Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moving in the other direction are Pheonix who are already well-established on the 2-ply scene with their Driphter jackets . |
| 2 | The demands of personal intimacy are demands they are just not prepared to meet . |
| 3 | Two of these are astrocytes , which are supporting cells occupying the spaces around the nerve cells ; the third kind are oligodendrocytes which wrap closely around the nerve , providing an insulating layer which speeds conduction of the nerve impulse . |
| 4 | Genetic make-up , early childhood socialisation , class divisions and inequalities of opportunity are things which we either do not know how to change , or would involve a degree of social and economic transformation which is very unlikely to be embarked on in the name of reducing crime . |
| 5 | Any Associate is recruited with the prospect that he or she will be eligible for partnership after a few years : business development abilities , superior counselling skills in the field and a deep commitment to the firm and its progress are qualities which will rapidly become determinant . |
| 6 | At one end of the clinical spectrum are patients who have a new Q-wave myocardial infarction due to thrombotic occlusion of a major coronary artery ; the risk of sudden cardiac death in such cases recedes as the infarct evolves . |
| 7 | The main exceptions to the rule are employees who : |
| 8 | ‘ Enabling and partnership are concepts we now live with day to day , ’ he said — ‘ helping people help themselves . ’ |
| 9 | Her outburst had at least got some of her anger off her chest , but she was still a prisoner , and when fresh falls of snow were forecast she felt near the end of her tether at the prospect of being trapped any longer at Rocamar . |
| 10 | The cost of one card is £15 which will admit up to 12 people . |
| 11 | ‘ Saddest disappointment is Branagh himself ( who ) proves a curiously anodyne screen presence . |
| 12 | The result is music which is overloaded with restless movement of little significance . |
| 13 | They edit games and the result is highlights which bear NO resemblance to the actual match . |
| 14 | One of the things that has been hardest for me to deal with in coaching is runners who want to train for both the marathon and the mile at the same time . |
| 15 | Now , you know , behaviour that 's visible to college is behaviour which the college starts to think about wanting to regulate in some way . |
| 16 | In the same way a DCF yield of 500 per cent looks good at first sight , but if the investment is 6p it is not worth considering . |
| 17 | In the same way a DCF yield of 500 per cent looks good at first sight , but if the investment is 6p it is not worth considering . |
| 18 | The alternative is money-lenders who charge 6–10% a month . |
| 19 | The maximum holding is £10,000 which grows to £15,036.57 over five years . |
| 20 | He said the best definition of a gypsy was someoine who had a nomadic lifestyle . |
| 21 | In the first debate , in Clayton , Missouri , Bush was out-shone by Clinton , although in the opinion of most commentators the real winner of the contest was Perot whose performance was characterized by an informal approach and an engagingly comic eccentricity . |
| 22 | Most popular lifestyle programme was Wish You Were Here with Judith Chalmers , which appeared at No 20 with 16.3 million viewers . |
| 23 | The term used to denote the relationship between the girl and her lover was sambandham which in other parts of South India denotes " marriage " of a more straightforward kind . |
| 24 | ‘ Because the tape was evidence I could use against him . |
| 25 | The Committee 's main witness was Trevelyan who , having reformed the organization of the Civil Service , was now anxious to improve its accommodation . |
| 26 | In a worse condition was Morrissey who fell victim to the gruelling schedule . |
| 27 | Parental attitude to smoking and peer influence are factors which affect both boys and girls taking up the smoking habit . |
| 28 | A SCHEDULE or a PLAN are concepts which can be defined as entities . |
| 29 | A certain percentage are nobodies who want to become somebodies on my back . ’ |
| 30 | The mending and making good , the painting , papering and patching of Melin Cottage each winter were jobs I approached with diminishing verve also , and the climbing in connection with the weeding and maintenance of the terraces were frankly becoming an enervating bore . |