Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] be [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beyond whatever limits of cover are commercially obtainable the choice would seem to lie between limiting liability by agreement ( where this is possiblesee Chapter 2 ) with the client and exposing the private assets of the partners . |
| 2 | Most machines come minus a cartridge , but you do n't have to spend a fortune — Audio-Technica produce a perfectly acceptable one for £19 , although that is rock bottom : there are genuine improvements to be had by budgeting for four times that amount . |
| 3 | While listening to Mrs Wimbush 's diatribe , Juliet had slowly come to realise that although this was Thorn House it was no longer the maternity home Elaine had known . |
| 4 | Cos that 's Miller Lite int it ? |
| 5 | If that was Leeds Id be a little pissed off , but only because Ive seen worse allowed . |
| 6 | Some of them looked as if they had only just risen from their beds , as if this was breakfast time to them ; others had the look of people who had n't slept for a week . |
| 7 | It sounds as if this was Mark Twain 's experience : |
| 8 | The possibility of value shifting derives from the fact that , in the above example , Target is paying Newco more than the economic value of the losses so , unless this is value shifting , it is also a tax-efficient way of " distributing " profits from Target to Newco , and need not be done out of Target 's distributable reserves . |
| 9 | Despite the disadvantages of uncertainty , you might be willing to leave the question of notice rights unresolved if you have strong grounds for suspecting that your employer would only agree to statutory minimum notice because that is company policy . |
| 10 | Many of us are in here at seven o'clock in the morning because that is noon time over there and so we only have about half a day to work together . |
| 11 | Problems occasionally arise when individuals consume a great deal of refined sugar , because this is fuel food that has no B vitamins at all . |
| 12 | How could it be otherwise , since this was Wyvis Hall and the pine wood and the animal cemetery ? |
| 13 | Polythene and polyethylene are virtually non-absorbent and hygienic since most are dishwasher safe . |
| 14 | Now as long as this is council budget if this is what you prefer rather than Dovelands school that 's alright , this is the problem that the financial committee will be faced with this year . |
| 15 | For this is Family Day when dads and husbands are given the chance to show what they do . |
| 16 | For this was Gold Cup day , and Norton 's Coin had a very small supporting role in a performance that Thursday afternoon which would see the hugely popular grey Desert Orchid set off fresh waves of fanaticism with a second victory in the most coveted prize of the National Hunt season . |
| 17 | Already there was a small queue of young people at the café door , for this was Saturday night and the boys had put on their one-hundred-and-thirty-rouble English wool suits and the girls had fifty-rouble pointed shoes wrapped in a parcel , for they were far too valuable to wear out on the icy streets . |