Example sentences of "[det] be [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conclusions from that are of profound consequence . |
| 2 | Erm I would like to apologize on behalf of myself and my proof reading team for the fact that two calls for nominations that erm that are in this newsletter do n't actually appear to have closing dates on them . |
| 3 | Old binders can still be found at farm sales , but few are in good working order and spare parts and canvases may cost more than the machines themselves . |
| 4 | Few are in any doubt that there is plenty more pain to come , and it may well be that the interim management is now expected to clear the decks , steel itself to announce another enormous net loss for the current quarter and let the new chief executive and team come in with a clean sheet . |
| 5 | Some are on split levels , all are comfortable , full of atmosphere , and boasting an abundance of beautiful furniture and rafted ceilings . |
| 6 | Some are to this day . |
| 7 | Some are of low intelligence , most of low educational attainment . |
| 8 | Among the many buildings of the University , some are of particular note . |
| 9 | They are normally short and fixed term though some are overnight ( ‘ at call ’ ) deposits and some are for 364 days . |
| 10 | A spokesman said : ‘ Some are in mint condition , carried across the Andes by mule train 250 years ago . ’ |
| 11 | Some horticultural staff write excellent articles in journals , and some are in constant demand for public lectures . |
| 12 | Before including them in any press pack the question " Will this be of any use to the recipient ? " must be answered in the affirmative . |
| 13 | ‘ Could this be of any use ? ’ |
| 14 | According to a recent report in the New York Times , Castelli has said that he wishes the archives to be fully accessible to the public and that if this were in any doubt he would donate them without charge to the Smithsonian Institute 's Archives of American Art . |
| 15 | During the third millennium BC most axes were made of unalloyed copper and few were of arsenical copper , but by the middle of the third millennium arsenical copper gradually supplanted copper and this , in turn , was replaced by tin bronze and also some leaded tin bronze . |
| 16 | Colour was generally white , a few are blue , green , salmon and purple and a few were in two colours . |
| 17 | Some were on new bicycles , |
| 18 | Some were of definite dislike . |
| 19 | Some were of servile status and others free , although with the passage of time more and more secured their freedom ( Ch.4 ) , some might occupy barely enough land to sustain themselves and their families , while others accumulated substantial farms and became themselves employers of labour . |
| 20 | Some were of classical music , one a relaxation tape she used herself , and the rest an assortment belonging to the children . |
| 21 | Some were in hairy shirts and bare feet . |
| 22 | Some were in religious orders and acted as confessors , others were lay people . |
| 23 | He could see from the number of bells beside each door that they 'd nearly all been turned into flats now , or dentists ' surgeries , and some were in urgent need of renovation , but they still retained some of their former grandeur , or was it pretension ? |
| 24 | In 1984 only 17% of America 's landfills were privately owned ; by 1991 , over half were in private hands . |
| 25 | Half were in lone-parent families , a quarter in step-families and a quarter had been adopted or were living with grandparents or foster parents . |
| 26 | This is to 468 yards with a ridge and bunkers on the dog-leg . |
| 27 | However , as table 5.2 and figure 5.2 show , the other very important component of the trend is that more people than before are living to be very old , into the high eighties and nineties , and this is to some degree due to changing mortality trends at later ages . |
| 28 | It is in fact the commercially provided infrastructure that is most lacking , and many people live a long way from a shop , although this is to some extent made up for by mobile shops . |
| 29 | While this is to some extent true , it does not mean that workers in small firms are not expected to show family-style loyalties . |
| 30 | Although this is to some extent true of all financial intermediation , it is particularly relevant to the operations of pension funds . |