Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both formal ( e.g. the mass media and educational systems ) and informal institutions are central to this stage , creating a sense of regional membership for the inhabitants : |
| 2 | It might have been thought that the arrival of so many neutral countries would render any Common Security policy impossible , but the Community institutions are alert to this ‘ danger ’ , and have stated that they will be rigorous in their application of the acquis to new members . |
| 3 | Amplex Capsules are refreshing in Original or Ice Mint Flavours . |
| 4 | According to our preferred model only two-thirds of the vacancies are acceptable to teenage men . |
| 5 | Legal raves are fun for young people . |
| 6 | New patients ' NHS notes are essential for general practitioners : they contain specific details of past treatment and confirm what the patients say about their current treatment . |
| 7 | ‘ biblical standard , given for the well-being of society ... [ that ] fornication , adultery and homosexual acts are sinful in all circumstances ... [ and that ] Christian leaders are called on to be exemplary in all spheres of morality , including sexual morality , as a condition of being appointed to or remaining in office . |
| 8 | Social services personnel are available on that number which has 19 separate lines . |
| 9 | Oscars are notorious for digestive troubles , and you can avoid future trouble by varying their diet . |
| 10 | The place is devoid of alcoholic recourse , even the bands ' riders are untroubled by hard liquor , shit , we 're all going to have to take crack instead ! |
| 11 | MOST New Yorkers are cynical about current efforts to clean mobsters out of their city 's waste-disposal business — and with good reason . |
| 12 | Alternatively you can try to apply the sensitive etch-resist ink yourself , and special positive-working aerosols are available for this purpose . |
| 13 | All these four reasons are subject to varying degrees of criticism : Unskilled manual jobs may well be done just as well , if not better , by the less educated ; resistance to change in employment can be affected more by the alternative job opportunities that are available than by levels of education ; advanced industrialisation has so atomised and de-skilled the production process that for many workers further or higher education is not necessary in their jobs , etc. , etc . |
| 14 | Our model does predict that long-period comets with kinetic energies in the tens of kiloton range should catastrophically disrupt and deposit the bulk of their energy just above 60km altitude , so the fates of these objects are consistent with cometary airbursts . |
| 15 | It is by definition a complex object , and all complex objects are explicable as logical constructions out of logically simple elements . |
| 16 | The important thing is that circles near heavy objects are different from normal . |
| 17 | Some argue that high returns are possible in declining industries and that this is inconsistent with the harvest/divest strategies indicated in the BCG and McKinsey-GE matrices . |
| 18 | In some respects these accounts are similar to those in the experimental situation where key characteristics were found to be a common strategy . |
| 19 | Table lamps are ideal for soft lighting and look particularly good in a traditional-style room . |
| 20 | It would appear that states prefer to act legally where possible and it is not possible to claim that states are unaffected by legal prohibitions on war , but the regularity with which such a large proportion of states are prepared to use force illegally — despite their total commitment to law-abidingness within their territories and the apparent lack of any retributive consequences of such illegalities ( unless defeat in war is unhelpfully labelled as a punishment ) — raise doubts about the parallels between municipal and international law in terms of the parameters of the concept of law . |
| 21 | While such states are central to literary studies , it is difficult to describe them precisely or effectively ; and for this reason , although they are of great interest , they are also inevitably weak points in your argumentation . |
| 22 | The view that the attitudes of Arab states are irrelevant to future security arrangements unless they coincide with Western prejudice — has been reinforced by the destruction of the Arab League early last August . |
| 23 | It is pointed out that whilst derivative instruments can be used for the management of investment risk , some investments are unsuitable for many investors . |
| 24 | The first part of the puzzle is resolved by recalling that only free neutrons decay ; the ones locked up in atomic nuclei are stable on any timescale comparable with the age of the Universe ( about 15 billion years ) although they may remain stable for ‘ only ’ about 10 years overall . |
| 25 | The current interest in problem solving arises from the recognition that : • problem solving is a common everyday phenomenon • problem solving can be taught and learned ( and has not been in the past ) • problem-solving skills are applicable in most fields • problem solving can be fun . |
| 26 | Arithmetical skills are often considered to be ‘ basic skills ’ , and the implication is drawn that such skills are relevant to everyday life . |
| 27 | This type of work , movement works closely with memorization in many cases , these skills are essential for daily living , they need regular daily practice in a great variety of situations . |
| 28 | And now , European companies are realising that negotiating skills are essential to ALL aspects of executive decision making — both within as well as outside the company . |
| 29 | In addition , evaluation within a Piagetian framework has led Furth ( 1966 ) to claim that cognitive skills are similar in deaf children , given equivalent exposure to the task requirements . |
| 30 | ‘ The important thing is the skills are transferable to general management or maybe back into practice , because we still need good managers to manage provision . ’ |