernando had was that would guarantee Maria Luisa returned to him instead of staying with Steve . |
| 60 | What Paul needs is this little girl who does n't care whether a man 's a bit boring . |