Example sentences of "[noun] be [noun] [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | All non-productive wood must be cut out , and the skill lies in deciding which of the many buds are wood buds and which are fruit buds , and then in deciding which of the wood buds are likely to produce the most fruit buds . |
| 2 | Stoke are championship favourites and will be backed by a 2,500 following . |
| 3 | The tell-tale signs are pin holes and dust in both soft- and hardwoods ; the mighty deathwatch beetle leaves larger holes in hardwoods such as elm and oak . |
| 4 | Since the political issues of choice for many of the artists are abortion rights and the oppression of women , various imagings of the female body recur throughout the show . |
| 5 | Some of the programmes are church services and meditations , others concentrate on development and health education and encourage local people to train as ‘ roving reporters ’ in rural areas . |
| 6 | A Friends of the Earth spokesman on air pollution says : ‘ The bulk emissions are nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide , which are major producers of acid rain , with of course , the ordinary carbon dioxide , the greenhouse gas . |
| 7 | The two research areas on which the government has shed light are machine tools and mechanical engineering , and electronics applications . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , Jens and Hanne are dairy farmers and can not spend time away from their stock to find him and try to make him see sense . ’ |
| 9 | The chief beneficiaries of affirmative action are university students and black businessmen , who are the blacks most likely to succeed anyway . |
| 10 | A further 45 grant-maintained schools are grammar schools and would be affected by Labour 's plans to end 11-plus testing . |
| 11 | These compounds were histamine analogues and cimetidine , developed by Nobel laureate Sir James Black , was the first clinically successful one . |
| 12 | Adidas managed to keep their cool while all about them were losing theirs because their trainers were playground staples and their kit designs were head and shoulders above the rest . |
| 13 | A new target for action is laboratory animals and bills are pending in the US Congress to eliminate or minimise duplication of experiments involving such creatures . |
| 14 | Their parents are philosophy professors and learning-disabilities therapists and guidance counsellors and physical therapists . |
| 15 | The other expanding areas are courtroom dramas and serial killer thrillers , with the long sagas slipping a bit , perhaps because there are too many . |
| 16 | The other sparse areas are Christmas titles and December , where a number of publishers have not finalised their lists . |
| 17 | Hedgehogs and hedge-sparrows are hedge denizens and by courtesy of Geoffrey Grigson we know that more than 40 native plants have ‘ hedge ’ names . |
| 18 | I read that some Waterman pens are collectors items and worth something . |
| 19 | The Mustajews are theatre fans and are supporter members of the Questers Theatre in Ealing . |
| 20 | Tom Bell wrote that " its leading comrades were Party members and worked in the closest collaboration with the Party Central Committee . |
| 21 | Added to the morning procession of salesmen were melon sellers and juice boys , cool water vendors ( 50 paise a glass ) and great caravans of ice cream wallahs . |
| 22 | In fact the mountains were cumulus clouds and the roaring sound came from the surf . |
| 23 | Its heroes are household names and millions of pounds are at stake when it is staged . |
| 24 | Nevertheless Hagi , Camataru and Dumitrescu are quality players and if Romania , given the political situation in Eastern Europe , have the right appetite they could cause the odd upset . |
| 25 | The only exceptions are TIFF files and EPS files . |
| 26 | Most manufactured items ( eg watches , garden equipment , calculators ) carry VAT ; the most notable exceptions are food products and children 's clothes . |
| 27 | Well , the vast majority of production music libraries are MCPS members and we therefore license their works . |
| 28 | The main targets are water heaters and freezers . |
| 29 | ( Funerals were lineage matters and did not involve whole sections . ) |
| 30 | Diana 's two specialities were chocolate roulades and Russian borscht soup which friends asked her to make and then deliver to their apartments . |