Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basis on which the vote was given was that of property . |
| 2 | The policy issues to which the work is directed are those of efficiency and equity of private market provision of training and the related question of the justification for public subsidy . |
| 3 | The speed at which the loop is formed is such that the bobbin is suspended , so eliminating any need for lubrication despite the continuous rotation of the bobbin carrier . |
| 4 | Maybe , but the point the Bible is making is that ‘ without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins ’ ( Hebrews 9.22 ) . |
| 5 | The cups in which the k'miss was brought were each cut from an individual chunk of crystal chased with gold . |
| 6 | For this exercise , the procedure being examined is that carried out within a section , and the procedure owner is taken to be the person who could authorise changes at this level ( eg by the introduction of pro-formats for day-to-day recording of mileage etc ) , in this case the head of each section . |
| 7 | One prospect being touted is that institutional investors , who at the end of 1990 held 73% of ICI 's shares , will insist on splitting the job of the group 's chairman and chief executive in two . |
| 8 | Another factor that needs to be considered when policy is formulated is that lethal malformation will not always be diagnosed before delivery . |
| 9 | The role from which this paper is written is that of a social scientist who is concerned with the practical issues of living and working in contemporary societies . |
| 10 | Although not everyone will agree that the condition of , for instance , educational buildings can be adequately judged without an educational view , the main point which the Commission was making was that information was the key to the assessment of quality in education . |
| 11 | Paradoxically , this provided for the possibility of voluntary unemployment , an anathema to the capitalist class , and so the conditions under which men 's claims to maintenance from the state were met were such as to weaken male work incentives as little as possible , and ideally to discourage men from making a claim at all , except in the direst circumstances . |
| 12 | While these various groups which went to make up the hierarchy were mutually interdependent , the basic principle on which society was organized was this formal system of ranking . |
| 13 | Lawyers are already claiming there is no real precedent , because the Japanese being compensated are those who personally experienced internment , whereas no US black can claim direct and personal damage by ‘ the peculiar institution ’ . |
| 14 | In this particular case , the assumption being made is that only animals that are preyed upon need camouflage . |
| 15 | The vertical angle at which a shot is taken is another important visual signal . |
| 16 | Correspondingly , the authority by which research expertise is acknowledged is that of the academic peer group , the relevant epistemic community ; in contrast , teaching authority comes at least in part from the students . |
| 17 | Well I think that the way the case is put is that . |
| 18 | The only real-life burial where this combination of song and cavalcade is reported is that of Attila the Hun , in Jordanes ' Gothic History . |
| 19 | The summons on which he made the order was merely a summons which asked for directions and the form in which his order was couched was that of an order nisi which , subject to the time limits laid down in the order , gave an unqualified liberty to apply . |
| 20 | A RARE movie — the mainly horrible How The West Was Won is another — that tries to include the whole arc of the West in its plot , expending its first hours on the virgin land as Kevin Costner communes with nature and Indians , but the finale has to admit the good days are gone , as demonstrated by the coming of the brutish cavalry intent on making the Sioux the first victims of the expansionist whites . |
| 21 | A description of what it was like being a female secretary in a male-dominated office received much attention , and much fury and hilarity when it was realized that the office being described was that of the New Left Review . |