Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because such religions are of more interest to the media than are more ‘ ordinary ’ religions , it is quite likely that whenever the tragedy occurs we shall be treated to the headline Cult Member Commits Suicide . |
| 2 | However , planning ahead may not always be possible — for example if your circumstances change quickly or vacancies are in short supply . |
| 3 | This usually means that melody benefits if notes are of different durations . |
| 4 | The Notes are in eight languages : English , French , Italian , Spanish , Arabic , Greek , Japanese and Portuguese . |
| 5 | He says it 's hard at first because the notes are in different places . |
| 6 | ( It should be noted in passing that the Sex Discrimination and Race Relations Acts are of little relevance here . |
| 7 | After all , salesforce personnel are in close contact with the people who actually make up the market , and ought to have the most detailed knowledge about how it is likely to behave in the near future . |
| 8 | These satellites are in geostationary orbit and the images that they provide are used primarily in weather forecasting applications . |
| 9 | Becher et al ( 1981 ) point to some of the problems : it is not obvious what the real reasons are for poor results ( e.g. poor intake ) ; criticism of a hardworking school operating in bad circumstances undermines morale ; and a high scoring school acts as a magnet and deprives other schools of high ability children . |
| 10 | No counsel appearing on this appeal has attempted to defend those findings of fact or suggest that the reasons are in any way adequate . |
| 11 | The only thing that I would ask everybody in Oxfordshire is to write to our M P's here because er yes it 's true that I do n't know what the returns are from last night 's voting , but I do know that er the only local MP that I can see on the voting on the last occasion was John Patten , here in Abingdon , and he voted no . |
| 12 | Accounts are of two types , capital and revenue . |
| 13 | Accounts are of two types , capital and revenue . |
| 14 | ‘ Audited accounts are in any event only one of the sources of information which a prudent banker takes into account . |
| 15 | The four lamps are worth 20 GCs each , the two rails 30 GCs each ; all have Enc 25 each . |
| 16 | A further 11 States are at various stages of adopting these tougher regulations and this will lead to the benefits of cleaner exhausts being extended to a further 15% of the US car market . |
| 17 | If picture-books are for young children , then what is one to make of , for example , Charles Keeping 's edition of Alfred Noyes The highwayman or Raymond Briggs ' Fungus the bogeyman ? |
| 18 | It is hypothetically assumed that if a woman marries but remains childless , she would work continuously in a full-time job until switching to part-time employment , set somewhat arbitrarily at age 54 , the age when the majority of her employed contemporaries are in part-time jobs . |
| 19 | It is logical that this should be so for actuarial skills are in limited supply , are in increasing demand , and frequently carry a great deal of responsibility . |
| 20 | The inability to speedily and correctly diagnose aircraft system and component failures because good diagnostic skills are in short supply leads to departure delays and possible compromises in safety . |
| 21 | Your skills are in short supply and have acquired a rarity value undreamed of in the 1970s . |
| 22 | If I can clarify that , our policies we 've been going since nineteen eighty three , and all our policies are in full print , which are readable . |
| 23 | When , in Britain , it is suggested that the policies of the Conservative Government towards local authorities since 1979 raise constitutional questions , what is meant is not that these policies are in any sense illegal , but rather … that they breach hitherto accepted understandings , albeit tacit , as to how relationships between central government and local authorities should be ordered . |
| 24 | However , there has so far been virtually no attempt to find out either how significant such policies are amongst leading firms or whether some are more prevalent than others . |
| 25 | In such research , exact statistics of public attitudes are of small importance . |
| 26 | These attitudes are in striking contrast to the British tradition , where party conflict is the primary institutional feature of Westminster and has been for over a century . |
| 27 | Out of the office , Muriel 's preferences are for classical music , a quiet existence , with knitting , visiting the elderly and church on Sundays pretty well top of the list . |
| 28 | On the other hand , virtually no motion can be detected in atactic poly ( methyl methacrylate ) at 300 K , but at 450 K , the chains are in rapid motion . |
| 29 | Most of the original copies are in fine condition : they are , moreover , exceedingly rate and one is very likely to go through life without coming across better ones . |
| 30 | Cobra effigies and icons are in most part multicephalous , that is possessing three , five , seven or sometimes nine heads , always an odd number . |