Example sentences of "be [adv] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Lina Stimpson thinks this is because the residents are mostly Londoners who have ‘ bettered themselves ’ and are ‘ putting their confidence in what they aspire to be ’ .
2 The communities which have left archaeological deposits are necessarily ones which have survived in competition with others , yet their capacity to survive depended not merely on the effectiveness of their economies and technology , but also on maintaining standards of excellence .
3 Anticipating the proof ( see 3.7.2 ( ii ) and 3.7.8 ) that in Q[x] irreducibles are necessarily primes we see that F is prime in Q[x] .
4 Within the teaching profession there are obviously subgroups which have their own particular concerns , and their own preferred strategies for coping .
5 There 's a lot of emphasis these days about individuals growing as individuals , but are you really saying that because women are obviously individuals they ought to be given the opportunity of growing in a way that they could only do if they had jobs ?
6 Had it been only Ben he had seen , or had he been able to look out , however briefly , on the world of the future ; her world ?
7 All sounds , from thunder to music , are basically vibrations which travel through the air like the ripples in a pond , when a stone falls into the water .
8 There are many people who appear in court who are basically conveyancers who are not competent to give other than initial advice .
9 well , I er it it I am only reading what er their joint statement said .
10 There are statistics kept on accidents by er Central Government which all hospitals are asked to put to but you 've got to realize that these are only people who have attended hospital .
11 After all , visionaries are only dreamers who do feasibility studies on their dreams .
12 At this stage we are only roughing-out our interview schedule , but the more attention we can give to detail now the more we are likely to be saving ourselves trouble later on .
13 And when Jesus appears to a young man , ‘ … he saw the Lord Jesus in the likeness of the Apostle Judas Thomas … the Lord said to him : ‘ I am not Judas who is also Thomas , I am his brother . ’ ’
14 They are largely women who have got to the top in other careers and found they could not go any further .
15 There is bound always to be a considerable vested interest in the status quo , particularly amongst the most entrenched and powerful individuals in any institution : the way things are generally suits them well enough .
16 Although numbers are limited , customers on the mailing list are generally people who have bought that retailer 's goods , or expressed interest , in the past , and may be likely to buy again .
17 In the pubs , the report added , they would have been ‘ safe … as the pacifists are generally teetotallers who will not show themselves in these abodes of iniquity . ’
18 ‘ The reduction of waiting lists and the care in the community policy are already priorities we have put before the Scottish Office . ’
19 Some of these people have not been baptized yet , others have , and some of them are already Catholics who are seeking full union with the Church through the sacrament of Confirmation .
20 Unfortunately , these are not qualities which make much impression on a balance sheet .
21 Particularly as in to the west and south of York , the ten mile radius gets you very very close to Wetherby and very close to Selby , which are not areas which fall within the York housing market .
22 Patents and the rights of private industry are not matters which can be brushed aside cheaply in order to enlist Third World support , as the difficult negotiations on the technology for manufacturing CFC substitutes have shown .
23 These again are not matters which it is necessary to consider on this appeal .
24 Clearly , vertical arrangements are not matters which can be left to chance in all circumstances .
25 These , however , are not goods which will give real satisfaction .
26 We now see more clearly than Huey did that they are not differences which improved technology will remove .
27 They are not activities which can be accomplished with a slide rule or computer or calculator .
28 These are not themes which will become out of date but they are timeless which means that this novel will still be ready and still have relevance in the future .
29 As most readers of the BMJ are not acupuncturists we found it more accurate to give the location in centimetres rather than cuns .
30 Even if these are not services whose impact is deeply felt by teachers and by ancillary staff nevertheless they can enrich the school when they are provided as additional services and they can , if they are absent , narrow a school 's horizons .
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