Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Many old people are as good a set of consumers as anyone else , but the very old and frail are at risk .
2 Among the 31 pits on British Coal 's hit list is Point of Ayr , near Prestatyn , where the jobs of 478 are on the line .
3 His theory is that , as they were fourth on the water , the Spanish are at least fourth favourites to win .
4 The conclusions from that are of profound consequence .
5 Widnes bitterly complained about the unfairness of the situation saying — quite rightly — that if incidents like that are to be pulled out you would need 26 cameras — for every player .
6 Does he agree that it is the height of irresponsibility to try to pretend that there can be a massive increase in spending from day one of a Government if the tax increases to pay for that are to be phased in ?
7 There is an externality about the Buddhist symbol 's application here , and the doubts raised by that are with self-vindication .
8 But the reasons for that are in the general principle that people are responsible for the consequences of their actions .
9 Erm I would like to apologize on behalf of myself and my proof reading team for the fact that two calls for nominations that erm that are in this newsletter do n't actually appear to have closing dates on them .
10 The ceiling frescos in the chancel are by V. V. Reiner and the carvings of 1636–7 are by M. Schönherr .
11 That s at todays prices .
12 That s for Home games .
13 That s about it .
14 I mean , Im into football — but playing it and Leeds — that s about it .
15 that s about it I think .
16 That s past him hopefully , and he s also playing with more confidence …
17 That s off my chest now : - ) )
18 For the person with these projects the forwarding of them has an importance to which utilitarianism can not do justice , for it must regard them as simply among the many preferences of which as many as possible are to be satisfied .
19 Indeed , the innovation opportunities that changes in the numbers of people and their age distribution , education , occupations , and geographic location make possible are among the most rewarding and least risky of entrepreneurial pursuits .
20 Two-thirds are of South Asian origin : over 400,000 from Pakistan , perhaps 12,000 from Bangladesh , up to 100,000 from India and another 100,000 or so from East Africa of South Asian descent .
21 The current orders outstanding are worth £540 million .
22 Two of the areas outstanding are in user information and in user training .
23 Commercial and technical are at parity .
24 In the first place , while countries listed from 1 to 92 are in strict GNP per capita order , countries 93 , 94 and 95 ( South Africa , Ireland and Italy ) all have lower per capita figures than 92 ( Israel ) .
25 Some of those 500 are in surplus and , as the health service is a unified service , those surpluses can be transferred to deal with the problems .
26 Of the Assembly 's members 500 are from the legislative House of Representatives ( Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat , to which 400 were elected for a five-year term by direct universal adult suffrage in April 1987 [ see p. 35326 ] ; the remaining 100 were appointed by the President .
27 Of the MPR 's members 500 are from the House of Representatives ( Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat — DPR ) , the country 's legislative organ , and the remaining 500 are government appointees ( often from the armed forces ) , delegates of regional assemblies and representatives of parties and groups , the latter appointed in proportion to their elective seats in the DPR .
28 A further eleven are under construction with a combined capacity of 11,908 MW and another eight are planned with a capacity of 10,547 MW .
29 There are nineteen full-time care staff of whom eleven are on duty in the evenings and Mr has asked for a further eleven full-time care staff , he hopes in due course to be able to have seventeen such staff on duty at any one time .
30 Currently , records back to 1986 are on the system , and retrospective cataloguing will be carried out from data picked up at the loans desk when books are issued , so that we will have records for all material in current use .
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