Example sentences of "[be] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past we have been able to help out when there have been settlement and clearing difficulties and are ready to do the same again . ’ |
| 2 | I clutch my wad of sketches that , one day , I hope to turn into pictures that might somehow express the essence of this strange topsy-turvy continent where , believe it or not , there are birds that are scared of heights . |
| 3 | The Book of Remembering has no pictures , but says there are birds that fly , and fish that swim . |
| 4 | Yeah well most are birds and animals so I do n't know . |
| 5 | I mean both in the experience of , that I 've had and research that I 've looked at , there seems to be in terms of positive results , kind of strategy that are being used are strategies that , that both improve learning performance and improve emotional conditions for the child . |
| 6 | ‘ There have been times since it ended when I gave up hope of ever eating food like this again . ’ |
| 7 | The times and places of striking advance in productivity have by no means generally been times and places of educational advance ; nor , where they have been , is it clear whether this is cause and effect or , if so , which is cause and which effect . |
| 8 | There are products and there is cash-flow , and for the time being survival can continue . |
| 9 | These are reasons or issues which have increasingly come to dominate our discussions within Obair in the past year . |
| 10 | In many schools there are PTAs and School Associations which , though not political ( in a party sense ) , have shown themselves willing to confront the local authority — be that ‘ authority ’ an individual headteacher , a school staff or the divisional or county education officer — when moved to do so . |
| 11 | It 's been ages since well , since I looked , but I 'm sure it 's something like that . |
| 12 | But most of all there are Maria and Francisco . |
| 13 | What gifts are Maria and Peter doing ? |
| 14 | What gifts are Maria and Peter using ? |
| 15 | ‘ We have people here who are QCs and clergymen and they feel they have to be very careful , although they are doing nothing wrong . ’ |
| 16 | But even these are a trifle accommodating : ‘ not on age alone ’ or ‘ provided that the member is still able to grasp and contribute to meetings ’ are riders that have an odd air about them . |
| 17 | ‘ They are entertainers and , unlike other entertainers , they are risking their lives . |
| 18 | The conditions which encourage attack are moisture and lack of good ventilation , but the common furniture beetle , the House Longhorn , thrives in dry internal conditions and is often found in skirtings , door frames , pelmets , under stairs and around trap-doors . |
| 19 | In what sense are faith and doubt closely related to knowledge ? |
| 20 | To write accurately and directly , to learn how to tell the truth in writing ; to speak clearly and without clichés and fillers ( like ‘ sort of ’ and ‘ you know what I mean ’ ) ; these are skills that can be taught and practised . |
| 21 | These are skills that we desperately need in our society . ’ |
| 22 | Attitudes are much more difficult to change than are skills and there can be ambiguity about what constitutes an improvement . |
| 23 | This , combined with the economic upturn means that increasingly , there are skills and labour shortages . |
| 24 | There are houses and landscapes too whose significance has been augmented by their enduring connections with literary imagination . |
| 25 | In their personal lives there had been parallels that had drawn them close and formed a bond between them ; not least the loss of both their wives some ten years back . |
| 26 | So far no case has reached the reports where there has been difficulty because of the death , retirement or other incapacity of an expert after appointment . |
| 27 | These are activities that offer everyone in a varied class the chance to share a common mathematical experience , yet to work at a level appropriate to each individual . |
| 28 | decide , when there are activities that fit into more than one class , whether the one is ordinarily incidental to the other , |
| 29 | Intention movements are activities that tend to precede some other activity , which is presumably why they often evolve into signals . |
| 30 | This is fact is a debate about personal freedom the freedom of our tenants to choose the quite legal activities that take place on their farms for whatever we may think about the merits and de-merits of angling or shooting fox hunting , these are activities that Parliament has decided are permissible . |