Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [conj] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It clearly exposes the weakness that is at the heart of Labour 's inspection policy , and demonstrates that the hon. Member for Blackburn does not speak to the hon. Member for Leeds , Central . |
| 2 | It assumed so much — as if the link that was between them needed no words … |
| 3 | Basically , therefore , the job consists of transferring male pollen from the anthers of the variety that is to be the male parent to the stigma of the variety that is to become the female or ‘ seed parent . |
| 4 | While the schemes are voluntary , in the sense that LEAs are not obliged to mount them and pupils are not compulsorily involved , and while the programmes demonstrate the variety that is to be expected from vigorous local initiatives , the significance of TVEI is unmistakable . |
| 5 | the direction that is into the wind . |
| 6 | Because the machine was so busy , just after the time he introduced it , the line was never available to do all the checks that were on that and it and Roland 's got them in a file there |
| 7 | This is designer socialism : the belief that buying tassled loafers rather than winklepickers , is somehow as much a PR of the struggle as being on the picket line at Wapping . |
| 8 | We kept the loot that was in the freezer . |
| 9 | The perfective aspect , as Hirtle 1975 has shown , evokes something resultative : it represents the subject of the verb as being in the result phase of the event denoted by the past participle . |
| 10 | I 'm talking about the milk that 's in the training room . |
| 11 | Other cottagers the teacher from Glasgow visited gave him a proof of their kindness ; they presented him with a large basin of milk : he took a drink of it , and would have left the remainder , but they signalled to him to drink it all , and the old man stood opposite the door to prevent his getting away till he was obliged , in answer to Gaelic gesticulations , to drink all the milk that was in the basin . |
| 12 | He lost five of the first seven holes in the afternoon and was in danger of going into the record books as Wentworth 's bloodiest casualty . |
| 13 | ‘ All they want from us is the money that 's in the boot . |
| 14 | Jan did you lift the money that was on the side here ? |
| 15 | that the plaintiffs can not be heard to say that they have acted dishonestly when an honest construction can be put upon their conduct by treating their acceptance and retention of the money as being upon the terms on which it was offered . |
| 16 | Speaking in Birmingham yesterday Ramblers ' chairman Dr Geoff Eastwood said : ‘ While millions of people flock to the countryside to enjoy its footpaths and open spaces , those who live in the cities and are without the means to travel to the countryside are losing out on a great potential leisure resource right on their doorsteps . ’ |
| 17 | Suffice it to say here that the law in this area has been roundly condemned by the courts as being of ‘ inordinate complexity exceeding the worst excesses of a taxing statute ’ . |
| 18 | However , a very restrictive express term which tries to prevent an ex-employee making use of mundane skills will be likely to be struck down by the courts as being in restraint of trade . |
| 19 | Any word or phrase not recognised by the computer as being on the authority list will cause the list of available choices to be displayed . |
| 20 | She was talking about the snake that is in all of us all the time ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It is a privilege ’ , wrote Allen , ‘ that the young men of our generation should have such an opportunity of bearing witness to the faith that is in them . ’ |
| 22 | Just like the X-rays , the photoelectron is diffracted by the atoms close by , rather like ripples spreading across a shallow pool disturbed by occasional raindrops , and the resulting diffraction pattern modulates the absorption of the X-rays that are in fact exciting the pattern via photoemission . |
| 23 | I make reassuring noises , and accept another mug of coffee to clear the silt that 's in my brain . |
| 24 | Under the general law of contract ( on which see Chitty on Contracts , Chapter 24 ) repudiation gives the other party the right to treat the contract as being at an end and to claim damages for wrongful termination : the alternative right to insist on performance would be meaningless in this context . |
| 25 | Section 12(3) applies to a contract where it appears from the contract or is to be inferred from the circumstances that the parties intended that the seller should transfer only a limited title ( whether it be the limited title of the seller himself or of some third person from whom the seller would obtain it ) . |
| 26 | Would it be better to confirm the order for the west coast main line instead of negotiating a bonus for the chairman that is worth £53,000 ? |
| 27 | It had been smudged by the photocopier and was by no means as clear as the original . |
| 28 | I have not yet studied the Palestinian proposals , which , I believe , were tabled only yesterday , but I hope that there will now be proper discussion of the proposals that are on the table . |
| 29 | Now if it 's tablets they 've taken we do n't do whatever Angie did years ago in , in Eastenders and , and then she 's walked up and down and given gallons of coffee , what you do is keep your casualty at rest , nil by mouth because you , if you give them any fluid whatsoever it 's going to dilate , dilute the tablets that are in the stomach , and once they 're diluted they 've gone into the system quicker , mm , so there 's nil by mouth , now if you 're going to get up and walk them up and down because come on you must walk up and down , what 's happening to this per these tablets ? |
| 30 | At that time it was a kind of derelict brick structure , part of which er over there , the bit that 's at right angles to where we are now , was in a was a plumber 's showroom or had been and this part was actually derelict and had a demolition order on it . |