Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cynics might hastily conclude that the canons of " good committee practice " are neither sufficient nor necessary conditions for meaningful INSET to take place , but a better interpretation in our view is that the potential for such developments was to some extent wasted precisely because the structure , purpose and status of the panel were so confused . |
| 2 | It is not suggested that any but a small proportion of private homes are like this , but where such conditions do occur , it indicates that the vetting , registration and monitoring procedures are failing . |
| 3 | The girls in the barrio chino of Spanish cities were of all ages , sizes and nationalities . |
| 4 | For some , the war was brought much nearer home when the French ( with their Castilian allies ) began once again to attack and plunder towns and villages on the south coast of England , the legitimate activities of English fishermen being among those which suffered from such raids . |
| 5 | There is , furthermore , considerable evidence in this study of social factors being of some significance . |
| 6 | Moreover , while 5 per cent of Afro-Caribbean men and 13 per cent of Asian men are in professional and managerial occupations , 19 per cent of white males are in such jobs ; but it is important to note that the ‘ Asian ’ category conceals significant material differences , with 25 per cent of African Asians being in the professions and managerial employment , and nearly 70 per cent of Bangladeshi workers occupying semi-skilled or unskilled jobs ( Brown , 1984 ) . |
| 7 | We feel it is important to point out that none of these groups are in any way closed . |
| 8 | Neither of these views is of much interest for brain scientists seeking suggestive computer models . |
| 9 | Most of these businesses were on such a small scale that over a half of them built no more than six houses during these three years and nearly three-quarters built no more than twelve ; the bankruptcy rate was high . |
| 10 | But while some of these cases are of this simple kind , others are more directly involved with modern market conditions , whether as a form of investment or as a form of prestige advertising . |
| 11 | At that time the value was agreed at £600 but it was subsequently discovered that only £200 of these spares were of any use . |
| 12 | While many of these libraries were on this small scale there were giants also . |
| 13 | Levels of labour turnover , absenteeism , and strike activity have been used , but for various reasons none of these measures are at all satisfactory . |
| 14 | But it is better to look at this issue separately , on its own merits — and in fact we find that theologians of all schools are among those who support it . |
| 15 | A lot of good cooks are like that . |
| 16 | The effect on the demography of the inner cities could be dramatic , as migration into and out of inner cities is in any case already high . |
| 17 | An image-forming eye , with lens , iris and so on , would not have evolved if nothing short of the formation of accurate images was of any use . |
| 18 | As Crocombe ( 1972 ) points out , agricultural practices across this widely-scattered area of small islands were in many ways comparable at the time of the European invasions . |
| 19 | But the effect of this series of pessimistic changes was to more than double the estimates for wave power up to a range of 8–12 p/kWh . |
| 20 | The idea of structureless meanderings on electronic keyboards , of musical tasks being in any way simplified , appals him . |
| 21 | More than a third of single mothers are in this position . |
| 22 | It also seemed that the perceived adequacy of close relationships was of most importance to women , while for men it was the perceived adequacy of more diffuse relationships that was crucial . |
| 23 | In sub-Saharan Africa alone , over 3 million women have become infected since the start of the epidemic , and the majority of paediatric infections are in this area . |
| 24 | The political effect is increased by tasty rumours that the children of senior officials are among those detained . |
| 25 | She states in an initial survey of the various theories of metaphor that those of most philosophers are of little interest to her because they treat metaphor from the point of view of its semantic content , ignoring the way it functions linguistically ( 1955a:45 , 1958a:15 ) . |
| 26 | And , in our English language we actually make this mistake when we talk about birthdays French , in some ways are for more sensible with language , and you only ever have one birthday , the rest of them are anniversaries of your birthday . |
| 27 | If adults are not able to travel far to attend courses , any reduction in the range of courses in terms of subject content , levels ( eg HNC , degree ) and modes of study provided in a geographical area could result in some subjects being to all intents and purposes inaccessible to adults . |
| 28 | The ‘ normal minimum admission standards ’ listed in these tables are for many areas of study a realistic indication of the grades likely to be required and applicants who hold these grades stand an excellent chance of being made an offer , eg for most degrees in the Faculty of Arts , the Faculty of Science and Engineering , and the less pressured areas in the Social Sciences such as Nursing Studies or Social Policy . |
| 29 | The extra fish resulting from these measures are among those being intercepted by the English fishermen who contribute nothing . |
| 30 | Election by plurality in single-member constituencies is of all methods the simplest . |