Example sentences of "[noun] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Closely linked to the issues concerning this form of representation and visibility are the attitudinal issues — the attitudes towards women in such positions , and our own attitudes , as women in those positions , towards our positions and towards other women . |
| 2 | These junior institutions are the preparatory schools of the prisons , not because they train criminals , but because they train youngsters to cope with a regime which denies tenderness , warmth and the right to weep with and for your own pain . |
| 3 | The Bretton Woods institutions are the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , the World Bank , and the third , which emanated indirectly from the negotiations at Bretton Woods , is the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) . |
| 4 | Since such institutions are the heaviest investors in commercial property , their requirements have driven the market , so that even landlords who are not institutions require an " institutionally acceptable " investment . |
| 5 | Handpainted wallpapers , a round room and a galleried landing with cupola are the main features of the Georgian part of the house . |
| 6 | But good planning and advance preparation are the best way to ensure the move is as efficient and trouble-free as possible . |
| 7 | But for all their differences , Stella and Serena are the two halves of a basically unsatisfactory character . |
| 8 | Tune into the harmony of your developing fragrance : Top Notes are the first scent you 'll smell , but these are volatile and do n't last . |
| 9 | The younger acts are the major problem in the music industry . |
| 10 | The fact that all the acts are the same couple of blokes is just the way it is in modern dance . |
| 11 | Nevertheless the former test and the current test are very similar and indeed the ‘ guidelines ’ laid down by the two Acts are the same . |
| 12 | 2 That acts are the social effects of actions . |
| 13 | Peregrines executing a dive are the fastest animals in the world , but at this time of year they are particularly vulnerable to attack while they are displaying and setting up breeding territories . |
| 14 | The sequences cloned from the marsupials are the only Y-located sequences detected either with the human SRY probe or with the marsupial sequences themselves . |
| 15 | As many of us have mixed backgrounds I would not like to say that ethnic reasons are the main reasons for tabling this motion . |
| 16 | My reasons are the same as those given by the Court of Appeal . |
| 17 | The reasons are the same ; the valleyside torrents are checked when they reach the main valley floor and aggradation takes place , the fan shape usually resulting from the stream shifting its course from time to time . |
| 18 | The most interesting objects are the red variables U and EU , which are easy to locate . |
| 19 | My schooldays are the one period of my life to which I do not care to refer and were anything but happy . |
| 20 | Schooldays are the best days of your life . |
| 21 | I have never subscribed to the view that schooldays are the happiest days of your life , but I do think that student days are among the happiest . |
| 22 | The most recent studies suggest that more than a third of employers discriminate against black applicants for jobs , and that levels of discrimination are the same for Asian and Afro-Caribbean applicants , for men and women , and vary little between job categories , although previous studies have documented higher levels of racial discrimination in relation to unskilled manual jobs ( Brown and Gay , 1985 ; Smith , 1977 ) . |
| 23 | ( Planes of Fame at Chino are the true pioneers of the cause of Japanese military aviation in the hands of a private collection . ) |
| 24 | The kaluts are the larger features reaching 50 m or so high , while the yardangs are less than half as high . |
| 25 | Lack of interest and meagre funding are the feeble pillars of British and American official attitudes to the display of art at Expo ‘ 92 which opens in Seville towards the end of this month ( 20 April-12 October ) . |
| 26 | Changes in research management and research funding are the likeliest causes of the changes in publication patterns . |
| 27 | Changes in research management and research funding are the likeliest causes of the changes in publication patterns . |
| 28 | Fortunately , for most of us , the business of dividing up an estate does not involve nearly as much emotional wear and tear , and material possessions are the last things on your mind when you lose someone you love . |
| 29 | Many problems experienced by prisoners are the same as those of other CAB clients : housing , social security , administration of justice , children and marital difficulties are the most common . |
| 30 | Because of the importance of the profit and loss account in both the profit-oriented and the Type A non-profit organization , the final accounts are the primary instruments of financial accountability . |