Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] be [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | His original intention was to do research in Political Geography , but Central Europe was at that time too political for such research to be practical . |
2 | However amenable to overseas influence Boiotia may have been in the prehistoric period ( p. 83 ) , classical , fourth-century and hellenistic Boiotia was in many respects deeply conservative and introverted . |
3 | Fifty-one-year-old Kenny was among those men last week . |
4 | These CMHTs were in some respects advantaged by serving large areas because ‘ community of interest ’ is as important if not more so for people with learning disabilities ( and their carers ) as is community in the sense of neighbourhood . |
5 | ‘ The chief agent was awoken at six in the morning ; he had to ask John Wakeham , you know how good John is at this sort of thing , to quit his room at Topps Hotel ( he wo n't stay in the Grand for all the tea in China and who shall blame him ? ) and pop down to Kemp Town and arrange bail . |
6 | Political attitudes towards press and radio in independent Tanzania are in many ways typical of those in newly independent African nations . |
7 | Other of his remarks prove how influential Minton was at this date , for beside Bryan Winter 's Blue Landscape he noted : ‘ Not such a good Minton as No 10 ( Prunella Clough 's Lowestoft Harbour ] — but better than No 37 [ Minton 's Jamaican Landscape ] . ’ |