Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] and [be] [be] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This is partly because hostilities now arouse political opposition and are be no means fully approved of by all the British people or even all British authorities . |
| 2 | This is partly because hostilities now arouse political opposition and are be no means fully approved of by all the British people or even all British authorities . |
| 3 | Australian Eagle , described by a BAT spokesman as a ‘ second division player ’ in a competitive and over-broked market , made a £5m profit last year from £156m of premium income and is being sold in two parts . |
| 4 | We must recognise that they are getting a raw deal and are being victimised by the Government . |
| 5 | This was discussed with Ann earlier this year and is being carried out during August because it is the most convenient month . |
| 6 | Many of the techniques developed by ICI to clean up its own processes have commercial value and are being made available to other companies . |
| 7 | He said quality of service was of paramount importance and was being improved year after year . |
| 8 | Many toxins , such as snake venoms , operate through the victim 's nervous system and are being used in the treatment of human nervous disorders . |
| 9 | The meeting heard that the 14m FAB 4 prototype is not far behind her larger sister and is being fitted out at Osborne 's yard in Littlehampton . |
| 10 | The rarest hornbill is almost certainly the Narcondam , which is confined to a 15km 2 island of that name and is being studied by S A Hussain of the Bombay Natural History Society . |
| 11 | If the property is in the husband 's sole name and is being conveyed to trustees ( whether or not the trustees are to be himself and his wife or outside parties ) upon the terms of the court order or the terms of the agreement reached between husband and wife , there seems no good reason , as mentioned in Chapter 3 , why the husband should not convey " as beneficial owner " . |
| 12 | Kitzbuehel and Are , his earlier successes , were hardly that last season : Kitzbuehel was truncated because of poor snow and Are 's fine course was reduced to mashed potato by wind and rain . |
| 13 | The results of all the foregoing may be a fire or fires which on the arrival of the fire brigade have either developed as could be anticipated in the absence of an automatic extinguishing system or a situation where fire has gained a substantial hold and is being retarded in its growth by a sprinkler system reduced to some degree from its designed effectiveness . |
| 14 | These items had been acquired by the Quaker group and were being sold to Sir William . |
| 15 | Elsa departed because she could n't take Fagg 's oft-repeated loud muttering of ‘ Swiss maybe , but Swiss-Kraut certainly ’ ; two male Chinese took umbrage when he denounced them as Nips ; an observing Hindu became revolted when Mauleverer , an occasional resident , subjected him to intense cross-questioning about whether the liver was from a Dutch calf and was being served sufficiently rare ; and a delicious-looking Filipino , who strayed too close to Fishbane at breakfast , received a pinch which made her hysterical . |
| 16 | ‘ All of them are vulnerable to coastal erosion and are being nibbled away by the sea . |
| 17 | He was taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital by a passing motorist and is being treated for leg and arm wounds . |
| 18 | This is a new method and is being developed further with some optimism . |
| 19 | The London buses by this time had taken on the look of the more modern style and were being driven by diesel engines , also they were capable of carrying as many as fifty-six passengers . |
| 20 | But he is making no excuses for Taylor Woodrow 's stubborn perseverance with the American contracting business which lost £12m last year and is being closed at a cost of £24m . |
| 21 | LABEL WAS THIRTY LAST year and is being celebrated by the release of several of its classic jazz titles , courtesy of the GRP label in the form of the full price ‘ GRP Presents the legendary Masters of Jazz ’ series . |