Example sentences of "be [det] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Granted that the whole of history may have a meaning , a purpose and a direction — and granted , too , the power and fruitfulness of many of Hegel 's ideas — are that purpose and direction so easily uncovered as he suggests ? |
| 2 | One of the problems with traditional remedial teaching has been that spelling and neatness are fetishes . |
| 3 | A more fundamental objection has been that music-hall and vaudeville were essentially controlled by showmen who were of course entrepreneurs . |
| 4 | It had been a wet , raw winter , with the ground waterlogged and streams running high ; but at least there had been little snow and the hill passes were open , which was just as well for a journey to mid-Annandale . |
| 5 | And the bridesmaid 's , the little bridesmaid 's jacket are this colour and this colour in print and all out of fabric and erm definitely go for the darker . |
| 6 | So an example of words we should use are this example and there 's a handout to write , to recite , to identify , to differentiate , to solve , to construct , to list , to compare , to controls . |
| 7 | Among the worst rewards are some salary and wage systems . |
| 8 | Recently , however , there has been some criticism and some arguments about its structure , in addition to the more long-standing discussion of how far ministers can dominate their departments and how far civil service practices and attitudes have proved too much for the politicians . |
| 9 | Apparently there must have been very heavy rain higher up the dale because there had been some flooding and the river was running very fast . |
| 10 | At Rome there had been some disagreement and even contention for more than a century on the possibility of restoration for believers who committed adultery , murder , or apostasy ( participation in idolatrous rites ) . |
| 11 | 'Cos I 've been this morning and I 've cleared fireplace out , washed |
| 12 | Alright , she 's ah , been this morning and er they took the sling off now , she 's getting onto use it again . |
| 13 | Also on board are another ex-gunman and an army deserter and , when the trawler breaks down , a plan is forged to rob a bank . |
| 14 | There has been much modernisation and recently a new bar/lounge and conservatory have been added . |
| 15 | okay , pretend that you 're that building and I want you to describe yourself and and I want the rest of the class to see if they can guess what it is and how long they take it they take to guess okay , and if you think you know what that person is , put your hand up do n't do n't shout out . |
| 16 | I 'm not quite sure yet cos we 're this chicken and egg which starts first I think we 're gon na look at a an an interim type report in year nine a quicker type report I ca n't remember what it 's , it 's written down in my other diary because what I do n't want to happen is to , people to have a onerous report at the end of year nine , cos they 're gon na have to do a report there now |
| 17 | they 'll only have trainers if they 're this make and |
| 18 | We 're all prone to do that , were all prone to take the line of least resistance and you find this not just in the truth but in any sort of community in life , in any area of life that wish to go , you , you may find this at work or at school , you youngsters , there 's always a little Johnny at the back is n't it , that , that will fit in the back row and think if I 'm back here teacher wo n't notice you see , were act were actually tuck himself up in the corner and er think well if I 'm , if I 'm up here nobody will notice me and see the day goes by and er we do n't have so much to do , those are the type of people that in , in , in a physical life er sort of going to sleep are n't they , they do n't want to accept responsibility and we , we find even in the truth , you 'll always find it in congregations like we have here in our congregation , we 're not different , we 're all the same are n't we , we 're all flesh and we 're all imperfect and we 're all prone to doing or wanting to do the things that are different or you know than , than what Jehovah wants us to do and we all want to tuck ourselves up a little corner sometimes and yet we should n't be like that and this is what the scriptures tell us and warn us about to put ourselves headlong into the truth , be whole sole , be awake , be alert , be vigilant to the things that are going on and there 's a lot going on in the truth at this particular time , things are changing , the scriptures tell us that the scene of the world is changing and that 's true is n't it ? |
| 19 | I never had a great respect for bandboys ; they 're all booze and troublesome . |
| 20 | They are all part and parcel of the same thing . |
| 21 | Products such as page printers , scanners and optical character readers , high resolution graphics displays and windowing environments are all part and parcel of the desktop publishing scene . |
| 22 | However , if we kid ourselves that we are all sweetness and light , then our angry and hateful Shadow will manifest itself elsewhere — in other people , in our view of the world , in our body , and in dreams ( perhaps as a dark , shadowy figure , or a thoroughly unpleasant character ) . |
| 23 | are all anecdote and antidote |
| 24 | In the town centre , in the upmarket shopping precincts near St Stephen 's Cathedral , the old buildings have been elegantly restored and the new ones are all polish and price . |
| 25 | The bloke 's records are all rubbish and it 's high time you all admitted it . |
| 26 | There are many custom and fine chemical manufacturers but few , if any , have EFC 's long experience in multi-step , complex , organic synthesis — knowledge gained from years of experience in the manufacture of photochemicals , dyes and pharmaceuticals . |
| 27 | There are many business and professional offices , such as financial , banking , insurance services , estate agents and solicitors . |
| 28 | He 's been all sweetness and light , promised nothing and done ditto . ’ |
| 29 | But the year has n't been all doom and gloom . |
| 30 | In recent years there may have been more wealth and consumer goods around but people have seemed cynical , weary , amoral … |