Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the very least this theory about post-natal depressions shows it 's not that simple , the mother has a self-interest as well as the offspring and our modern insight into parental investment theory shows us that we have to take every individual 's self-interest seriously we 're not committing th the , the crude errors of group selectionism and saying you know mothers exist for the benefit of society to have children , they should put up with it . |
| 2 | We also know how to identify what users need ; develop often complex systems to index , abstract , catalog , and organize all types of information ; disseminate information by packing it in ways appropriate for users , providing the critical role of sifting through vast quantities to identify what is pertinent and what is not ; and to work with a wide range of other professionals for the most effective use of information . |
| 3 | ‘ My own experience of working dogs suggests it is sound preventative treatment , ’ she said . |
| 4 | We have seen how the interaction of environment and genes has had a feedback effect , and how the fossils of primitive horses show they were little more than the size of large dogs . |
| 5 | I remembered seeing pictures of German prisoners carrying what was described as their emergency Red Cross clothing in Tate and Lyle sugar boxes through London . |
| 6 | To defuse British anger , the hardline leader of the Bosnian Serbs , Radovan Karadzic , said he would agree to UN monitoring of Serbian planes to prove they were not involved . |
| 7 | Ironically , given the severe limitations of freedom of speech planned in the future fascist state , Mosley deemed it necessary to protect that liberty by providing more rigorous stewarding of public meetings to prevent them being broken up by left-wing activists . |
| 8 | Mr Fagan , who was 30 at the time , was not prosecuted for the trespass after the Director of Public Prosecutions ruled there was no evidence that the trespass was a criminal offence . |
| 9 | Despite forensic tests linking the vehicle with the fatal crash and an admission by Smyth that he was behind the wheel , the Republic 's Director of Public Prosecutions ruled there was not enough evidence for a dangerous driving charge . |
| 10 | The Director of Public Prosecutions says there 's insufficient evidence to prosecute any officer of the West Midlands Serious Crime Squad despite ninety-one complaints about the unit . |
| 11 | The Association of British Insurers says there 's no need for policyholders to worry . |
| 12 | Chris Morris , the joint receiver at Touche Ross , said that some payments had been made to employees and priority creditors — essentially the banks — but said the chances of ordinary creditors receiving anything was ‘ only around half a per cent ’ . |
| 13 | As well as the Lewisian orthogneisses described above , several outcrops of metamorphic rocks occur which were undoubtedly derived from sedimentary rocks , and the old term paragneiss has been used to describe these , although this has now been superseded by the simpler term metasediments . |
| 14 | Almost 80 per cent of Tory voters say they are unlikely to change parties if the NHS plans go ahead , but 70 per cent believe the proposals are likely to lead to privatisation of the NHS , with 62 per cent seeing the changes leading to worse standards of care and treatment . |
| 15 | December 1991 : The Academy of Culinary Arts announced it was facing liquidation . |
| 16 | There were dozens of them and they would have overpowered the future king had not a band of Chracian hunters seen what was happening and intervened . |
| 17 | If , however , faulting occurs across a gullied terrain the resulting offsetting of truncated gullies produces what are known as shutter ridges ( Fig. 3.35 ) . |
| 18 | Of course , some factors are more important than others : it is the job of empirical economists to investigate which are the most important factors and which policy measures are likely to be most successful in tackling the inflation problem . |
| 19 | A quarter of his adult male informants and nearly two thirds of married females said they were virgin at the time of marriage . |
| 20 | This ability of living things to heal themselves is often amazing . |
| 21 | Shortly after he spoke , the first of what could become a flood of disgruntled clergy announced he was leaving the Church of England . |
| 22 | ‘ The majority of low-paid members feel it 's an insult to be given such a letter . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ At the end of the day the majority of low-paid members feel it 's an insult to be given such a letter . ’ |
| 24 | However , it is known that for a number of avionic items removed there are a varying number of components which are subsequently diagnosed as ‘ no fault found ’ . |
| 25 | To regularly disseminate to teachers , annotated lists of new titles published which are aimed at children and adolescents |
| 26 | INCONTINENCE is not generally the sort of thing people chat merrily about which means that there are , apparently , a lot of silent sufferers thinking they 're the only one . |
| 27 | For human beings to lose anything is a significant event . |
| 28 | Premier John Major 's hopes of a victory are on a knife-edge , with Tory rebels claiming they are heading for triumph . |
| 29 | For example , they might negotiate with other organizations in society , or with other states to routinize what was previously uncertain , Sixth , a more internal response is to develop ‘ programmes ’ , ‘ repertoires ’ , and standing operating procedures , all of which are devices to enable organizations to embody their past experiences of problems ( organizational learning ) . |
| 30 | The rats ' liking for newborn rabbits ensures they are treated with respect . |