Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big hook which had once been part of a hanging scales was in the shape of the letter S , and sharpened to a point at both ends . |
| 2 | I 'm dealing with two estates where no will has been made and the house was in the name of husband alone who died without a will and the net result is that on on law on intestacy neither of the those surviving widows is of right entitled to the house and in both cases there are children and as you can imagine there is a certain amount of anguish about it . |
| 3 | Mr Clarke said the working plans were for about five units with about 40 places each . |
| 4 | ‘ The finest views are from the bottom , and at some places a little above it , but few dare venture to the bottom particularly those females whose pedestrian excursions have chiefly been upon level ground ; nay the male sex are often appalled with a view of the way , and many a Bond-street gentleman , in his stable costume , would rather hazard his neck four-in-hand , than risk it by having his arms precariously supported by the twigs and branches he may find in his way to the gulph below . ’ |
| 5 | The use of unemployment rates as a criterion of the effectiveness of regional policies is of limited value . |
| 6 | We need an urgent review , maybe less papers but more information on rights lost and what Labour policies are for the future . |
| 7 | Now we know why Labour policies are in such a mess . |
| 8 | The most telling accounts were to be seen in the local press whose journalists had gone along on routine reporting assignments and tried to come to terms with the decidedly un-pop star look of the performers on stage . |
| 9 | It is an indication of how low Kylie 's emotional defences were during this crisis that — just for once — the intensely personal details of her life suddenly came gushing out , as if to exorcise some spirit that was within her . |
| 10 | The fatal accident inquiry at Ayr had been told by the lawyer for the golf club that the most important way to stop accidental drownings is by education . |
| 11 | Whether judges are better or less able than others to assess the merits and demerits of political policies is beside the point , because that is not their function . |
| 12 | If judicial divisions and controversial judgments are in any case inevitable , the pragmatist asks , why should the controversy not be about what really matters , about which decision will produce the least inefficient practice or the fewest occasions of injustice in the future ? |
| 13 | One way of establishing democratic accountability of administrative institutions is through workers control or self-management in factory , office and other socialized entitles . |
| 14 | This book explores the idea of major economic shifts being on the agenda . |
| 15 | The average height of a man was six feet , while seven-foot giants were by no means uncommon . |
| 16 | The co-pilot held a West German Commercial Pilot Licence with instrument and instructor ratings , and had accumulated a total of 2,550 hours flying experience including fifty hours on the accident he had flown 120 hours , of which fifty hours were on the accident type . |
| 17 | The denominations of bank notes rose ; banker 's drafts were often used to replace cash ; and by the end of Emor several million-sesterce notes were in circulation . |
| 18 | These extinct fishes were unlike their modern counterparts in possessing a dermal skeleton of minute scales and/or bony plates . |
| 19 | All surrendering Yugoslav armed groups were to be disarmed and interned pending a decision by Governments as to their disposal . |
| 20 | Because their nasal openings were on the top of their heads they could even continue to breathe if it became necessary ( see p. 115 ) to totally submerge . |
| 21 | DRUG-USING prisoners are to be given a heroin substitute for the first time in a Scottish jail in an effort to stop needle sharing . |
| 22 | Another kit to test the European authorities is on the way from Neico . |
| 23 | The power of the various European States was in practice estimated by commentators largely in the crude terms of the extent of territory each possessed . |
| 24 | Two broad tendencies are at work . |
| 25 | From our mooring at the pier , panting in the heat , we walked up a long steep , straight track , which led to the main village where accommodation in private houses was to be allocated ; there were no hotels or pensiones . |
| 26 | Forty five minutes three quarters of an hour , nought point seven five and all the different calculations in between fifty minutes is about nought point that 's nought eight , that 's nought nine so it 'd be nought point eight one , two |
| 27 | More than 120 copies were in the hands of various TV and broadcasting units by 4pm on Tuesday , the time The Sun says it got its copy . |
| 28 | However the ‘ correct ’ economic policies are at best subjective and in any case other political considerations frequently come into play . |
| 29 | Professional aims and social and economic policies were in alignment with each other . |
| 30 | The normal recourse of exiled Spanish knights was to the nearest Moorish court , but Rodrigo made instead for the Kingdom of Barcelona . |