Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] [adv] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only assumption one makes in using such expressions is that in the corpus of writings referred to there are some characteristic uses of language , which are capable of abstraction as a style . |
| 2 | ‘ The Banks set out to break your Association , What they did was wrong and some of the things done since then are wrong ’ , said Mr. Peter Cassells , General Secretary to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions addressing the Biennial Delegate Conference of the IBOA at the Burlington Hotel on Saturday 24th April 1993 . |
| 3 | The trains are so fast that the passengers complain about not being able to see any of the countries beautiful scenery . |
| 4 | But the decisions referred to above are helpful to demonstrate that both at law and in equity it has long been recognised that an influence may be subtle , insidious , pervasive and where religious beliefs are involved especially powerful . |
| 5 | The board considered that although the investigation ordered by the Chief Executive on 18 October 1990 is not yet complete the imposition of the restrictions referred to above is necessary in the interests of investors given the evidence before it highlighting serious deficiencies in Norwich Union 's internal systems for monitoring the performance of the Winchester Group and in particular ensuring that the Winchester Group complied with the Code of Conduct . |
| 6 | Modern archaeologists have at least been able to conjecture possible rational motives for the primitive societies to have devoted enormous efforts to building pyramids or stonehenges , such as their use as astronomical or more likely astrological observatories . |