Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , through all the long years of the Unix wars , Tivoli 's offering seemed to be the only thing that all the key parties could agree on . |
| 2 | My reason for being there was that this particular bit of coast happens to be the northern end of the Offa 's Dyke footpath , which winds for 168 miles along the English/Welsh border to Chepstow . |
| 3 | But then she had heard that soft , unmistakable ‘ pop ’ from the tiny kitchen and her host had re-entered carrying a chilled bottle which the trace of vapour trailing from its neck proclaimed to be the real thing . |
| 4 | Increased gastrin mediated acid secretion seems to be the key factor in the pathophysiology of duodenal ulceration and explains the role of H pylori infection in the disorder . |
| 5 | The target of ciprofloxacin and the other quinolones within the cell appears to be the prokaryotic enzyme , deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA ) gyrase , an essential enzyme that catalyses chromosomal DNA supercoiling . |
| 6 | Jacob Manor proved to be the very opposite of David Damiani or Fatima Zamzam . |
| 7 | I shall simply say that Lord Hailsham 's ‘ little ewe lamb ’ has not in practice proved to be the liberalising measure which he had hoped . |
| 8 | A sticking-point seemed to be the Burmese demand for the Frontier areas to be brought into the constitutional process . |
| 9 | The decline is most marked among oaks and Scots pines , with insects and wind damage assumed to be the main causes . |
| 10 | Another video weakness to guard against is the coarse and grainy look of plain surfaces in bright primary colours , especially reds . |
| 11 | Various formulae are possible , but the most advantageous from the computational standpoint appear to be the following . |
| 12 | The pub seemed to be the only building left standing ( a good motto for the local council ? ) on that side of Copenhagen Street . |
| 13 | Believing that old certainties are ill suited to new times , Culpitt appears , like a number of other influential commentators — Klein and O'Higgins ( 1985 ) ; Goodin ( 1985 ) — to favour the development of more reflexive , less ‘ ideological ’ approaches to social policy ( ‘ unprincipled' , pragmatic forms of welfare pluralism seem to be the favoured option in this regard ) . |
| 14 | Yet as each statistic predicted to be the psychological barrier — one million , two million , three million unemployed — was passed , the expected reaction failed to materialise . |
| 15 | It studies a human subject who Transcendental reflection is not required for dealing with what Quine takes to be the traditional concerns of epistemology . |
| 16 | The girl seems to be the perfect daughter . |
| 17 | Self-publishing seems to be the only answer — if Mrs V will get in touch , we can form our own celebrity cookbooks imprint . |
| 18 | In many ways entry into middle management proved to be the exciting new challenge I was hoping for . |
| 19 | Mainly from Spain and France , the variety to look for is the Spanish Manzanilla olive which has a fine texture and flavour . |
| 20 | War failed to be the hoped-for panacea for the afflictions of Japan 's farmers . |
| 21 | In the rest of this factsheet , the community charge referred to is the personal community charge unless stated otherwise . |
| 22 | However , the gardeners ' bible has to be the Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening ( Dorling Kindersley , £29.95 ) . |
| 23 | In the eating disorders sugar and white flour appear to be the specific equivalents to alcohol and other food-altering chemicals in Chemical Dependency . |
| 24 | Nevertheless the idea of ‘ readiness ’ for a test must be one where the teacher has to be the ultimate judge ; and this may lead to a certain amount of tension between parents and teachers . |
| 25 | It is rarely , if ever , possible to start with a clean sheet of paper : the starting point has to be the existing force structure and the current consensus of opinion within Whitehall . |
| 26 | Highlight of the festival has to be the closing night 's screening of the Krzystof Kieslowski 's Cannes Award Winning metaphysical thriller ‘ The Double Life Of Veronica ’ . |
| 27 | For this session the Celebration room has to be the sacred place it is at the integrated session . |
| 28 | The censor at the moment happens to be the Medical Officer attached to Brigade H.Q How can one possibly write a love letter to someone when someone else reads it first , and draws at random a blue pencil through your choicest lines ? |
| 29 | Meaning seems to be the crucial factor , since the presentation of a grammatically inappropriate word or an appropriate word in a new and unexpected typeface does not evoke an N400 wave . |
| 30 | If we wish to make a reality out of Nyerere 's vision , the place to start with is the secondary school selection examination . ’ |