Example sentences of "[adj] the [noun pl] be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly a visit to the plains of Africa gives one an immediate impression of how conspicuous the stripes are and how easy it is to spot a herd of zebra in almost any terrain . |
| 2 | ‘ That where they are generally authorised for the purpose of Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985 the Directors be and they are hereby empowered pursuant to Section 95 of the said Act to allot equity securities ( within the meaning of Section 94 of the said Act ) for cash , as if Section 89(1) of the said Act did not apply to any such allotment provided that this power shall : |
| 3 | But she would write and tell him how fine the flower-beds were and how across the road the sea rushed into the golden shore and she would tell him how much she missed him . |
| 4 | We will let you know in the September magazine just how good the Ventures were and what went on . |
| 5 | At primary school level the great majority of the 400 parents interviewed were more concerned with the school 's distance from home and how rough the children were than with class size and educational standards . |
| 6 | Half of all the failures are because patients are dissatisfied with the functional results of this operation . |
| 7 | All the signs are that President Mitterrand 's approach is supported by Chancellor Kohl 's foreign minister , Mr Hans-Dietrich Genscher . |
| 8 | But all the signs are that if Britain still withholds its endorsement , the other 11 will conclude an agreement among themselves outside the formal EC framework . |
| 9 | All the signs are that somewhere there is a warehouse full of unwanted red-blue 3D specs , going cheap and looking for an alternative use . |
| 10 | Hundreds of pilots will retire over the next two years and all the signs are that the airlines are poised to grow strongly from now on . ’ |
| 11 | All the signs are that we are going to have to put up with far from satisfactory liquid crystal diode displays if we want portability , and recognising that the things are far from ideal , Japanese manufacturers are pulling out all the stops to improve the things . |
| 12 | A reply from the Ministry is expected within days , and all the signs are that it will be positive . |
| 13 | All the signs are that the board , under its chairman , Sir Clifford Chetwood , is fully committed to demonstrating its value to the industry and others . |
| 14 | Erm , I mean I really ca n't , I do n't expect them to surge ahead as they did last year but all the signs are that , that , they 're doing very well and er , it 's a very well managed business erm , great cost control er , I do n't know whether you noticed recently that Meryl des described the erm , the management of erm , of A W as the er , I think it was the creme de la creme of the |
| 15 | Everywhere candidates lost out to a low turnout … all the signs are that the voters have had enough for this year |
| 16 | Counterfeiting is a multi million pound industry and all the signs are that it 's growing at an alarming rate . |
| 17 | Complaints about noise have increased tenfold in the past fifteen years , and all the signs are that the problem is still getting worse . |
| 18 | All the signs are that it made virtually no impact at all . |
| 19 | All the signs are that it will be a holding speech , waiting until December for the first of the combined spending and taxing Budgets , with , maybe , some radical tax reforms thrown in . |
| 20 | But all the signs are that although bottles will continue to be the major end product for ‘ Melinar ’ and will continue to gain business , mainly at the expense of glass , other very important applications will also develop . |
| 21 | Yet all the signs were that this was going to be a fruitless exercise . |
| 22 | and with so much steam coming from the forwards all the signs were that Gloucester were going to take sale to the cleaners … |
| 23 | A government clearly that is split both politically and is totally incompetent the government 's majority is now down to eighteen and all the predictions are that within a few weeks it will be down to seventeen . |
| 24 | All the predictions were that the meeting at Downing Street between newly elected political opposites would be difficult . |
| 25 | ‘ Michael Stich has definitely told us he will play and all the indications are that Boris will do so this time as well ’ said Mr Meyer-Wolden , who spent several hours on a flight back from Australia earlier in the year , putting Becker in the picture of a wide range of his views , ideas and objectives . |
| 26 | ALL THE indications are that the Monopolies & Mergers Commission report , published next week , will give the green light to Coats Viyella 's £395m bid for Tootal Group . |
| 27 | All the indications are that the outcome will not be the crushing reformist victory Mr Pozsgay has been predicting . |
| 28 | All the indications are that we are now forging ahead . |
| 29 | Moreover , trust in Hitler was not simply based upon an early end to the war , but on an early victorious conclusion , and all the indications are that before late 1942 and early 1943 — centring around Stalingrad , the North African reverses , and the mounting allied air supremacy — only a minority of Germans ( around a third of the population according to American surveys carried out in 1945 ) were prepared to concede that the war was lost . |
| 30 | All the indications are that the Hebridean flora and vegetation were more diverse than today , presumably as a result of the widespread more fertile , unleached mineral soils present immediately after deglaciation and the cessation of periglaciation . |