Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [noun prp] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where Roman Wyatt was concerned she was like a snail without a shell . |
| 2 | Where Neil Kinnock is fiery , verbose , excitable , Mr Smith is calm , believable , dependable . |
| 3 | By now they had walked some distance along the Haymarket , and were on the edge of Piccadilly Circus where Dr Neil was relieved to see that Stair 's party had disappeared and the crowds there had grown less . |
| 4 | ‘ It usually is , where Mr Alfred is concerned . ’ |
| 5 | Anyway , ‘ Butterfly Girl ’ always reminds me of that bit in The Wicker Man where Britt Ekland is naked and writhing and patting suggestively on Edward Woodward 's bedroom wall and singing a similarly spooky mantra . |
| 6 | But then , as she was fast coming to realise , that was par for the course really , since nothing appeared to make much sense where Dane Jacobsen was concerned . |
| 7 | Right now she had enough to think about without letting her imagination run riot where Niall Grant was concerned . |
| 8 | At a time when the administration of opera is such an hysterically newsworthy subject ( at least where Covent Garden is concerned — and that , given the current thinking of the Arts Council and the arts minister , seems likely only to get worse ) composers want to write operas because they , if nobody else , recognise the scope of what the medium can offer . |
| 9 | WHATEVER way you look at it , whichever perspective you adopt , it is hard to resist one straightforward conclusion where John Major is concerned . |
| 10 | Although William Green was deprecatory about his own writing it is most happy for us that his Guide ( 1819 ) sets out clearly the aspirations of his art . |
| 11 | But , unfortunately , Neil was not even safely ensconced in the house , as he should have been , so Ewen Mackay was free to resume whatever his business had been there on Wednesday night . |
| 12 | His collected poems were edited in 1945 by Michael Meyer , who has recalled that , although Sidney Keyes was inclined to be taciturn in a large gathering or among strangers , to his friends he was witty and delightful company . |
| 13 | The new President 's foreign policy is very similar to that of his predecessor , so Mr Major is likely to find himself in accord with the White House on practically every external policy . |
| 14 | There is no time limit on complaints , so Sylvia Peters is free to settle some old scores . |
| 15 | Although Princess Diana was top , The Queen Mother , Lady Thatcher , Barbara Cartland and Joanna Lumley were close behind . |
| 16 | The decision is seen in Vilnius as the biggest step yet on the road to the complete independence of Lithuania , although Mr Brazauskas was careful to draw a distinction between party and state relations . |
| 17 | Although Mr Hornsby was quick to stress that the investors have held a dialogue with the Revenue and have nothing to hide , he admitted that they got ‘ very upset ’ when letters from the Revenue began arriving . |
| 18 | Although Mr Nadir is bankrupt in Britain , this is likely to be a small fraction of the assets he can call on . |
| 19 | Although Mrs Robinson was genuine in her sympathy for the anonymity her daughter strove for , she was Mary 's proudest admirer . |
| 20 | Tottenham have an injury crisis and are without five regulars , including Gordon Durie and Paul Allen , so Darren Anderton is available for selection , and 18-year-old Sol Campbell is also in a 16 man squad . |
| 21 | Now , although St Petersburg is full of some of the greatest treasures of the world , full of riches that have been handed down from the imperial days , there is very little about the tsar and his family at the time of the revolution . |
| 22 | Although Aldo Ciccolini is Neapolitan by birth , he has lived in France since 1949 and taught at the Paris Conservatoire , and has made fine recordings of French piano music including works by Saint-Saëns and Satie . |
| 23 | And although Steve Chettle is fit again , Republic of Ireland star Keane stays at centre half for today 's trip to Chelsea with Clough insisting : ‘ I had no option but to play him there . |
| 24 | In fact , although George Wigg was close to Wilson , he never enjoyed the same intimate relationship , for the very good reason that he was a politician and did not enjoy Wilson 's undivided trust . |
| 25 | If Liu Chang was right , Herrick would be there now , working . |
| 26 | ‘ If Herr Gesner is unhappy , perhaps it would be simpler to let him leave . ’ |
| 27 | There 's no law anywhere in the land , nor will be until King Stephen is free and that woman packed off back to Anjou . ’ |
| 28 | And that winter , if Eachuinn Odhar was sick and Lachlan was judge , the accused quailed . |
| 29 | It was n't as if Lucy Trigg were senile . |
| 30 | Your Committee have appointed Mr D H Young as Acting Honorary Secretary until Ken Lucas is able to return to duty . |