Example sentences of "[Wh pn] be [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This applies especially to the life of the more affluent , most of whom are concentrated in the advanced societies . |
| 2 | Two novels of the 1720s point the contrast in public attitudes to the American colonies of the two countries in an odd way : the Abbé Prévost 's Manon Lescaut and Daniel Defoe 's Moll Flanders are about prostitutes , both of whom are transported to the new world , but Manon dies from exposure in the arms of her faithful des Grieux after walking six miles from New Orleans , while Moll Flanders settles down with her fifth husband to reckon her net worth in cash and tobacco before returning from Virginia to London . |
| 3 | All who are prepared for the ordained ministry are trained under considerable pressure of time and with an overcrowded curriculum . |
| 4 | I mean people who are living in the old common lodging houses and in government resettlement units , people living in squats and dingy bed-and-breakfast hotels , and families living cooped up with their relatives because there 's nowhere else for them to go . |
| 5 | So if you want to know more about Michael Chang , or indeed any of the players who have fan club services and who are listed on the opposite page , then do n't delay . |
| 6 | The 1.5 million Muslims in modern Bosnia , who are listed in the Yugoslav census as ‘ Muslims of ethnic origin' , are the descendants of those early converts . |
| 7 | He is one of thousands here who are wrestling with the economic difficulties . |
| 8 | Some organisations have company housing which may be used by employees who are transferred to the new area but have yet to complete their house purchases there . |
| 9 | Those who are baptised into the Catholic tradition seek understanding of this content through Christian revelation and the privileged signs or sources of revelation are found in : the Bible , Liturgy , the teaching of the Church and Christian witness . |
| 10 | President , with a very heavy heart and bitter disappointment for all our people out there , who are depending on the Social Chapter to give them dignity , safety and a reasonable standar standard of living , I reluctantly withdraw this motion , but I will say this , we live to fight another day . |
| 11 | They are the only club of their kind who are registered with the Royal Life Saving Society . |
| 12 | We recognise the need to strengthen the voices of those in North America who are marginalised by the dominant culture and to provide access for their participation in both mass and alternative media . |
| 13 | In Scotland , it is carried out by assessors who are employed by the regional councils . |
| 14 | In the case of Japan , organizational commitment is of most moment for those workers who are secured by the golden chains of the internal labour market . |
| 15 | I agree with the hon. Gentleman , however , that all of us who are engaged in the democratic affairs of the Province — that does not simply involve Governments ; it involves also political parties — have a joint responsibility to see whether we can advance matters by way of dialogue . |
| 16 | Those of us involved in English language studies and teaching , and perhaps those in particular who are swimming against the ever-shifting currents that comprise the National English Curriculum , can benefit from Morton 's method . |
| 17 | The installations of Troutbeck 's folk mayors , who are selected by the outgoing mayor , to serve one year , and many shepherds ' meets have been held here . |
| 18 | In a broadcast on Aug. 23 Saddam Hussein called on Mubarak to " take the side of the … poor of the Arab nation " and " be among the ranks of the faithful who are striving against the corrupt , the dissolute , the tyrants and the army of invaders " . |
| 19 | A TV WEEKLY poll attracted calls from 9,342 viewers who are vexed by the new theme music for Emmerdale . |
| 20 | We have only two years in which to change the ‘ survival of the fittest ’ ideology into a social attitude which is tolerant of ethnic , political and other minority groups , and individuals who are threatened by the ruling moral standards . |
| 21 | And he gets a lot of publicity out of this by er , being photographed with Ted Heath , by announcing that he 's showing clemency to people who are convicted by the Iraqi courts , and that really people should n't hold too much against him . |
| 22 | Among the students who are studying at the Central School , which was set up in 1982 by Christopher Gable and Ann Stannard , special mention must go to the male dancers for their outstanding elevation and strength . |
| 23 | But there are certain feelings and reactions in bereavement that are common to much of the animal kingdom , including the human race , and all who are caring for the bereaved need to be aware of them , as well as being ready to accept the tremendous range of responses that people can produce from time to time in their efforts to deal with their painful situation . |
| 24 | Those who are caring for the bereaved need to be prepared to expect all kinds of strange reactions and uncharacteristic behaviour from them occasionally . |
| 25 | This also permits the company 's affairs to be placed in the hands of those who are equipped with the special abilities and skills which are necessary for effective management and which many shareholders may not themselves possess ’ . |
| 26 | And that 's good news for the butterflies and bees who are delighting in the sunny side of farming 1990s style . |
| 27 | Those who are addicted to the vertiginous rhetoric where language tells us nothing about reality , merely about other language , and where signifiers float in endless unattached free play , are apt to be contemptuous of demonstration and logic , seeing them as forms of bourgeois intellectual oppression . |
| 28 | As a result the Conservative Party continues to enjoy the favours of those newspaper owners who are embedded in the present structures of power and of wealth generation . |
| 29 | But I do n't know quite why it is — maybe that 's one area where I do find there 's a bit of segregation , or maybe it 's just that people do n't have the time available , but it 's a different sector of the community who are working with the basic things like helping the old and the infirm more , just being able to give cups of coffee to people , or chatting to them , or visiting them , or whatever . |
| 30 | Generally middle-aged , they may even have children who are working for the left-wing opposition , but their own closed environment has protected them from any understanding of the reality of their country . |