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 use of unemployment rates as a criterion of the effectiveness of regional policies is of limited value . |
| 5 | We need an urgent review , maybe less papers but more information on rights lost and what Labour policies are for the future . |
| 6 | Now we know why Labour policies are in such a mess . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | One way of establishing democratic accountability of administrative institutions is through workers control or self-management in factory , office and other socialized entitles . |
| 13 | This book explores the idea of major economic shifts being on the agenda . |
| 14 | The average height of a man was six feet , while seven-foot giants were by no means uncommon . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | These extinct fishes were unlike their modern counterparts in possessing a dermal skeleton of minute scales and/or bony plates . |
| 17 | All surrendering Yugoslav armed groups were to be disarmed and interned pending a decision by Governments as to their disposal . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Another kit to test the European authorities is on the way from Neico . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Two broad tendencies are at work . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | However the ‘ correct ’ economic policies are at best subjective and in any case other political considerations frequently come into play . |
| 25 | Professional aims and social and economic policies were in alignment with each other . |
| 26 | The normal recourse of exiled Spanish knights was to the nearest Moorish court , but Rodrigo made instead for the Kingdom of Barcelona . |
| 27 | Owners of historic houses are to be exempt from the revaluation for tax purposes included in measures covering commercial property . |
| 28 | She said one of her most memorable times was in 1924 , when Malcolm Muggeridge 's father was the candidate in her constituency . |
| 29 | Now although we can differentiate the products er agricultural products , we can only do that at the very final stage in processing , by and large , where there 's much less scope after product differentiation right , at the er the raw material erm level , which is where most agricultural trade continues er , most trade in agricultural products is in the raw commodity , not the refined commodity the refining , there might be the processing and the manufacturing , tend to occur in the country of consumption and not in the country of production a number of complicated , erm political reasons erm alright , but the but because there is n't the scope for product differentiation alright , we have n't witnessed an increase in intra industry trade in agricultural goods whereas we have done for manufactured goods because there is scope for intra industry trade er yeah scope for product differentiation . |
| 30 | The girls in the barrio chino of Spanish cities were of all ages , sizes and nationalities . |