Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.

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1 Specific patterns of interaction have been observed , including enmeshment , overprotectiveness , rigidity , and in the family conflict avoidance .
2 This inappropriate behaviour can indicate the level of distress or anger that the child is feeling and extensive investigations into family functioning are indicated .
3 Indeed , low concentrations of ascorbate have been shown to protect against haemolysis of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient erythrocytes in vitro .
4 The stands are composed of a series of metal rods ( fig. 5.10 ) , and two possible methods of construction had been proposed .
5 Several possible methods of prevention have been discussed in this chapter , including emergency services , community-based counselling facilities , identification and adequate management by general practitioners of people at risk , rational prescribing of psychotropic drugs and control of toxic preparations and firearms , and educational measures .
6 Many global studies of specific aspects of archaeology have been done , as have those linking several regions .
7 In continental Europe political parties in power have been known to institute electoral systems calculated to give them unfair advantage .
8 Many theoretical investigations of turbulence have been developed around the concept of homogeneous , isotropic turbulence — turbulence of which the statistical properties do not vary with position and have no preferred direction .
9 Repeated calls for restraint had been made by the ANC and Inkatha local and national leaderships , urging observance of the Jan. 29 joint peace appeal [ see pp. 37951-52 ] , but such appeals appeared to have little effect .
10 The report continues : ‘ Our repeated requests for information have been largely unmet .
11 The responses of black students to these different forms of racism have been shown to result in a range of black male and female identities in different settings ( see , for example , Fuller , 1982 ; Riley , 1985 ; Brah and Minhas , 1985 ) .
12 In an attempt to address this situation , alternative approaches to worker certification and improved opportunities for advancement have been developed in some countries .
13 These ideas about the different aspects of health have been identified in a study undertaken in France ( Herzlich 1973 ) .
14 Exciting steps into research have been made in Bristol in the past decade .
15 O7 ppm although naturally high concentrations of mercury have been found in a number of locations , including Lake Windermere where mud dating back to the last century contains 0.7 ppm . ’
16 A tradition implies continuity , and the historical origins of collectivism have been traced in a variety of ways .
17 The view that written language and spoken language serve , in general , quite different functions in society has been forcefully propounded , hardly surprisingly , by scholars whose main interest lies in anthropology and sociology .
18 Similarly , statistically significant incremental responses of enteroglucagon to deoxycholate were found only for the three highest doses ( 3.3 mM : incremental response 4.9 ( 1.2 ) pmol/l/min , F 1 , 1 9 =6.8 , p<0.02 ; 10.0 mM : incremental response 10.7 ( 3.4 ) pmol/l/min , F 1 , 1 9 =27.8 , p= 0.00004 ; 30 mM : incremental response 10.1 ( 1.6 ) pmol/l/min , F 1 , 1 9 =20.9 , p=0.0002 ) ( Fig 4 ) .
19 The ANOVA for the different models of regression tested is very explicit .
20 A ten-fold increase in fish farming is expected in Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire , over the next couple of years and , already , sizeable plots of land have been given over to the business .
21 The polarity between biological and social explanations of subjectivity has been as controversial among western feminists as among psychologists .
22 No precise information about the extent of trade in jet can be expected until different varieties of jet have been more precisely defined .
23 Functionality has nothing to do with that ; all that different kinds of functionality do is affect the forms which relative autonomy takes .
24 The traditional post-war argument between different kinds of interventionism has been replaced by a much broader debate .
25 Protoplasts from different strains of plant have been joined , giving rise to a completely new variety blending characteristics from each parent .
26 In addition to this , many of the residential workshops at Highlander have been recorded on video , and make hours of fascinating viewing .
27 Some of the most interesting advances in perception have been made in the study of vision .
28 First , foreign earnings from copper have been used to purchase shortfalls in indigenous production .
29 While most of us would acknowledge that some level of stress is required to enable us to function and to be sufficiently motivated , the effects of continued high levels of stress have been shown to have a damaging effect on the ability to maintain our personal sense of purpose , usefulness and well-being .
30 High levels of mercury have been reported from Faroese for some years , and the Health Department there has advised islanders to cut down on the amount of whalemeat they eat .
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