Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On both of these high cols there are bars which serve also — I hope they have not been smartened up — as ill-favoured souvenir and junk shops . |
| 2 | It is future planning it is growth it is commended to you all . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I expect Mr Gajdusek will give you time off to compensate , ’ she suggested , holding down more remarks , though in actual fact it was questions which sprang to her lips : where had Mr Gajdusek gone and how long would he be away ? |
| 4 | In cystic fibrosis there are people who are severely ill for whom it would be justified to try treatments even at a very experimental stage . |
| 5 | Among Merovingian monarchs it was Guntram who provided Gregory with his model of Christian kingship . |
| 6 | This is humanity 's oft-repeated experience , and in the long run it is experience which really teaches , and no amount of scriptural citation of divinely allocated land will ever alter that . |
| 7 | Here and there in that hard , shining city there are individuals who think the same way as he does . |
| 8 | Yet in a curious way it was John who did more to restore Sam than any of them . |
| 9 | Over half of the Dwarf force had been slain and although Skarsnik had lost many good warriors they were losses he could easily afford . |
| 10 | I learnt something about myself , I learnt a little bit about how members of the class view me , certain physical characteristics which are habits which I try to stop . |
| 11 | Everybody knows — including I think members of the Council from all three political groups — everybody knows that we 've got increasing numbers of elderly people , we 've got increasing numbers of disabled and mentally ill people in the community , and if there is one service , and I know there are others , but if there is one service that needs constant new growth it 's Social Services , and that 's not me empire building or anything like that , that 's me simply saying in straight managerial terms there are forces which require us to increase the Social Services budget . |
| 12 | Just as Wernicke 's aphasia is in some sense the opposite of Broca 's aphasia , so transcortical aphasia is in some sense the opposite of conduction aphasia , because in transcortical aphasia it is repetition which is the best -preserved of the patient 's linguistic abilities , with the patient being extremely poor at understanding speech . |
| 13 | This group would also include occupational pensioners who are people who have retired early , but are still eligible for benefits or national insurance credits . |
| 14 | In the New Testament it is Paul who develops the concept of salvation in terms of justification . |
| 15 | In other animals there is behaviour which benefits another individual , and moreover there is behaviour the end of which is to benefit another individual , in a sense of ‘ end ’ which requires a lot of work to make clear , but which is uncontentiously illustrated by behaviour the end of which is that the animal should take in food . |
| 16 | On the other side there are things which are now in a form which is entirely the result of the Fall . |
| 17 | But before I leave this particular part of my criticism er perhaps er in case the minister er er does n't accept what I 'm saying I could quote er the words of the right honourable gentleman , the President of the Board of Trade er who writing before he was a President er in his book where there 's a will he said accountancy firms ought I believe , the debarred from doing any other work for a company for which they act as auditors and in a number of other countries there are laws which circumscribe auditors in this way and prevent to prevent any possible conflict of interest . |
| 18 | On the final lap it was Robert who beat his brother to the Metropole corner , after the 180mph descent from Coleraine . |
| 19 | I squeeze between a pleasant-looking , well-built car repairer called Bob and an enormously furry small-businessman who 's name I fail to ascertain , and we all smile at each other . |
| 20 | I wonder if on some distant planet there are creatures who are holding their sides at the prospect of us hurling plates at each other . ’ |
| 21 | Some days everyone who wrote with their left hand automatically received two lengths of the corridor , and on other days it was people whose name began with the letter ‘ S' ’ . |
| 22 | At the other extreme there are women who have devoted themselves to perfecting physical beauty . |
| 23 | ‘ In any new project there are things you will try which will not work . |
| 24 | On the other hand he was kindness itself to Andrew 's mother-in-law . |
| 25 | On the other hand it 's Magalluf which has made Majorca famous for British holidaymakers . |
| 26 | From the late 18th century onward these brought sealers from North America and Europe into the Southern Ocean ; during the subsequent decades of competitive exploitation it was sealers who discovered most of the cold temperate islands , the ice-covered islands within the pack ice belt , the tip of Antarctic Peninsula , and the great ice-filled bight of the Weddell Sea . |
| 27 | But to Sophie 's intense mortification it was Dawn who arrived and said calmly , ‘ Robert has been called out to a difficult calving case and I 've been told to give you his apologies . |
| 28 | The State grant remains the same , although in view of our rising reputation there are rumours it might be increased next year , especially if we make a success of the new production . ’ |