Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun sg] be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while there may be degrees of determination or contradiction , there must be some consensus as to what count as examples of these relations — what sorts of contradiction are there ? |
| 2 | As readers who have pursued this work from its outset will be aware , our argument is that one of the persistent strengths of pluralism is its capacity to produce consistent and detailed descriptions of particular aspects of reality . |
| 3 | our estimate for price elasticity is four and one to nought point eight minus one is one point eight , notice though that its ratio has jumped considerably or has doubled and the dummy variable itself is very significant the T ratio ten the coefficient on that dummy variable tells us the effect of the war on textile consumption , right so on average textile consumption rose by point two er see what the units of measurement are we do n't actually have units of er ah so we 'll |
| 4 | In the same way lovers and connoisseurs of beauty are what everyone else is , or ought to be working for , on Moore 's scheme . |
| 5 | For the young male mink , the first few months of life are his hardest test . |
| 6 | 90 minutes of torture is what I 'd call it , especially when you get the likes of Jimmy Hill ( strokes chin in very sarcastic manner ) commentating . |
| 7 | The onus lies with them in the first place , because the design of the programmes of study is their responsibility . |
| 8 | attainment targets are yo , you know what programmes of study are you addressing in this lesson ? |
| 9 | As is well brought out in a recent paper , the views of Carnap 's which Quine opposed involved the claim that conventionally adopted analytic linguistic frameworks provided criteria of reality , which set up the standards according to which any question that might arise was settlable ( Ricketts 1982 ) . |
| 10 | The different frequencies of light are what the human eye sees as different colors , with the lowest frequencies appearing at the red end of the spectrum and the highest frequencies at the blue end . |
| 11 | The general picture that emerges from these patterns of variation is one in which simplification patterns and loss of regularity and consistency are related to the weakening of network strength and the development of patterns of weak ties . |
| 12 | One of a horse 's most important forms of communication is one we rarely consider . |
| 13 | Long hours of toil were nothing new , but the mills brought a discipline that at best was irksome and in many places was harsh . |
| 14 | One of the biggest limitations of Minimalism is its relation to context . |
| 15 | A useful feature of models of interdependence is their ability to encompass new forms of co-operation between states , such as the development of the European Community . |
| 16 | The third method for assessing the effects of exposure is one in which the subjects are required to learn a discrimination between pre-exposed stimuli ( or between the pre-exposed stimulus and some other ) . |
| 17 | What is even more striking in these contrasting evaluations of maturity is their treatment of gender . |
| 18 | One of the advantages of cyclosporine is its rapid onset of action ( about two weeks ) compared with the mean response time of about three months with 6-mercaptopurine and azathioprine . |
| 19 | Such land could , in theory , be used to produce up to 30 million tonnes of fuel , with further advantages of biodiesel being its sulphur-free composition , its " extremely positive " energy balance , and its price competitiveness provided it is tax-free . |
| 20 | How the Scottish paragliders imagined this sport would adapt to the arctic , savage , gale-torn mountains of home is anybody 's guess , but they appear to be quite happy flapping around in the rain before plummeting out of the sky like Icarus and skidding to an inelegant halt face first in small lochans . |
| 21 | You 're not going to pieces of paper are you ? |
| 22 | How many kinds of meteorite are there ? |
| 23 | What kinds of survey are there ? |
| 24 | But how many kinds of sentence are there ? |
| 25 | What kinds of task is it most appropriate for groups to undertake ? |
| 26 | Questions of privilege are themselves justiciable and have , on occasion , been referred by the Crown at the instance of the House in question to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ; what approach would be proper in such a circumstance ? |
| 27 | Hearts of oak are our ships , |
| 28 | Hearts of oak are our men , |
| 29 | Only the church band — two clarionets , a serpent , a bassoon and an ill-tempered violoncello — brought much vigour to the services ; after the harmonies of King 's their enthusiasm fell stridently on the Rector 's ear . |
| 30 | In claiming one of the qualities of language was its ability to supplement the phenomenal reality of this world , the Renaissance also acknowledged the volatility of language . |