Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] are [adv] [vb pp] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People 's pets are better fed than some old age pensioners . |
| 2 | The trouble is , men 's emotions are generally misunderstood because they do n't talk openly about their feelings . |
| 3 | Freud 's ideas are often rejected as being Lamarckian , and therefore wrong , and Darwin is , is often opposed to this , as being right . |
| 4 | Chramn 's actions are best interpreted as those of a prince determined to have some share in the Merovingian kingdom : effectively he was creating a new kingdom in his father 's lifetime . |
| 5 | The perch 's efforts are often disrupted though , by an invasion he is powerless to repel — mass spawning schools of up to 20 minnows Pungtungia herzi can descend on his territory , lay their eggs alongside his , and then depart . |
| 6 | Five national opinion polls in tomorrow 's newspapers are keenly awaited after a survey in London showed Labour 's lead slipping a couple of points . |
| 7 | Viewed overall , only half the minister 's members are now regarded as experienced in the park purposes they are appointed to present . |
| 8 | As a result , women 's issues are often seen as irrelevant , or at best of low priority , and yet tacking women 's needs is central to improving the status of the most deprived — most of whom are women . |
| 9 | Charlotte 's family are absolutely overwhelmed when they hear news of the marriage while Elizabeth is shocked by the news and believes that Charlotte will never be happy with Mr. Collins . |
| 10 | This happens in Giselle where Hilarion 's suspicions of Albrecht 's identity are already aroused before Albrecht meets Giselle . |
| 11 | Unlike a winding-up , the board of directors does not become functus officio on the appointment of a receiver but the directors ' powers are substantially superseded since they can not act so as to interfere with the discharge by the receiver of his responsibilities and accordingly their powers are suspended ‘ so far as is requisite to enable a receiver to discharge his functions . ’ |