Example sentences of "[noun sg] be the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the decade since 1973 the main features of the energy demand reduction are the 36% fall in oil consumption , the 66% rise in gas consumption and the 80% increase in nuclear power consumption . |
| 2 | The sort of girls who would quickly come to the fore are the sort of Malory-Towers-Swallows-and-Amazons type ; practical down to earth and capable , but there would probably be many unlike that who would be perfectly handless when it came to organisation and practicalities . |
| 3 | So , repression , it 's not that Freud dropped the concept of repression but that he elaborated it and made it much more sophisticated , and the mechanisms of defence are the means , you could say they 're the means by which er repression erm comes about . |
| 4 | So erm the mechanisms of defence are the means that the ego uses to stop itself being worried by any , anything that might seem to , that might seem to throw them . |
| 5 | Until comparatively recently this hope looked greatly at odds with the realities of international law which was prepared to acknowledge the sovereignty and hence the legality of states whose boundaries or existence are the result of force , uphold treaties imposed by coercion , and in general allow that war is an international sphere . |
| 6 | In neither case are the conditions to which the product may be subjected precisely known . |
| 7 | Other frequently reiterated problems with community service provision are the absence of effective collaboration between the different service agencies ( see Wright et al , 1988 ) , and the related fact that services tend to be delivered in a piecemeal and fragmented way without coordination at service delivery level ( see for example Challis and Davies , 1980 ) . |
| 8 | In the other direction are the boutiques , cafés and bars of Gabicce . |
| 9 | Mr Molland and the vicar are the trustees . |
| 10 | Other circumstances which may amount to frustration of a booking contract are the flooding of the hotel so as to make it uninhabitable or its destruction by fire . |
| 11 | The many continents of the planet Marinus are the settings for this six part adventure as the Doctor 's party find themselves on a quest to locate the missing keys to the Conscience of Marinus . |
| 12 | The people who make up this brain drain are the backbone of the transnational capitalist class , the class whose political role is to persuade co-nationals that their interests are identical with , or at least best served by , those of the TNCs . |
| 13 | Closely allied to our aims and ethos are the School 's pastoral system and support network . |
| 14 | Such lapses from liberal democratic ethos are the legacy of feudalism , not intrinsic features of bourgeois democracy . |
| 15 | Answer guide : Needs identified in the text are the need for information to enable management to carry out its duties and responsibilities in terms of stewardship , planning , control and decision making . |
| 16 | From afar , the two most striking buildings in the park are the Observatory and the replica Eiffel Tower . |
| 17 | so that erm more or less Salisbury Park are the people who really Th they said that whatever the decision , decision they make , they would fall in with them . |
| 18 | The principal factors giving rise to the change are the reduction in the workforce and revised pension arrangements agreed with Waterford Crystal employees . |
| 19 | Instinct , trial and error , and incremental change are the essence of the English approach to problem-solving . |
| 20 | In the churchyard are the graves of two young railwaymen killed in 1840 by a boiler explosion at Bromsgrove Station on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway . |
| 21 | Britain 's opponents in the First Division are the USSR , France , Italy , Sweden and the Netherlands . |
| 22 | Disagreements at the ( rightward ) effortful levels of allegory and fiction are the basis of literary criticism . |
| 23 | The people who know about the potential effect of a blanket ban are the tobacco manufacturers and they are not so sanguine about the prospect , threatening to pull their plants out of Britain if the ban comes into force . |
| 24 | British notions of equity and fair play are evidence not of a modernized , but of a traditional , undifferentiated legal system , in that equity and fair play are the language of the field of power , of friend versus foe . |
| 25 | The position of the GP , however , is not straight-forwardly that of expert in relation to the non-expert patient , for beyond the GP are the specialists . |
| 26 | Often very soft owing to a high whey content Cheese , Soft p69/ Cheeses of the Brie and Camembert types , made from uncut curds which are allowed to drain naturally Cheese , the nutritive value of p88 Cheesecake , Rich Chocolate p77 Cheesemaking p93–5 Cheeses , Blue p97 Cheese , Goat 's milk p96 Cheeses , Hard p72/ A group including some very hard varieties such as Parmesan , but also Cheddar Cheeses , Semi-hard p70/ Probably the largest group of cheeses , including many traditional British varieties Cheeses , Sheep 's or Ewes ' milk p96 Chicken Pilaf p57 Chinese Egg Noodles p52/ Thin dried noodles reconstituted in boiling water , used for Eastern Cookery Chocolate p77/ The refined product of the cocoa plant Chocolate Biscuit Loaf , Italian p78 Chocolate Cheesecake p77 Chorizos p14/ Spicy sausages used extensively in Spanish and Mexican cookery Clam Sauce for pasta p82 Cocktail Tartlets , Tartlets in a Hurry p113 Cocoa p77/ Cocoa butter and cocoa powder are the basis of the chocolate industry , and are extracted from the beans of the cocoa plant Coffee p32/ A drink prepared from the berries of the tropical coffee plant Coffee , types of p34 Creamed Leek & Chilli Sauce p82 Currants p61 |
| 27 | On the shield are the words VOT PR and the mint mark is STR . |
| 28 | While explanations at the molecular level are the aim , much of this book will still look at embryos at the cellular level , reflecting the current state of knowledge . |
| 29 | Offering a contrast are the villages of Ferryside , Llansteffan and , of course , Laugharne — which is specifically referred to elsewhere . |
| 30 | All around the resort are the remains of ancient Roman settlements , historic churches , hill towns , castles and the impressive Frasassi Caves set within limestone gorges . |