Example sentences of "[noun] be [adj] these [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second main reason why handling grief is different these days is that death has become less and less an event that takes place within the confines of the family circle . |
| 2 | Otterness is busy these days . |
| 3 | But his concentration was poor these days : he could hardly keep his mind on anything for more than a moment … and even when he heard what the Padre said it made no sense … " the Editor of The Times as wise as God Himself ! " |
| 4 | Cos she was expecting me to trot out something like , yes both my parents went to grammar school like everybody else whose parents went , you know , they were all saying , yes my parents went to grammar school and they got these and these have got these qualifications and everything , I could n't believe it though , there 's a load of people in our class and like you know , all the parents are all these things and they 're not exactly brilliant , the children |
| 5 | Groan making jokes from the presidents of the BA and PA at the BA dinner and dance are obligatory these days , and the Torquay Conference was no exception . |
| 6 | We believe sound type is essential these days , but the opportunity is rising very fast . |
| 7 | And well , it 's not nice to say that a girl is fat these days , but she was all ample proportioned we 'll put it like that . |
| 8 | Digging out information on Europe 's better known mountains is straight-forward these days . |
| 9 | Four megabytes is typical these days for memories . |
| 10 | What home was safe these days ? |
| 11 | But also they consider the problems and realise that when business is bad these problems may force them to close their Northern Ireland factories . |
| 12 | Frau Hoflin hoped it had n't been an affair , but even if it had , well , things were different these days and it did n't matter too much as long as it was over . |
| 13 | Where has HMIP been all these years to allow dioxin to escape into the environment ? |
| 14 | ‘ With that freedom comes responsibility , for what use are all these opportunities without the skills we need to exploit them ? . |
| 15 | A bridge between the legislating church and the law-making king might be found in the role of the clergy who until c. 1290 still dominated the royal judiciary , although by no means were all these men canon lawyers . |
| 16 | ‘ For one thing it sounds like an overlapping full-back on the Juventus transfer list , for another my kids are asking if an appointment is necessary these days or should they start the row without me ? |
| 17 | Even training is fun these days . |
| 18 | Now , as far as my health is concerned these days it could be a little bit better but a bonny sight worse . |
| 19 | The dishes he filled seemed indistinguishable to my eye from run-of-the-mill cottage pie except they were rather blacker round the edges than is normal , and they were accompanied by the garnish of a quarter of a raw tomato , two cucumber slices , a sprinkling of cress ( or maybe lawn clippings ) , and a tired , pre-chewed lettuce leaf without which no British pub meal is complete these days . |
| 20 | ‘ Supposing a couple of minutes is all these birds need ? |
| 21 | The mass demonstrations of the first year are rare these days and the army and Shin Bet security service have been chalking up success after bloody success in hunting down the masked youths who throw petrol bombs and kill collaborators . |
| 22 | The mass demonstrations of the first year are rare these days and the army and Shin Bet security service have been chalking up success after bloody success in hunting down the masked youths who throw petrol bombs and kill collaborators . |
| 23 | There you go , only flaw is that s the only bit of the tune I can get into my head right now … that does nt matter though — any tune is extravagant these days ! ! |
| 24 | It was Brian , chancing to come across it a few days later while looking for some envelopes , who said , ‘ Who on earth are all these people ? ’ |
| 25 | West Berlin is all these things and more to the inhabitants of the GDR . |