Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Every single book is about chess ; every cassette features chess games ; most of the ornaments are chess trophies ; even the framed prints depict chess scenes .
2 Debts could be negotiated ; decide what of your debts are priority debts .
3 However , women are the principal victims of this process since embedded in medical ideologies are gender ideologies which label , stereotype and devalue women .
4 They know the lairds are straw men now ! ’
5 About 56 million of the 78 million Germans are church members .
6 Illustrated by H. K. Browne and George Cattermole , with one illustration by Daniel Maclise and one by Samuel Williams ; the illustrations are wood engravings dropped into the text , giving a close relationship between word and image .
7 His three sons are cathedral choristers : ‘ There have n't been three brothers together in the choir for about 12 years , ’ he says , with some pride .
8 There is the formidable barrier too in goalkeeper Valdemaras Martinkenas , a 28-year-old who has been playing with Dinamo Kievf and three others with Austrian clubs are defenders Arvydas Janonis ( St Polten ) , Romas Mazheikas ( FC Krems ) and striker Stasys Baranavskas ( FC Vienna ) .
9 All fruits , and leafy and root vegetables are food sources of fibre .
10 And since the water authorities are enforcement agencies they also control to a very great degree what may seem to be some sort of ‘ real level ’ of pollution which comes to light in amount and kind — those events or incidents which are detected and processed , becoming statistics of non-compliance or even , in some rare cases , of prosecutions in annual reports .
11 All non-productive wood must be cut out , and the skill lies in deciding which of the many buds are wood buds and which are fruit buds , and then in deciding which of the wood buds are likely to produce the most fruit buds .
12 Many of those who have been chosen in place of the knights are Essex Men , but Essex Men with degrees : clever chaps like John Wittingdale and Oliver Letwin , whose cloaks were laid at the feet of Mrs Thatcher .
13 The tell-tale signs are pin holes and dust in both soft- and hardwoods ; the mighty deathwatch beetle leaves larger holes in hardwoods such as elm and oak .
14 ‘ The first signs are traffic jams .
15 Nonetheless there are titles for which more than one source of information needs to be consulted — either because the titles are borderline choices , and/or because one source does not give all the information needed .
16 Scientists ' methods are public , available to everyone after publication ; those of artists are trade secrets , part of their mystery , and are typically concealed .
17 Since the political issues of choice for many of the artists are abortion rights and the oppression of women , various imagings of the female body recur throughout the show .
18 I do take into account that for a lot of people , pop artists are role models so you have to be careful about what you are doing .
19 It assumes that the ions are point charges .
20 If you are not a bee-keeper , you may easily become one by amassing herbs beloved by bees and/or butterflies ; many herbs are bee plants such as goldenrod , mullein , honeysuckle , thyme , catmint and bergamot .
21 The four front runners with the highest market profiles are Texas Instruments ( with its ever expanding TMS320 series ) , Motorola ( DSP56000 and DSP96002 ) , Analog Devices ( the versatile family of ADSP-210x devices ) and AT&T ( the long standing DSP32C among others ) .
22 Some of the programmes are church services and meditations , others concentrate on development and health education and encourage local people to train as ‘ roving reporters ’ in rural areas .
23 A Friends of the Earth spokesman on air pollution says : ‘ The bulk emissions are nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide , which are major producers of acid rain , with of course , the ordinary carbon dioxide , the greenhouse gas .
24 You are right in thinking that such products are carbohydrate sources too .
25 Principal products are asthma inhalers , which we supply to Glaxo .
26 ‘ Our favourite times are Sunday afternoons , cooking , watching television and going for long walks . ’
27 In conclusion , deficiencies have been found in monitoring adults with severe physical disability whose sole regular contacts are health professionals .
28 The majority of CO-OPs are food stores , but some sell clothes , furniture and household items .
29 Yet we know that organizations are power systems in which political skills are vital .
30 He did not specifically mention the party , but , since all the top personnel of these organizations are party members , its involvement is clearly implied .
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