Example sentences of "[adj] be [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a popular story that the Fascists did at least get the trains to run on time , and had that been all things might have turned out for the better , but the Duce also evolved the theory of Italia Irredenta , ‘ Unrecovered Italy ’ . |
| 2 | Had that been another threat . |
| 3 | Probably contemporary with this are some bronze shields with relief decoration of purely if crudely oriental character . |
| 4 | Why , then , did interest groups come into focus ; what was this new theory ; how adequately does this theory make sense of British politics ; are there alternative perspectives on the part played by interests and groups in British politics ; and how adequate are those perspectives ? |
| 5 | Some are more specialists than others . |
| 6 | The multiplication of life tenures , the scramble for reversions , and the attempt to make posts hereditary are all indications that offices were coming to be regarded as forms of property rather than as jobs to be done . |
| 7 | Chapters 1 — 2 Are these sentences true ( T ) or false ( F ) ? |
| 8 | Silly , crazy antics like this were all part of being young . |
| 9 | I 've often heard people say , ‘ You can always see someone worse off than yourself , ca n't you ? ’ as if this were any comfort ! |
| 10 | The shops were mostly dreary Woolworth-type places , and they were all shut , but there was a surprising number of people wandering around , as if this were some kind of marvellous place to take an evening stroll . |
| 11 | Letting the words flow over her Jezrael waited , standing loose , as though this were some jam dance session . |
| 12 | So high were these prison walls , indeed , that they left you wondering at the build of the common Italian criminal . |
| 13 | The explanation for this being that weather caused by frequent vigorous systems coming off a relatively warm Atlantic is not conducive to lengthy spells of severe frost . |
| 14 | ‘ How old were these kids ? ’ |
| 15 | How old were these children Nelly ? |
| 16 | Rather different were those heads who avoided not only confrontation but also contact , taking refuge in their office and resorting to memoranda rather than face-to-face encounters . |
| 17 | What Jencks 's argument makes clear is that inheritance theories are only of practical value when the inherited characteristic is specified , together with the way in which it actually operates to produce criminal behaviour . |
| 18 | What does seem clear is that Nu was one of the hardliners : he was suspicious of the British Government 's intentions , particularly with regard to keeping the Frontier Areas apart on ‘ Divide and Rule ’ lines . |
| 19 | In all these projects , what has become clear is that software configuration control is essential . |
| 20 | However , what is clear is that agriculture in many parts of the developing world is extremely vulnerable to even a slight worsening of conditions ( Parry , 1990 ) . |
| 21 | What is now becoming clear is that clozapine produces a build up of dopamine in different receptors from other neuroleptics , and this gives a strong indication that another neurochemical abnormality underlies at least some symptoms of the disorder . |
| 22 | Whether annexation was a long-term aim in Japan is debatable ; what is clear is that Japanese believed that their nation 's security necessitated a hold on power in Korea of a kind which could only be achieved by colonial status . |
| 23 | There is no room here for a highly technical debate about language , but what is clear is that Christianity can not possibly associate any view of God with what we would normally conceive a person to be . |
| 24 | What is clear is that business managers are pulled in many directions and that they must and do make choices among alternative objectives ’ . |
| 25 | if nothing for the fact that the message that is coming home loud and clear is this request for clarification , the advent of certainty , one way or another . |
| 26 | So clear is this conclusion to my mind that , notwithstanding anything which has been said in other cases , I would be very slow to concede that the word ‘ appropriates ’ in section 1(1) is in its context ambiguous . |
| 27 | It can therefore be assumed that Miller 's message from this is that betrayal is wrong — it is the act of betrayal which finally destroys Eddie 's happiness forever . |
| 28 | This is that kind of book . |
| 29 | A possible conclusion to be drawn from this is that management can provide alternative more attractive forms of work organisation but these may be at higher cost . |
| 30 | One justification for this is that gravity is so weak that quantum gravitational effects would be large only at particle energies way beyond those in any particle accelerator . |