Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where files are computerised a corresponding right of access exists under the Data Protection Act 1984 . |
| 2 | If it seems husband or children are paying a high price for the caring in other ways this is difficult . |
| 3 | Exasperated by attacks by one or several bears on sheep , the mayor of the French Pyrenean village of Bielle has issued an order stipulating that " the bear or bears is causing a public nuisance and will be destroyed " . |
| 4 | Where students are following a joint honours curriculum consisting of two languages , two months must be spent additionally in the country of the second language . |
| 5 | The head of Social Services in Oxfordshire has welcomed news that inspectors are considering a nationwide enquiry into the running of children 's homes . |
| 6 | The Prime Minister has already shown his sensitivity to a feeling that individuals are getting a poor service from the public sector , hence the Citizen 's Charter . |
| 7 | In the cotton towns , you can already see that power-looms are creating a new category of human being , the town labourer . |
| 8 | ‘ We appreciate that tenants are facing a major decision on who their new landlord will be , ’ said Edinvar director Robin Burley . |
| 9 | By and large advisers thought that teachers were providing a sound education and preparing lessons well . |
| 10 | The Minister 's brief would be to ensure that rapists are given a fair trial , to remove the by then punitive tax on shaving brushes , and generally to encourage his sex to emerge from their hiding-places and contribute to the running of the nation . |
| 11 | The popularity of South Africa 's kruggerrand was due largely to the fact that collectors were buying a precise quantity of gold at only a fraction over the actual cost of the precious metal . |
| 12 | The popularity of South Africa 's kruggerrand was due largely to the fact that collectors were buying a precise quantity of gold at only a fraction over the actual cost of the precious metal . |
| 13 | The popularity of South Africa 's kruggerrand was due largely to the fact that collectors were buying a precise quantity of gold at only a fraction over the actual cost of the precious metal . |
| 14 | But sources say that Ministers are studying a possible package to extend the compensation scheme for VAT which is planned for pensioners and families with young children . |
| 15 | The method of forming the top- and bottom-knots was to twist a thin strip of the shroud material into a cord . |
| 16 | Although many hospitals , schools and institutions are making a big effort , there is still a need for the Government to provide guidance for the less enthusiastic or efficient . |
| 17 | wording of questions ( if ambiguities are found a further pilot is required to check the re-wording ) . |
| 18 | He did not wait for the servants to open the doors , but just pushed through into the entrance hall , and then into the great ballroom where a score of painters and upholsterers were finishing a long night 's work during which they had transformed the ballroom into a silk-hung fantasy . |
| 19 | Grain prices were expected to triple , and workers were to receive a temporary cash supplement in place of their grain ration at low fixed prices . |
| 20 | These modern versions of Marxism are not attempting to reintroduce ‘ idealism ’ in which thought and ideas are given a central role in the determination of history . |
| 21 | The announcement recently that Wimpey Laboratories and G-C Engineers and Consultants are to establish a joint venture company to deal with nuclear waste indicates that private industry sees a role for itself . |
| 22 | It is reasonable , however , for Thompson to ask why such a degree of compartmentalisation of objectives should be presumed to have been the case in 1812 , when war had been largely continuous over twenty years , when trade unions were under the interdict of the Combination Acts , when the hand-loom weavers and knitters were suffering a catastrophic drop in earnings and when high food prices were producing widespread and severe hunger . |
| 23 | It was mid-morning and many of the apprentices and stall-holders were taking a short rest , albeit some of them were already as drunk as March hares ; one group of apprentices outside The Death 's Head on the corner of Old Fish Street were indulging in a strident belching contest . |
| 24 | An orientation towards customers ’ needs and rights is becoming a prevailing ethos in society which the police can not ignore . ’ |
| 25 | At present 7C% of all sixth formers in Catholic schools and colleges are following A level courses . |
| 26 | Such an integrated approach , in which education encompasses more than schooling , is essential if educators are to play a positive role in rural development . |
| 27 | All I can now remember of questions and answers is writing a three-hour essay on ‘ Security ’ , and I can not think that it was very good . |
| 28 | If teachers are to assume a greater role in the control of their own organisations a far wider range of knowledge and skills is required than if they are to remain ‘ in the classroom ’ — they must move from the restricted to the extended approach . |
| 29 | That a hospital lets babies with minimal brains and no conscious potential die would occasion less hostility , and many might even approve , than if mongoloids were dealt a similar fate . |
| 30 | As at Ibrox , the match is for home fans only , but 1,000 Scots fans are expected to travel and police are mounting a huge security operation to stop touting outside the stadium . |