Example sentences of "be [verb] [art] [noun sg] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can suggest lack of confidence in the opportunity and even worse the vendors and potential purchasers can assume we are suggesting the opportunity is a forced sale . |
| 2 | When the theoretical assumptions themselves are examined the case is even less convincing . |
| 3 | There 's little to disturb the fun for these young people , the middle class children whose parents are enjoying the country 's new found wealth . |
| 4 | Once all nine barrels have been discharged the weapon is of no further use , although hopefully it will have done its job by this time , and your enemies will be running for the hills . |
| 5 | Perfect non-violence whilst you are inhabiting the body is only a theory like Euclid 's point or straight line , but we have to endeavour every moment of our lives . ’ |
| 6 | gone to sleep if you were alright No never mind and you 're going the doctor 's we 'll make appointment tomorrow cos you wo n't and if I make one you 'll have to blooming go and do it . |
| 7 | We 're told the weather is going to get better by tomorrow , so that 's what we 're hoping . |
| 8 | It says for a quarter , which means you 're paying a quarter 's erm , like charge , which is s seven quid , but it 's only actually for a , a month . |
| 9 | that the er charge that we 're charging the client is n't high enough |
| 10 | Now it 's like they 're saying the party 's finished . |
| 11 | Julie Burchill turns to thriller writing with No Exit ( Mandarin ) ; I am told the sex is there but nowhere near as over the top as in Ambition , but I have n't read it . |
| 12 | It has been suggested that in some countries where capital punishment has been abolished the alternative is the imprisonment of murderers under more rigorous conditions than are applicable to other prisoners , but from the information collected by the Select Committee it appears that this suggestion is unfounded . |
| 13 | For years we 've been told the Government is pledged to reach the UN aid target of 0.7 per cent . |
| 14 | er sent us a photograph after the war was over , but since then , since we 've tried to find him , we 've been told the man 's never existed at all . |
| 15 | Now Philip McKenna has been told the council is pulling the block from under him . |
| 16 | However if Roman letters are used the summation is only made over space coordinates ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) . |
| 17 | New arrivals at A wing are told no violence is allowed . |
| 18 | There may be transitional relief , but the maximum for this band is £169 , and we are told the maximum is unlikely to be paid . |
| 19 | They are told the language is ‘ too easy ’ . |
| 20 | Before the family are contacted an appointment is arranged with the nominated paediatrician so that they can see the family within a day of their being approached by the primary health care team . |
| 21 | It 's quite legal , but not knowing exactly where you are sending a pup is a disgrace . |
| 22 | If the correct position for changing the phase excitation pattern has been reached the phase is allowed to remain on , otherwise the phase is turned off in preparation for a subsequent trial . |
| 23 | ( Station Lane where the water authority has been installing a pipe is especially in need of repair . ) |
| 24 | Even they know that the way they 've been running the club is hardly likely to gain them a good press . |
| 25 | He says the Plunketts are having no gorgio 's cast-off in their family . ’ |
| 26 | Tracy said : ‘ I am very angry about this as they are saying the damp is due to the way I live . |
| 27 | He added : ‘ We have outlined the criteria which would need to be achieved before a move could be considered the rest is up to him . ’ |
| 28 | This agrees extremely well with the fact that ( 20 ) is closely equivalent to ( 22 ) : ( 22 ) that is precisely the one It also provides us with a very satisfying explanation of the subtle difference between ( 23 ) and ( 24 ) ; ( 23 ) , with its non-restrictive relative seems at least somewhat odd , whereas ( 24 ) with its restrictive relative is quite acceptable , and so is ( 25 ) which has a non-restrictive relative but lacks the word very : ( 23 ) the very axe , which killed him , is to be sold ( 24 ) the very axe which killed him is to be sold ( 25 ) the axe , which killed him , is to be sold The reason is that the definite article indicates that some means of recognition is available to the audience . |
| 29 | I 'm told the press is at a loss , finding little of sufficient calibre elsewhere in publishing to satisfy its extremely demanding requirements . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm told the baby 's very small , ’ the priest said . |