Example sentences of "[noun] be [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The major institutions are life assurance and pension funds , unit trusts and investment trusts . |
| 2 | In the French Regional Parks in total , agricultural holdings average 23 hectares and about 50% are part time . |
| 3 | These copies are staple check and you are the one which you 've gone back for apply erm I , I 'll with that one . |
| 4 | Database 's other shareholders are Assitalia SpA , an insurance company , Fime SpA , a leasing and finance company based in Naples , and private investors . |
| 5 | READING TOILETS ARE SHIT SHOCKER … |
| 6 | The principles of the common law invoked in such cases are nemo judex in causa sua ( no man can be a judge in this own cause ) ; or auctor in rem suam ( no man should act in his own interest ) . |
| 7 | Regulation of pH i is of major importance to cell homeostasis because many physiological phenomena are pH dependent ; diverse examples include the rate of glycolysis , the level of intracellular calcium , and plasma membrane K + permeability which may regulate intracellular electrical potential . |
| 8 | The four cell activities are cell multiplication , cell movement , change in character , and cell signalling . |
| 9 | Intersparsed with these activities are steamer trip on Lake Ullswater and visits to the Keswick Pencil Factory , The Steamboat Museum , Dove Cottage , The ‘ Ratty ’ Railway , a local farm , the swimming pool at Troutbeck and the Brockhole Centre where pupils enjoy an afternoon of Environmental Studies . |
| 10 | Coded road signs are Disney policy to help Japanese , German and Swedish tourists |
| 11 | Also on the agenda for PNGWIM are communication training programmes , provision of scholarships and production of television and radio programmes . |
| 12 | Its most famous eating houses are Simpsons Tavern and The Jamaica Wine House in the City of London . |
| 13 | Among the historic houses are Broughton Castle , originally a 14th-century castle , later changed into a country house , Wroxham Abbey , a 17th-century gabled house ; and Hidcote Manor , famous for its unusual garden . |
| 14 | Among some fine town houses are Moray House , built after James VI had abandoned his capital for the greater adulation of London but when a Scottish parliament still endeavoured to preserve its autonomy in Edinburgh ; and relics of ancient inns more accessible to coaching traffic than those in the congested upper reaches . |
| 15 | The most important taxes are income tax and expenditure taxes such as value added tax ( VAT ) . |
| 16 | To the west are Mahayana Buddhism , Shinto , Taoism and , in a strangely aberrant appearance , the Islam of Indonesia ( and even more odd , Hinduism on the island of Bali ) . |
| 17 | Working interests in the Kadanwari field are LASMO Oil Pakistan [ operator ] , 18.42 per cent ; Kufpec [ Pakistan ] and Idemitsu Pakistan Oil Exploration , both 15.79 per cent ; and the Oil and Gas Development Corporation , 50 per cent . |
| 18 | , The House of Commons environment committee has proposed introducing tighter laws to prevent manufacturers from falsely claiming their products are environment friendly . |
| 19 | Given that two of the major components in the motor of the present technological progress are profit maximisation and the consolidation of power ( based on the notion of an ever-increasing rate of production and consumption ) it is not surprising that the contradictions manifest themselves so obviously on all sides . |
| 20 | Examples of special interest groups are Victim Support ( formerly known as the National Association for Victim Support Schemes ) , Parents of Murdered Children , the National Association of Prison Visitors , the National Association of Probation Officers , the National Association of Senior Probation Officers , the Association of Chief Officers of Probation , the Association of Chief Police Officers , the Superintendents ' Association , the Police Federation , the Prison Governors ' Association , and Prison Officers ' Association . |
| 21 | Similar characteristics are piece mobility ( the number of squares open to attack by one side 's pieces ) and the control or occupation of the centre four squares . |
| 22 | Books make the ideal Christmas present , and among those currently in stock are Muriel Spark 's autobiography Curriculum Vitae , in which she writes of her childhood in Edinburgh and the people and places which have influenced her work — including the original Miss Brodie ; and Alisdair Gray 's new novel Poor Things , a Frankenstein-inspired tale which has been described as his best work yet . |
| 23 | ‘ The things I look for in a car are power steering , central locking , heating that works and a stereo . |
| 24 | Off-the-road activities in mind are water colour painting and foreign language study — mainly in reserve for the dark nights of winter . |
| 25 | The US Federal Communications Commission is urging the four rival teams bidding digital systems to set the US high definition television standard to merge their rival systems into a grand alliance : the remaining contenders are AT&T Co with Zenith Electronics Corp , General Electric Co Inc 's National Broadcasting Corp unit with Philips Electronics NV , Thomson SA and the David Sarnoff Research Center , and two alternate bids led by General Instrument Corp and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; if the rival contenders fail to strike an alliance , final testing on the four improved systems will begin in April and conclude in late summer . |
| 26 | The other contenders are Llanfairfechan Town and Porthmadog , third and fourth placed in Gwynedd , and Prestatyn Town , runners-up in Clwyd . |
| 27 | The main foci of research in the department are landscape archaeology , analytical work on materials and artefacts , environmental archaeology , underwater archaeology and archaeological resource management . |
| 28 | Successful management policies have been employed in the centre of Australia , for example , where the major attractions are Ayres Rock and the Olgas . |
| 29 | Top funds are Fidelity Cash Account , Pru Cash Haven and Mercury Cash Trust . |
| 30 | Three patients , however , were followed serially and showed that serum carnitine concentrations are gluten dependent in coeliac disease patients . |