Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [Wh det] are [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conceptual hotch-potch of the traditional curriculum , based on subjects which are a random assortment of content-based , concept-based , skill-based and moral-based collections of ideas ( whose confusing absurdity is in part exemplified by the NCC 's cross-curricular skills which are exactly the same as the curricular subjects ) has never been designed from first principles to do the basic job of a curriculum , which is to help achieve aims in the most effective and efficient way . |
| 2 | In spite of low population pressure in an aggregate sense , there has been considerable degradation and erosion in the clay-rich soils which are usually the most fertile , and also in the north where rainfall intensities and runoff tend to be higher ( Robinson 1978b : 15 ) . |
| 3 | My own belief is that while the ordinary , naive world of facts is real , so are the emotional , the transcendent and the ideal worlds which are only a newer form of perception or area of thought and have scope for limitless extension . |
| 4 | But asking bureaucrats to try to separate out the factual premises of decisions from the ethical premises which are properly the reserve of politicians is still desirable . |
| 5 | Interestingly , anti-racist proposals very often assume whites suffer from a cultural deficit , i.e. from racist attitudes which are simply a legacy from imperialism and colonialism ( Swann Report , 1985 ) ; an unfortunate ignorance which schools can remedy . |
| 6 | Of course we can not expect linguists , text critics or publishers to explain to us how best to interpret , mark and process those classically ambiguous phrases which are now the stock and trade of historical data modelling exercises . |
| 7 | Crystal ( 1969 ) defines paralinguistic features as : ‘ … vocal effects which are primarily the result of physiological mechanisms other than the vocal cords , such as the direct results of the workings of the pharyngeal , oral or nasal cavities ’ but this does not seem to me to fit the facts . |
| 8 | If you 're buying them as young plants which are probably a foot fifteen inches high then it takes them a couple of years to get the roots established . |
| 9 | It is the associations rather than individual local authorities which are invariably the point of contact between centre and localities . |