Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] be [prep] different " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soil mark sites are visible because of different coloured marks in the soil , usually just after ploughing For example , if a burial mound with a ditch around it has been flattened by ploughing , the material from which the mound was constructed , the soil filling the ditch , and the soil in the rest of the ploughed field may be of different colours . |
| 2 | Lines may be curved , zig-zag or straight , for example , and blobs may be of different sizes . |
| 3 | For instance , the users and data might be at different sites , support in their use and access could be provided from a additional site , and the extracted data processed at a further one . |
| 4 | A barn with a central threshing floor would be at least three structural bays in length , each bay being perhaps 4.25–5.5m ( about 14–18ft ) long , although the distance between roof trusses could be smaller ( say , 3m ( 10ft ) ) , the bays might be of different lengths and the simple triangular roof trusses might not span more than 5.5–6m ( 18-19-1/2ft ) ( Plate 3 ) . |
| 5 | The uneven course of this process of political evolution , and the fact that neighbouring countries will be at different stages within it , will continue to make official regional co-operation between countries very difficult . |
| 6 | The quantum model in physics contains the possibility that individual quanta can be at different energy levels . |
| 7 | The operands may be of different lengths ; if the first operand is shorter , the computer processes it as if it was extended on the left with zeros ; if the second ( destination ) field is shorter , some of the more significant digits of the result are lost . |
| 8 | However , the dimensions on which we can locate units , such as people , in some property space can be of different kinds and certainly of more than two dimensions . |
| 9 | Nervousness can be of different kinds , and a certain excitement and exhilaration may actually increase awareness and stimulate ability . |