Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] [be] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the reason they are not up to the job is that those in charge of hiring them are mostly men . |
| 2 | Very commonly , though , the road hierarchy is incomplete or elements of it are inappropriate , most frequently when major distributors are lined with housing There are thus disbenefits for residents on heavily trafficked streets to which through traffic is diverted . |
| 3 | If it could be shown , for instance , that we know sufficient about the deliberation of legislators , political and judicial , to be assured , for instance , that they were better informed than we are then this might be a reason for giving weight to the content of the law in deciding what is morally right or wrong in areas where we felt that we lacked sufficient knowledge . |
| 4 | Before joining What 's Up Doc ? |
| 5 | Without meaning there is only suffering , and I was not going to leave it at that . |
| 6 | ‘ But what I wanted to ask Denis was , what did he mean by saying we were n't children any more ? ’ |