Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [adj] [noun pl] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its institutions , in their increasing centrality , have moved towards a situation in which it , could again be said ( but with the qualitative difference of an epochal change ) that cultural institutions are integral parts of the general social organization . |
| 2 | However , they continue : But it may perhaps be better understood as an analytical consequence of the Garfinkelian theory that the fit between organization and phenomena , between rules and their applications , is not determined in advance , but rather is the result of an ad hoc and context-sensitive process , performed by speakers ( by the use of shared " methods " ) , in which the recognition of the social act and the construction of interpretation of sequences of such acts are two sides of the same creative ( but nonetheless organized and accountable ) process . |
| 3 | His occasional demands for ‘ surplusage ’ respecting the extent to which his disbursements exceeded his receipts on particular accounts are eloquent illustrations of the scale of these activities : for example , £26,000 for operations in the Palatinate in 1624 , and £30,000 on another account in 1630 . |
| 4 | The young in both cases are perfect miniatures of the adults , and breath air by means of lungs . |
| 5 | The knights are all followers of the god Ulric who is worshipped throughout the Empire , but most notably in the northern provinces , especially Middenland . |
| 6 | The interactions between suppliers and customer firms for such nascent and rapidly changing products are important determinants of the directions and pace of technological developments . |
| 7 | Parties and pressure groups are important parts of the British political system , and they do assume a position of power and some prominence in linking economy and society to the polity and the state . |
| 8 | Thus many life peers are former members of the Commons . |
| 9 | Barringer et al. ( 1987 ) overlay data on soil type and geology with that of groundwater quality ( hardness and corrosivity measures ) and build a linear model which shows that the background environmental variables are good predictors of the water quality indices . |
| 10 | All of these relationships are integral features of the British economy , though assessing their practical significance in terms of reduced competition or the pursuit of common purposes is far from straightforward . |
| 11 | Taps and valves are essential parts of the plumbing system . |
| 12 | 5.4.6 These two schools are good examples of the way in which the project 's aim of whole-school involvement was translated into practice by Major Project schools generally . |
| 13 | What to linguists using purely linguistic criteria might be two different languages , or two closely related dialects , may to their speakers be two dialects of the same language , or two different languages respectively . |
| 14 | For each group , the prime audience for their account of themselves as readers were other members of the group in a specific social setting . |
| 15 | Not all of these were re-exported , not all of them junked : Libyans were passionate virtuosi of the shortwave band selector . |
| 16 | The documentarists were natural allies of the government , well practised in tailoring their own ideas to the demands of their sponsors , and exploring ideas about British character that it had become important to validate in order to distinguish the natives from their foes . |
| 17 | The final French losses were seven ships of the line , with about 2500 men killed in action or drowned , and another four vessels , trapped in the Vilaine , unfit for action for a long time . |
| 18 | The ‘ native aristocracy ’ of Kandyan districts were all members of the Goyigama caste , and most were members of the Radala subcaste which had been influential in the Kandyan Kingdom . |
| 19 | Totally correct wear for the feet are over-the-calf socks of the finest black silk and lace-up shoes in black patent leather — a remnant from the days of boots . |
| 20 | The countries are all members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , run by UNEP ( United Nations Environmental Programme ) and WMO ( World Meteorological Organisation ) . |
| 21 | Some of the large successful companies are national champions of the larger nations . |
| 22 | Both parents were committed members of the Plymouth Brethren . |
| 23 | His father was an Ulsterman who emigrated to Scotland to work in the mines , where he married a local woman and presided over a strictly protestant household in which both parents were active members of the Orange Lodge . |
| 24 | In his view , the presence of WEA classes in evening institutes were valuable indicators of the District 's existence , attractive to potential students and demonstrated the contribution made by the WEA to liberal adult education in partnership with LEAs and their own emphasis on vocational courses . |
| 25 | But if the police really think those two stiffs were innocent members of the park-going public , why do they think villains gunned them down ? |
| 26 | That a regular unit was in use , which differs from the Continental value , reflects a centralised authority and even , perhaps , that the bearers of the balances were official representatives of the court , which would point to the destiny of the gold ; the possibility that the gold coins found in Sutton Hoo mound 1 were a royal weight standard has been suggested ( Spratling 1980 ) . |
| 27 | Thus the deposition of tear fluid debris , the clotting of blood on foreign surfaces , the formation of dental plaque , marine fouling and the fouling of membranes used in biochemical separations are all examples of the same fundamental phenomenon . |
| 28 | Yet the dealers are respected members of the community . |
| 29 | Flysch-bearing troughs and ophiolites are major constituents of the allochthonous elements in the alpine chains , including those in the Apennines discussed earlier . |
| 30 | Varicose veins are abnormal dilations of the veins due to stasis and back pressure , often caused by incompetent valves , weak walls of the vein and exacerbated by increased pressure from above , e.g. obesity , pregnancy . |