Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [be] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not least that comics are serious stuff . |
| 2 | Crawford notes that while the architecture is useful to represent the business strategy , and while the associated products are necessary building blocks , the model is useless unless it allows for services to put the various pieces of the puzzle together . |
| 3 | Inadequate limits being set on the child 's behaviour , possible reinforcement of the aggression and modelling of aggression , and poor control of emotional reactions were all part of the learning history of these abusing children . |
| 4 | His weekly 13-minute yarns were colourful sea stories , most of them true , and all of them spellbinding . |
| 5 | Today , the principal concern of mainstream nutritionists is excess animal food in our diet . |
| 6 | JR sent for the latest aged debt report , quickly extracted from it the top 20 customers and found what he now expected to find — that more than 80% ; of the total debts were due form these , although by number they amounted to considerably less than 20% ; of the total customer file . |
| 7 | A rather different strategic view from London now emerged : But regional strategies were one thing , detailed design for redevelopment was another . |
| 8 | The national umbrella organisation for these local and regional groups is 81 ACTION which was formed during 1986 , has an agreed set of aims and publishes a newsletter . |
| 9 | In 1971 groups were busy thinking up ways to mark Amnesty 's 10th birthday . |
| 10 | The Liquid Faeries are all chicken wire guitars with a primitive production and basic arrangement . |
| 11 | The Liquid Faeries are all chicken wire guitars with a primitive production and basic arrangement . |
| 12 | The two most commonly used methods are internal rate of return ( IRR ) and net present value ( NPV ) . |
| 13 | By 1985 , average urban concentrations were 38 ug/m³ ; and rural concentrations were 28 ug/m³ ; . |
| 14 | Her hazel eyes were shaded olive and outlined in black . |
| 15 | I think that one of the most confusing aspects is this word corporates , what 's a national account corporate , what 's a national account |
| 16 | To choose between candidates as representatives of political parties is one thing : to choose between them as persons is another . |
| 17 | Foreign trade played an important part in the Slovene economy , Italy and the German states being important trading partners . |
| 18 | The raids on the British cities were another matter . |
| 19 | Covering one-and-a-half miles 30 times is hard work , but I 'm not really complaining . ’ |
| 20 | Covering one-and-a-half miles 30 times is hard work , but I 'm not really complaining . ’ |
| 21 | In Britain , the detailed fieldwork maps at 1:10,560 are large-scale , the one-inch or 1:50,000 published maps are intermediate scale , and the offshore maps are small-scale ) . |
| 22 | The employees interviewed in the 30 banks all have the responsibility for making lending decisions to small business customers , but in only a few cases were those branch managers as such , because generally the role of dealing with the small business customer is delegated to executives such as the specialised Enterprise Manager , or the Small Business Manager , all of whom had several years ' experience . |
| 23 | Various outcomes have been examined in randomised controlled trials of intrapartum fetal monitoring ; the only complication to show a lower ( and largely consistent ) decrease in the monitored groups was neonatal convulsion , and this protective effect seemed to be confined to prolonged , induced , or augmented labours . |
| 24 | Another type of pipe found in some houses is stainless steel . |
| 25 | If so , the fact that a dependence thesis is true of theoretical authorities is strong evidence to suppose that it holds for practical authorities as well . |
| 26 | The result with present 3-D pictures is that foreground objects tend to look flat — ‘ cut out of cardboard ’ is the common expression — because the viewer can not look round an object by moving his head . |
| 27 | The one thing that makes decent family life possible in these unpromising environments is stark drudgery ; the role of the wife and mother involves an endless round of unremitting , indeed , heart-breaking , but thankless , labour . |
| 28 | Another argument for fatter bonuses is that pay tied to performance encourages managers to act in shareholders ' interests . |
| 29 | Some lectures were some way even from this loose definition of science : John Ruskin lectured on Verona and Italian art in 1870 , and Richard Westmacott , who was both a Royal Academician and FRS , on art five weeks later — but he talked particularly on the question of assembling and conserving the Greek sculpture in the British Museum . |
| 30 | Hung turkeys are left whole , not because the innards contribute to the flavour , but because their removal creates holes which allow in bacteria — if left intact , a bird is sealed and therefore safe . |