Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [det] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those of us who have fought those of us who have fought still have one job we can do and that is to see that the military capability of the United States is such that no potential aggressor will ever dare attack us . |
| 2 | As is clear from the above , Giddens 's querying of Freud is more than a pedantic concentration on sloppy terminology . |
| 3 | They may have gone down the medium wave dial from 10.17 to 8.55 , but their new premises in Ludlow is more than a few steps up from the barn . |
| 4 | Yet Maastricht is more than a symbolic milestone . |
| 5 | With 3 gold medals , Steve Redgrave is more than an Olympic hero . |
| 6 | But Cooper is more than a hard man . |
| 7 | The Stirling bombers used on the S.A.S. missions such as Houndsworth were more than a local goods service ferrying freight to various points in France . |
| 8 | Ingleborough from Clapham is more than a simple walk . |
| 9 | The statutory framework for pension schemes in the UK is such that the actuary 's role is largely governed by the operation of Guidance Notes issued by the Institute and Faculty rather than by legislation and regulation . |
| 10 | Given a decent summer , a top English Seyval Blanc or Huxelrebe is more than a match for most Muscadets or Soaves . |
| 11 | He was harsh : his brutality in the taking of Alençon was such that the war against him collapsed and men 's lives , you might say , were thereby preserved in the end . |
| 12 | The waiting period for Entry Certificates at the British Consulate in Bombay is more than a year . |
| 13 | This Devonian is more than a useful one-day cricketer who does his stuff as a medium-pace seamer. he is rated as a sound technical batsman , sure-footed against the spinner and able to get the short-pitched bowling away . |
| 14 | The fact is , however , that Leonce and Lena is more than a fizzled-out digression into comedy by the creator of Woyzeck . |
| 15 | ‘ The Darkfall is more than a physical manifestation , ’ continued Rohmer . |
| 16 | Sometimes Japan is more than a Western mind can take . |
| 17 | Acheson added that the Soviet Union was already endeavouring to spread subversion in Japan and that the potential Soviet threat to Japan was such that the risks inherent in concluding a treaty could not be entertained in present circumstances . |
| 18 | We know that Matisse is more than a decorative painter and we agree that Picasso is not always an aggressive painter , but the whole discourse about these painters has depended upon certain prejudicial polarities : colour or form ; wholeness or disintegration ; tradition or avant-garde ; French or international . |
| 19 | George was much as the wanted posters described him : 5′7″ tall , thickset , ruddy complexioned , and with the appearance of a country farmer . |
| 20 | We believe the general character of both the environment and farming in Wales is such that the country can be viewed as a distinct region within the European Community . |
| 21 | Proportionately , the reduction in Wales is less than the average for the United Kingdom as a whole . |