Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] be [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The x=0 and y=0 planes are planes of symmetry . |
| 2 | Most of the criticisms levelled against the world 's religions are criticisms of failure . |
| 3 | In the Corelli/Tartini/Kreisler encore , and in the Dvorak Sonatina and Humoresque which began and ended the recital , the violin naturally took precedence , and here Evans 's accompaniments were masterpieces of rich understatement , putting a seal of understanding on Friedman 's nostalgic readings . |
| 4 | Wainfleet 's eyes were pinpoints of concentration . |
| 5 | Both of Jaq 's parents were adepts of genetics . |
| 6 | At Cambridge she met her first husband , Sebastian Manning , who introduced her to a world in which socialism , far from being ridiculous , was natural , chic , colourful , confident , artistic : Sebastian 's parents were artists of some repute , one a painter , the other a potter , and they did not think much of the austerities of Dr Leavis . |
| 7 | Both Lugard 's parents were missionaries in India , but his father came from a family of soldiers and himself possessed military rank as a chaplain in the Madras establishment of the East India Company . |
| 8 | Owing to the action of the glaciers , the majority of Britain 's soils are mixtures of sands , silts , and clays . |
| 9 | All Motor Safari 's instructors are members of the Driving Instructors Association , and the fact that two of the instructors are women proves that off-road driving is not primarily a macho pastime . |
| 10 | Most of Pintail 's customers are carvers of wildfowl , and so this smaller handpiece must be very popular . |
| 11 | Cumings has remarked , ‘ These people 's committees are examples of that rarest of Korean political forms , locally rooted and responsive organization . ’ |
| 12 | Furthermore , in a discussion filled with oblique references to the O'Keeffe that Stieglitz had revealed in his photographs of her , he made it clear that he agreed with Stieglitz that O'Keeffe 's paintings were revelations of the female sexual nature : |
| 13 | Remember Dr Ford 's comments are extracts from the longer personal answer that every reader gets to their queries . |
| 14 | Sixteen of this year 's scholars are children of company employees while the rest live in the area where LASMO has its field operations . |
| 15 | The Other Israel looks at Jewry 's alleged Biblical claim to Palestine and finds that 80% of Israel 's occupants are descendants of East European/Asian 10th Century converts to Judaism and thus have no moral , racial or Biblical claim to the land of Palestine . |
| 16 | So Tod 's tears were tears of remorse , or propitiation . |
| 17 | Millwall with 5 wins in 8 have been roaring towards promotion , but on Saturday Brian Horton 's men were masters of the ring . |
| 18 | Although the S1 and S2 courses are courses in their own right , it is hoped that they will provide a springboard for those pupils electing to study a technical subject to Standard , Higher and CSYS Grade . |
| 19 | As the recombinant GGFs described here and several putative p185 erbB2 ligands are products of the same gene , we reasoned that bovine pituitary GGFs and rhGGF-II might activate a p185 receptor tyrosine kinase ( perhaps erbB2 ) on Schwann cells . |