Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a real fear that an amendment which satisfied developers would seriously weaken or even wreck the planning machine ; the scheme was part of a complex of planning controls which might easily be upset and result in a return to the very problems which the 1947 Act was designed to solve . |
| 2 | They may be eagle-eyed or watch like a lynx . |
| 3 | Ca can we just look at a I do n't know which way to be specific or to look at the general first , can I just |
| 4 | So there 's your objective , it 's got to be specific and re-focused on an , on an activity and we should be able to measure training , not always easy is it ? |
| 5 | One of the reasons for that is that one of the skills of the advocate is to learn to be concise and to get over the message very quickly , and that 's one of the reasons for giving you a short period of time . |
| 6 | Growth in the Information Services sector , which Broadview noted to be stabilising and benefiting from the cost cutting implemented in 1991/2 , was driven primarily by the Software and Services segments . |
| 7 | TENS OF thousands of phantom azalea bushes and geraniums are believed to be alive and growing in the gardens of Northern Ireland after the discovery of alleged false accounting . |
| 8 | The trade unions are a problematic force both in and on the uneasy edges of the system of power ; a variety of factors have conspired to produce an upsurge of competing participants and conflicting demands ; elected governments have frequently shown themselves to be weak and vacillating in the face of pressures and problems ; and certain democratic aspects of the British polity have heaped problems on to the capitalist economy in a way that has " crowded out " opportunities for growth . |
| 9 | 25 shelf units each 6m long × 3m deep ( these can be free-standing or placed against a wall ) |
| 10 | Several pieces of stiff paper or card , attached at the top , which allow viewing of only the top leaf ; it can be free-standing or attached to the top of an easel or blackboard . |
| 11 | She speaks again , chattily this time , about her friend Cal and how nice it 'll be to see her again , and she hopes that he 'll be polite and help with the washing up . |
| 12 | It would combine a broad measure of central planning with a great deal of autonomy for individual enterprises , which would be self-financing and interconnected through a market . |
| 13 | I must be free and stand as a Conservative ; I could not serve under L.G. again . |
| 14 | We would rather be free and live in a mess . |
| 15 | The second , profession of faith , would , as now , be public and preceded by a course of instruction . |
| 16 | Will society want them to be literate and numerate in the senses we now use the words ? |
| 17 | One should n't be narrow-minded when looking for a man 's weakness . ’ |
| 18 | Its symbolism may or may not be universal for all mankind , or for all within one culture , but enough dream material is common for others to be interested and gripped by a person who recounts his dreams . |
| 19 | For the remaining junctions the transitions will be staggered and result in a B II phosphate facing a B I phosphate . |
| 20 | It may be cordless or attached by a cable to the VCR . |
| 21 | The input to a program should be clear and kept to a minimum ; the output on the screen should be clear and presented at a sensible speed ; and any ‘ special ’ or complex computer procedures should appear to the user as ordinary and easy to use . |
| 22 | The input to a program should be clear and kept to a minimum ; the output on the screen should be clear and presented at a sensible speed ; and any ‘ special ’ or complex computer procedures should appear to the user as ordinary and easy to use . |
| 23 | Training might be goal-directed , but education must be pure and undertaken for the sake of the ‘ growth ’ of the child . |
| 24 | It was also a knowledge that could not be unlearned or removed from the human stockpile . |
| 25 | Support for firms is not just a matter of marginal servicing , nor should it be property-led or based on the notion of any jobs at any price . |
| 26 | So , when I found I wanted to write a book that would reflect a little on whether we should strive to be perfect or settle for the second-best but practical , I realised I would have to have a murder that was in some way imperfect . |
| 27 | And then there 's a , a series of er oh and they add er er during the people 's governments or at or above the may in accordance with the local land agency set apart certain land bound to be nationalized and used for the establishment of experimental farms or one or more county 's or model state farms , so there 's provision for the creation of so a form of socialism over the countryside but it 's , it comes a long way down the list . |
| 28 | Such views are held by economists who consider the beneficial effects of the threat of a takeover to be minimal when compared with the damaging effects of short termism . |
| 29 | It may be out of date and uninteresting or it may be sophisticated and supplemented by every kind of device and full of interest . |
| 30 | A witness summons should not be issued to compel the attendance of a child witness where this would be oppressive or damaging to the child 's welfare to an extent which would outweigh the legitimate interest of any other party to the proceedings ( R v Birmingham CC , ex pP [ 1991 ] 1 WLR 221 ) . |