Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Series 444 round and 555 flat Cotman Brushes from Winsor & Newton are ranges of pure synthetic brushes which have fibres of differing thicknesses to help them perform like sable . |
| 2 | Unless I am mistaken , both Belgium and the Netherlands are examples of small independent nations in Europe ! |
| 3 | TRADE-UNION leaders in Germany are creatures of contradiction . |
| 4 | Stoke are favourites for automatic promotion with an impressive home record of 12 wins and five draws . |
| 5 | Charles and Susan Neal are locals from near Cirencester : |
| 6 | All over the northern Highlands are shreds of birch and hazel woodland which are perceptibly decaying under grazing pressure from under-culled red deer and unenclosed sheep . |
| 7 | Adult Bangladeshis in Cardiff are children of large families and thus have extensive networks of cousins . |
| 8 | Some sub-divisions of Sylhet are areas in which nearly every family has relatives in London , and so my visit there was of special significance to me . |
| 9 | Union Maids , The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter and , in this country , Women of the Rhondda are products of early feminist oral history , often interspersed with historical documentary footage . |
| 10 | HORBURY AND OSSETT are towns with much pride in their own individuality . |
| 11 | The owners of Land 's End are experts at the game and my friend Des Hannigan , who 's been working as a journalist down there for a few years , tells me they spray press releases at the local media with mad abandon . |
| 12 | The Red-legged Tarantula from Mexico and the Zebra Tarantula from Costa Rica are examples to be seen here . |
| 13 | The Pitmans are agents for P & O Ferries and can arrange bookings for day trips to France . |
| 14 | Both WTBS and WGN are parts of entertainment conglomerates which also own baseball teams whose games they pipe into their subscribers ' homes ( the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs respectively ) . |
| 15 | West of the village in Lathkilldale are remains of the lead-mining industry once so important in the Peak District . |
| 16 | The Samaritans in this country and the Suicide Prevention Centres in the United States are examples of emergency services providing 24-hour telephone access and other facilities for patients at risk of completed suicide . |
| 17 | Glasgow St Enoch Square picked up the Scottish award , Blackpool South Shore were tops in the North of England , and Maidenhead were champions in the South of England . |
| 18 | How far Blake and Mouton were pioneers in this field is open to dispute . |
| 19 | Among the papers sent to me by Mr Beltrami were letters from Meehan , written to him almost daily when he was on remand in Barlinnie Prison , Glasgow , awaiting trial . |
| 20 | More importantly , however , central government accepted that the LEAs were partners on the difficult path of curriculum change and development . |
| 21 | Although only Nicaragua and the United States were parties to the original litigation , the United States claimed that its actions in and against Nicaragua were justified as collective self-defence of the territorial integrity and political independence of those third States , in particular of El Salvador . |
| 22 | The only sour note for Arsenal were cautions for Lee Dixon , John Jensen , Parlour and Tony Adams and a facial injury to Limpar . |
| 23 | On the altar with Mgr Steele and parish priest Mgr Philip Holroyd were representatives of the different congregations , and a procession of gifts symbolising unity was made by children from St. Austin 's school . |
| 24 | The Erembald family , of which the chancellor of St Donatian 's and the castellan of Bruges were members in 1127 , was alleged by its opponents to be of servile origin ; that its members chose to murder Charles the Good rather than dispute the allegation suggests its truth . |
| 25 | The KGB were masters in both , from the crude use of the rubber hose to the sophisticated and mind-shattering techniques of the Black Room , the Sonic Disorientation Chamber , or a half-dozen other brain-washing methods . |
| 26 | To her eye , Ferraris were masterpieces of elegantly understated design , with fine lines and an innate animal grace . |
| 27 | In the marshy lake of Stymphalos in the Peloponnese were flocks of enormous stork-like birds . |
| 28 | Bridgwater were runners-up in Courage Western Counties League and during the last week have beaten Weston-super-Mare 18-7 in the final of the Bass Somerset Cup , and Nuneaton , in a friendly , 38-12 . |
| 29 | EI and CB were parties to an agreement — the Helsinki Agreement — that related to the acceptance by traders in France of Eurocheques drawn on foreign financial institutions . |
| 30 | ORRELL rugby union stars Martin Strett and England 's Nigel Heslop are targets for rugby league second division promotion hopefuls Oldham . |