Example sentences of "[pron] be [det] examples " in BNC.

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1 The relationship when manufacturing and retailing are in the same company never seems to be a healthy one and I think there are many examples of that .
2 There are many examples of institutionalized exchanges of goods between peoples , who specialize in different things , which seem to have no hierarchical implications .
3 There are many examples of ‘ niche ‘ commodities produced in particular areas and often having a natural or commercial cachet .
4 While FAO earlier reports ( 1960 , 1965 , 1966 ) and others ( cited in Ch. 4.2 ) put these practices down to ignorance , there are many examples where knowledge is not the scarce factor , but the resources to put this knowledge into practice .
5 There are many examples cited of local soil conservation : tie-ridging of the Kara and the Matengo pit system reported by Ranger ( 1971 ) for Zambia , contour ridging and inter-cropping in Tanzania ( Stocking 1982 ) , ‘ denshering ’ in western Cameroon ( Kassapu 1979 ) and a variety of techniques discussed by Richards ( 1975 ) .
6 The tendency is to press for covered shopping malls , but there are many examples of attractive small courtyards and squares that open up behind existing streets and that are busy and popular spaces .
7 Certainly there are many examples where this is the case .
8 There are many examples of this , but it will be enough to mention two .
9 There are many examples of public library involvement in user education for schoolchildren but perhaps one of the most organized ( and the most enduring ) is the work done by the School Instruction Service at Sheffield City Libraries .
10 This sort of twisted ply , of which there are many examples , finds a close analogy in some of the well known ( cholesterolic ) liquid crystals and has led some scientists , notably Dr Charles Neville of the University of Bristol , to believe that they are formed by a process of direct self-assembly .
11 There are many examples of big science [ projects ] in this decade where the results have become increasingly divorced from industry , because the results were not industrially relevant , ’ explained Patrick Jenkin , the Secretary of State for Industry .
12 Every nutrient that is required for energy , growth , repair , health , breeding and normal species behaviour can only be obtained from a diet that is balanced ; and there are many examples of things that go wrong when even traces of certain minerals are deficient in the diet .
13 Mr Smith himself quotes the example of Brentford Nylons from the 1970s , but there are many examples from the past of accounts not being this innocent .
14 There are many examples .
15 There are many examples of the quick reaction of regulating authorities and the implementation of corrective measures within days , even hours , of causal factors being identified .
16 There are many examples of this .
17 There are many examples of companies which have developed right away from their original business and yet still remain proud names .
18 There are many examples of Englishmen at the University of Paris before 1340 , and some of the king 's clerks most active in Anglo-French diplomacy had studied there .
19 There are many examples of this situation in contemporary Britain , such as the case of some schoolchildren , many gypsies and almost all football fans .
20 Special emphasis is placed on communication throughout the book , and there are many examples of nurse-patient therapeutic dialogues .
21 There are many examples of an incongruence between legal doctrine and commercial activity .
22 To demonstrate its suitability for recycling , there are many examples of seats , settles and fireplaces made from reclaimed timber also on sale .
23 There are many examples which fit well into this area , including fluidized bed engineering , freeze drying , laser technology and smart cards .
24 There are many examples of plastic media , but we received two for review which are very representative .
25 There are many examples where what was ‘ academic ’ a few years ago is now very much applied .
26 Indeed production for the market , as a purpose taking priority over any other , is widely evident in each phase , though there are many examples of producers struggling against or effectively ignoring market trends .
27 There are many examples of polemical statements made by Nizan which deliberately simplify the process of literary production by stressing its unmediated ideological function .
28 There are many examples of video materials produced for language learning use which nevertheless contain authentic features such as spontaneous , unscripted speech , whereas , as I pointed out in describing the content of documentaries , most commentary is carefully scripted and not therefore spontaneous .
29 There are many examples of wooden patterns — the most impressive are those for the 1830s cast iron lock gates on the Oxford Canal .
30 There are many examples of how different services should work together and how passengers ' interests would be better served if there were a body to decide whether the bus companies are carrying out their responsibilities .
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