Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One could not do exercises without knowing which exercises one was doing — especially as active mental involvement is needed for the exercises to be effective ! |
| 2 | It would be consistent with previous recoveries for the figures to be volatile for some time . ’ |
| 3 | For the professions to be sensitive to change , and to meet the needs of patients and clients there must be a constant readiness to develop and adjust to accommodate new challenges . |
| 4 | Anyway , you could ask for the prices to be faxed back to you , or even just posted . |
| 5 | You need time for the leaflets to be effective — maybe three weeks . |
| 6 | Between close kin it was possible for the exchanges to be one-way over a longer term , one person a net ‘ giver ’ at a particular point in time because of a reasonable confidence that he or she could be a net ‘ receiver ’ at a later stage . |
| 7 | Draft Companies House guidance for foreign companies operating in the UK may not be clear enough for the companies to be sure they are acting within the law , according to the Institute . |
| 8 | A minority Conservative government would need at least 315 seats for the Unionists to be able to deliver a working majority to Mr Major . |
| 9 | ( iii ) It is necessary for there to be a quorum of creditors for the meetings to be effective . |
| 10 | what these reports have shown is that speed is of the essence and such projects should be chosen and approved far more quickly , in time for the researchers to be able to compete with rival projects . |
| 11 | Although it is desirable for the clearinghouses to be able to distribute or lend material , it is not essential . |
| 12 | It is possible for the conclusion of an inductive argument to be false and for the premises to be true and yet for no contradiction to be involved . |
| 13 | It set the tone for the others by being massive — 500 pages in A4 format . |
| 14 | They either slept in a car or on the ground with a blanket , though in two days they would be far enough south for the nights to be warm . |
| 15 | It had to be admitted that there was plenty for the voters to be disgruntled about . |
| 16 | However , expertise within a specific domain is needed in order for the techniques to be effective . |
| 17 | But it 's wonderful for the children to be able to grow up in this beautiful place . ’ |
| 18 | Pressing for the abolition of the pernicious fee system had been an obvious target but he also pressed for liquor taps to be banned and the sale of drink to inmates to be closely regulated ; for the gaolers to be resident at the gaol instead of offering only minimal supervision if they lived away from it ; for the provision of chaplains and doctors and the detailing and publishing of prison rules and regulations . |
| 19 | This is at the judge 's discretion ( Ord 21 , r 6(1) with opportunity for the parties to be present . |
| 20 | These writers considered the relations between the sexes to be different but equal . |
| 21 | Just as the scathing desperation of a band 's early days helps fuel the sentiment and connect with an audience in a similar position , then a band 's later lifestyle has no connection with the audience who , quite naturally , do n't give a damn about the problems of being pop stars . |
| 22 | Exhorting him to forgive his personal wrongs for the sake of his own greater glory , she sings an ariette about the dangers of being inflexible . |
| 23 | This is more of the same , a comic novel about the difficulties of being different . |
| 24 | Voters will need to know enough about the candidates to be able to judge their relative merits . |
| 25 | There was lengthy correspondence in November 1986 and February 1987 between the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Inland Revenue , about the requirements to be satisfied to obtain clearance under s138 . |
| 26 | He checked the bathroom and kitchen and only then stood up to look through the windows to be certain that no one had made a run for the trees . |
| 27 | Other measures which are clearly associated with subjective risk while driving are cognitive load as measured by dual-task performance ( e.g. Harms , 1986 , 1991 ; Hoyos , 1988 ) and verbal ratings of the chances of being involved in a near miss ( Watts & Quimby , 1980 ) . |
| 28 | Measures which other researchers have described as corresponding to subjective risk have been changes in heart rate or GSR and subjective estimates of the chances of being involved in a near miss ( Watts & Quimby , 1980 ) . |
| 29 | Morbidly inward , unforgiving , Cave goes against the grain of the times by being sick but refusing to be healed and integrated . |
| 30 | The foundation of a company 's power is its control over property , and the claim of the members to be entitled to exercise that power or to delegate it to representatives rests on their rights as owners . |