Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Medical Research Council and National Radiological Protection Board are both contenders . |
| 2 | Also on board are another ex-gunman and an army deserter and , when the trawler breaks down , a plan is forged to rob a bank . |
| 3 | In neither case are these agreements directly part of the text of the Treaty and therefore of the constitutional law recognised by the Court of Justice . |
| 4 | Falling into this category are such items as farm buildings ( including farmsteads ) , replacement items such as fences , and machinery/equipment purchases . |
| 5 | Until this month , I thought that all anyone needs to know besides budget are such things as preferred processor ( a 486DX ) , speed ( at least 33MHz ) , hard disk size ( as big as the bucks allow ) , monitor type ( ditto ) and a familiar brand need which would be there forever to honour a warranty . |
| 6 | The manager and chairman are such strangers to national television that probably less than 10 per cent of football fans would be able to name them , let alone recognise them . |
| 7 | Deliberate ambiguity , paradox and complexity are all techniques used by artists to prevent discrimination attaining complete clarity , thereby stimulating a prolonged and engrossing period of heightened activity . |
| 8 | Two dangers of the purchaser-provider split are that collaboration among health care professionals may be undermined and the provider aspects of the public health role may become removed from the purchasing role . |
| 9 | The arms of the saltire are each split into four triangular fields , and carry a variety of geometrical and floral motif . |
| 10 | There has of course been some criticism in the books of the decision in Stilk v. Myrick which is somewhat differently reported in the two sets of reports , but Campbell 's reports have the better reputation and what I have referred to as being the law on this point is referred to as ‘ the present ’ rule in Chitty on Contracts : see , also , Cheshire and Fifoot . |
| 11 | Afforestation and reforestation are both characteristic of modern forestry ( the former is the planting of forests on land previously unoccupied by trees while the latter involves the re-establishment of trees on formerly forested land that has been cleared ) . |
| 12 | It may be noted that the Legendre functions of the second kind are all singular when . |
| 13 | Nylon , polythene , alkathene and acrilan are all polymers formed from organic molecules . |
| 14 | ‘ The Wedding Present are all university wallahs . |
| 15 | The reception area has been given an open plan look , and located to the side of the banking are several desks which enable staff to have closer contact with their customers . |
| 16 | The universities side are all students and in this case they seem to know their place . |
| 17 | Quaternary or Pleistocene geography , environmental change ( Goudie , 1983 ) geoarchaeology , and alluvial chronology are all examples of the new focus for chronological investigations . |
| 18 | The ratios relating to return on investment are Some estimate of the risk taken by the investor can be derived from the ratios |
| 19 | The girls and boys in the photograph are all members of the Boulogne District Cubs . |
| 20 | Headaches , migraines and irritability are all signs of stress . |
| 21 | Openness in discussion , the acceptance of the searching question and the admission of uncertainty are all signs of the process of change proceeding at an appropriate rate for the individuals concerned " ( Briault and West 1990:20 ) . |
| 22 | Hysteroscopy and biopsy are more time consuming and expensive than the traditional dilatation and curettage . |
| 23 | Two possible explanations for this result are that growth in nominal activity may raise the relative return on domestic assets , or alternatively , that the exchange rate ( units of foreign currency per unit of domestic currency ) appreciates following capital inflows attracted by growth in the domestic economy . |
| 24 | The other available forms of pre-testing for print ads by means of survey research are all elaborations of the folder test — for example , an ad can be inserted into an actual magazine rather than a folder to provide something nearer to the real world . |
| 25 | All of the books containing material related to the theses in the present study are such compilations . |
| 26 | This declaration followed a denunciation of the City of London , drawing attention to the chief actors in the Guinness scandal : ‘ It can hardly be a coincidence that those in the dock are all Jews . ’ |
| 27 | Fascinating facts , wine lore , numerous tastings and expert guidance are all part of a series of tours that take in famous Continental wine-growing areas from Tuscany to the Rhine , Bordeaux to Burgundy , Rioja to the Rhône . |
| 28 | ( 3 ) The losses against which a recognised body is required to insure under this Rule are all losses arising from claims in respect of civil liability incurred in the practice of the recognised body by the recognised body or by any of its officers or employees or former officers or employees or by any solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is or was a consultant to or associate in the body 's practice or is or was working in the practice as an agent or a locum tenens ; save that a recognised body shall not be required to insure against losses arising from claims of a type excluded , by the indemnity rules applicable from time to time to recognised bodies , from being afforded indemnity by the Solicitors Indemnity Fund . |
| 29 | This situation is probably paralleled elsewhere in the United Kingdom only by the position at Loughborough where students at the University of Technology and the nearby College of Art and Technical College are all members of the Loughborough Students Union . |
| 30 | A theatre , leisure pool and arts and leisure complex are all part of the project , as are plans to tackle unemployment , health and housing problems . |