Example sentences of "[conj] [ex0] be [noun] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met her once or twice , at church and at other houses where there were children of our age . |
| 2 | Where the technique was first practised is unknown , although it is traditionally thought to be of Chinese origin , although there are accounts of it being used in India around 550 BC . |
| 3 | It will no doubt have its critics and I would have to admit that there are elements of it I am not happy about . |
| 4 | It is not merely that there are portraits of him at every turn , for there are almost as many of Inglis , nor could it be claimed that he was the greatest lawyer , for he had many rivals for that title even in his own generation , yet it is beyond argument that he was the most influential advocate ever to walk the floor of Parliament House . |
| 5 | Mr Onanuga admits that there are aspects of his story which do not appear to add up . |
| 6 | He spoke noncommittally , and Lydia understood that there were things of which Beuno would not yet speak to her . |
| 7 | North of the line there is a significantly higher risk of sudden death from heart disease than there is south of it . |
| 8 | We review every film licence ever licensed for the C64 — and there 's reels of 'em ! |
| 9 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
| 10 | And there 's loads of them doing that . |
| 11 | The museum suffers from shortage of space and there is talk of its contents being moved to another site . |
| 12 | Ask other lawyers about George , and there is acknowledgement of his gifts , even that he is more than merely a jury man , but rarely much warmth . |
| 13 | You can , up to a point ( and we did up to that point ) , protect yourself against them with jungle gels and mustard gases , but the trees give no mercy and there are hours of them between Staddajakkstugorna , a mountain hut on the side of Kapasluoppal , and Staloluokta . |
| 14 | Options are chosen using a menu system and there are LOADS OF 'em , so , moving swiftly along … |
| 15 | And there are pages of them . |
| 16 | And there are pages of them to learn . |
| 17 | The Irish have settled into this country and there are communities of them all over do they go and see your concerts and if they do that must mean a great deal to them I should think ? |
| 18 | This remains an attractive option for some educators as can be seen in the Design Council supported Design Dimension Project ( Baynes , 1985 ) and there are echoes of it in many of LEA programmes supported by the Arts in Schools Project ( Schools Curriculum Development Committee , 1986a , 1986b and 1986c ) . |
| 19 | And there were elements of their life history which remained open to non-racist articulation . |
| 20 | His successor , Alexander I , was known as ‘ the Fierce ’ , and there were legends of his suppressing an uprising by rebels from Moray so brutally that nobody survived to explain the reasons for their disaffection . |
| 21 | The slaves were boys between ten and eighteen employed as ‘ helpers ’ , and there were scores of them … |
| 22 | The unending toil , which ground on at the pace of the changing seasons and the constant struggle against relentless Nature would be in vain , as far as Jonadab Oaks was concerned , unless there were others of his name to follow in his footsteps and work this land to which he had devoted his life . |
| 23 | The control of Parliament is perhaps even better illustrated by the fact that few pieces of legislation have been lost in the Commons in the ten years since Mrs Thatcher became prime minister — the Shops Bill comes to mind , but there is talk of its reintroduction in a future session . |
| 24 | What I recommend you , you look at , I do n't think it 's on your reading list , no it 's not , it 's not on your reading list , but there are copies of it in the library . |
| 25 | At least , I assume this card ( which I am returning ) concerns the man who loves collecting pubic hair — it 's much too learned and technical for me to understand most of it , but there are bits of it which do seem to make it clear . |
| 26 | Now what 's funny about this place is they 're all Italians that are in there but there 's loads of them that live in this particular area , that lived in Bedford for a long time . |
| 27 | The 7th Army withdrew under an agreement negotiated between Russia and Armenia , and the 4th Army Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) troops in Azerbaijan were also being withdrawn , but there were accusations of their equipment being stolen for use by Azerbaijan in the Nagorny Karabakh conflict . |
| 28 | It was fashionable na to think so , but there were people of whom it had to be believed . |
| 29 | She loved it because there were children of her own age , of every age , and they adored her because she was such a pretty baby to spoil . |
| 30 | There were babies and there were children to be looked after , also Uncle Farmborough , who must in the end have become old in himself , since there was talk of my grandmother having to change his trousers . |