Example sentences of "[verb] be [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But new questions about the relations of language and what language represents are of great importance to our understanding of Renaissance culture .
2 Tagalog concepts are directly relevant to the present discussion because the Buid with whom I lived are in daily contact with Tagalog speaking immigrants from neighbouring islands .
3 Notes that you can consult are of great value , but much of the fundamental interpretation of your subjects must be based on an effective memory when notes are not to hand .
4 The holes drilled are for light weight — and they are just that .
5 Ken has been into western styling since he was a child .
6 The tendency then , has been towards greater reliance upon market forces and competitive freedom ; a shift of emphasis in the way governments aim to trade-off financial sector policy goals and in the regulatory means by which these goals are to be secured .
7 As well as this , the trend over the past few years has been towards greater accountability from business in the form of information about matters other than profit and loss .
8 It said : ’ The balance of evidence over the last month has been towards continued recession .
9 Both suggest that in the area of sexual morality the change has been towards less restraint , less control and more choice .
10 The direction of tertiary education since the mid-seventies , as the process of contraction has continued , has been towards more responsiveness , more accountability , reduced autonomy .
11 The Liberal Democratic Party has been through many name changes since the 1987 election .
12 As a result , an Inservice Panel was established in June 1983 , and it has been through this body that project-related INSET development can be traced .
13 Such legislation has been through detailed preparation including the publication of draft clauses .
14 Where interiors have survived , it has been through benign neglect .
15 Gloucestershire County Council has been down this road before .
16 However , against the background of government concern over inner-city disturbances , picket line violence , the Greenham Common demonstrations and other large scale protests , the emphasis has been on preserving order and minimising public inconvenience rather than facilitating effective protest .
17 The Congress 's disarray — radical democrats argue that it should be disbanded — has been on embarrassing display this week as deputies argued over what to call their state .
18 One of the Moths now at Mandevelle has been on static display in a motor museum for years , and is now almost ready to leap into the air again ; an excellent idea .
19 Most of the research on this has been on conversational interaction of a rather restricted kind , such as between doctor and patient , teacher and pupil or between the various speakers in court cases .
20 There are those who would tell you that BMW 's reputation for first-class finish has been on thin ice for some time but , until now , we 've seen little evidence to substantiate the claim .
21 At every C&P plant there is concern about energy conservation but emphasis in recent years has been on improving product quality — something which often uses more energy without increasing output .
22 The problem we in Europe face is that Japanese companies have been active in scaling up production for some years , whereas in Europe the emphasis has been on high-quality research , which has only been significantly exploited in the area of basic liquid crystal materials .
23 The main emphasis of the HIDB has been on halting depopulation by the saving and creation of employment .
24 The midwife said to me , ‘ This child has been on this earth before ’ and I thought that was rather an odd thing to say , but the midwife seemed quite adamant .
25 A bridge has been on this site from the 14th century .
26 The Midland Fishery trout farm has been on this site at Horsley near Nailsworth since 1883 ; now its present owners have decided to sell .
27 ‘ No-one has been on this path for two days . ’
28 The British Library Research and Development Department , which , along with the National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales and the Schools Council , has funded most of this research , is aware of that problem , and using a standing committee called the Discussion Group on User Education in Schools , it is endeavouring to bring the research into general practice , and even to extend the influence of the work into other levels of education , eg primary schools ( the concentration has been on secondary education so far ) .
29 He has been on sick leave for more than three months during which Avon County Council has been inquiring into phone calls said to have been made from his Bristol office to soft-porn ‘ adult ’ 0898 numbers .
30 Miss Scanlon , who is in her 20s , has been on sick leave for four months .
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