Example sentences of "be [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 That between DOCTOR and PATIENT and between DOCTOR and CLINICAL SESSION are one-to-many relationships .
2 I mean , there have been some in the area , which have n't been that flats as well .
3 Yet in all these random examples , which are each dimensions of the new Europe , it would n't occur to the participants for one second that they are being European .
4 Other than their having the same employer , what does it mean to say that they are each members of the same community ?
5 the acquiror and disposers are each bodies corporate , partnerships , individuals or a group of connected individuals .
6 Or : ‘ Manliness can only be taught by men , and not by those who are half men , half old women . ’
7 Bernier constantly contrasts Mughal India and seventeenth-century France : the Jumna compares favourably with the Loire , he thinks ; adultery is easier in Paris than it is in Delhi : ‘ in France it only excites merriment , but in this part of the world there are few instances where it is not followed by some dreadful and tragical catastrophe . ’
8 There are few gardens in which suitable roses can not be encouraged to grow , for the assumption that they only flourish on heavy clay is a misconception .
9 THERE are few guarantees in politics but it is a more than reasonable bet that John Major and Bill Clinton will both be smiling and behaving as if they are buddies when they give a press conference at the White House tomorrow afternoon .
10 There are few equivalents anywhere in Europe ( with the possible exception of the Finnish Swedes ) of the widespread Welsh language provision in schools .
11 And there are few towns more represented by engineering achievements than Darlington .
12 There are few secrets that you can keep from her .
13 It 's almost impossible to put him down in the tackle , and there are few players about who you an say that .
14 For some reason there are few players willing to play there nowadays — but he does .
15 But Taylor might argue that , Chris Waddle apart , there are few players available outside his squad to turn to .
16 First , there are few resources in developing countries to measure soil loss .
17 Our world strives to be self-sufficient , and there are few resources to spare .
18 There are few rules about this .
19 There are few rules laid down , apart from not smoking in the classroom and informing the staff if they ca n't come in , and the rest of the rules about things like washing up and cooking are made and implemented by girls themselves .
20 Inside there are few complaints ; it 's not luxurious , but it 's far from basic .
21 There are few bikes ( especially mountain bikes ) that do n't have Shimano gears or brakes .
22 If there are many cable crossovers the loose tension will hardly show and will certainly make the knitting easier , but where there are few cables and a lot of plain knitting the looseness of the plain knitting will take over and make the work look faulty .
23 The approach suggests that organisations can be viewed as essentially the same and that there are few differences between organisations that can not be overcome by the application of general principles .
24 He may be financially tied to Talkin Loud and parent company Phonogram , but there are few strings attached .
25 But there are few women and even fewer men who do n't slip up at some point in their lives , in thought if not in deed .
26 Since the hypocrite ( it is usually a he : there are few women hypocrites in Elizabethan drama , which may be a comfort to the feminists ) tells us the truth , we are able to judge the extent of his lies , his success in duping others .
27 There are few women agricultural workers , although some wives and daughters cook or do other domestic tasks on the big estates .
28 There are few women who talk about changes in terms of " women 's rights " , although many are highly critical of machismo , the double exploitation of women , the imposition of family planning .
29 There are few things worse than being bludgeoned into reading a book you hate .
30 There are few things in the human condition more likely to create intrigue and speculation than the person who manages to progress through life without marrying , and those who have avoided a close relationship of any kind with the opposite sex arouse special interest .
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