Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [adj] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , the presumption made by the healthy is that no one really wants to die . |
| 2 | What happened during the 1980s was that we measured more things , more systematically , and published the measurements to an extent not seen before . |
| 3 | The conclusion to be derived from the above is that the overdevelopment of the bureaucracy in the post-colonial state can only be explained by reference to factors which render other political institutions impotent . |
| 4 | One of the problems that the Conservative government faced in the 1980s was that it depended on over 400 local authorities in England alone to implement large parts of its policies , for example housing , education and social services . |
| 5 | The reason why I think it important to distinguish between the two is that the principle of embellishment entails deviation in a single direction — that of elevation and elaboration — and for the purpose of achieving an emotive effect — that of dignity , sublimity and so forth . |