Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , the rules of dress or of how we eat are unwritten guides to behaviour . |
| 2 | What is more , many naturally-occurring chemicals are highly toxic : the natural foods we eat are stiff with potentially damaging chemicals — plants , in particular , spike their products with an armoury of defensive substances ( see p 15 ) , fungi on the plants contribute their own toxins , and the bacteria in our gut add to the number we absorb . |
| 3 | Moreover , what we perceive far exceeds what actually interacts with our nervous system ; for what interacts with our nervous systems is occurrent energy and what we perceive are continuant objects ( see earlier , p. 98 ) . |
| 4 | Some common names are OK ( Oscar , Jack Dempsey , Convict are current throughout the UK ) but ‘ Yellow Dwarf Cichlid ’ could be any one of several dwarfs from Africa or South America , and ‘ Butterfly Cichlid ’ can mean at least two different fish . |
| 5 | For two lexical items A and B we can ask whether the respective classes of entities they denote are identical , disjunct , overlapping , or whether one includes the other . |
| 6 | Other issues that develop are concerned with caring people who wish to help relatives and friends express their grief . |
| 7 | The issues that they raise are complex , and procedurally they affect the responsibilities of a large number of bodies , both in Government and outside it . |
| 8 | Though some of the foregoing indicates diversity , the questions they raise are common to all teachers : |
| 9 | Many of the issues you raise are important , and are being addressed . |
| 10 | You can borrow up to six items at any one time and most items you borrow are due back in 28 days ( not a month ) , but some in heavy demand are due back in 14 days . |
| 11 | Now the choices and values are not only what I trust are right choices and correct beliefs ; they are my choices , my beliefs , my convictions |
| 12 | The type of notes you make are personal but the important point is that you can follow them with only a glance . |
| 13 | The key is to start with something simple ; 95 per cent of the decisions you make are unconscious — for example , when you drive a car you never really think about putting it into first or second gear . |
| 14 | The checks that we make are quick but thorough as we take our responsibilities seriously-no one wants to add to an existing debt problem . |
| 15 | If you want to carry the smallest possible quantity of water or get the best possible price in the market , the judgements you make are important in a way those made in a water tray or school shop can never be . |
| 16 | He and the staff of Safe-Buy are responsible for checking the credentials of every firm applying for membership . |
| 17 | Despite their elaborate plumage , peafowl are competent fliers and can frequently be seen in trees ( right ) . |
| 18 | The Flight levels at which you fly are odd and even . |
| 19 | Although I have serious reservations about the methodology of most of these studies ( in that they are far too pessimistic about the ability of the business community to respond to changing circumstances following changing relative prices ) and although some of the shortages which appear are due not so much to the limits of nature as the intervention and regulation of governments , nevertheless they raise sufficiently serious doubts about such things as the effects of carbon dioxide and the present lack of adequate recycling that I believe they must be taken seriously . |
| 20 | Moreover , we may point out that even if corresponding attributive and predicative adjectives ( occurring with the same noun ) could be relied on to share the same referential locus , that would be no justification for leaping to an assertion that the two elements are actually " the same " tout court , and even less for claiming that the structural positions they occupy are alternative forms of each other . |
| 21 | Whatever novelists may believe about the universe , they do not demand of their readers a formal belief in God or the Devil , or in the forces of history , and the tolerances they expect are wide . |
| 22 | Comment is free , fax are sacred |
| 23 | However , more jobs than you probably realise are open to graduates no matter what they have studied . |
| 24 | The international trend is towards an ever greater degree of devolution ; here the tendency has been to centralise , and the issues of autonomy , which most locals want are confused with the mechanics of finance . |
| 25 | The fears that the work could escalate into ‘ genetic engineering ’ , by which all but completely healthy babies would be terminated and parents could virtually plan the child they want are futuristic but increasingly real . |
| 26 | Responding to what they say are inaccurate press stories — which we have not seen — Micro Focus Plc has issued a statement with Microsoft Corp 's concurrence , saying that their current agreement between will expire on September 30 , but that both want to continue their business relationship into the future and are exploring the terms for the new agreement ; as if to emphasise the point , Microsoft yesterday announced shipment of Microsoft Cobol professional development system version 5.0 for Windows , with support for the Visual Basic programming system for Windows and embedded structure query language ; it says the new release incorporates the latest version of the Micro Focus compiler , and creates executable files faster and smaller than previous releases ; it is $900 , now . |
| 27 | When we get to the ones that we say are awkward alright , we 'll er let you think of erm a way out , okay ? |
| 28 | The hospital says it 's sorry for the delays which health watchdogs say are appalling . |
| 29 | Other pastas suppliers say are popular include gnocchi , cannelloni , garganelli , torchietti , and frappe . |
| 30 | The move follows their dissatisfaction with what they say are deteriorating services throughout the area . |