Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun pl] is [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Not surprisingly , the food supply in such tiny pools is extremely limited .
2 That there are different ways of looking at such constitutional niceties is amusingly illustrated by a story S.E. Finer reports as once going the rounds of Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe :
3 Their expertise in the operation of such aircraft and their conversion to these highly-specialist roles is also marketed worldwide by the Atlantic Group .
4 A percentage of these surplus calories is then stored as body fat , and this is what makes people overweight .
5 Unfortunately the commercial value of these natural harbours is somewhat vitiated by the difficulty of communication inland across the Dinaric ranges to the centres of population in the interior of Yugoslavia .
6 How royal conflicts could engage these various interests is best seen through a detailed investigation of one particular crisis .
7 The importance of these spiritual disciplines is also recognized in Islam , where from earliest times there has been a certain class of men known as ‘ The Weepers ’ , who devote themselves to ascetic practices .
8 Further , the presence of these hypersensitive sites is appropriately regulated and these sites are found only in those tissues which normally express class II MHC , as DH sites corresponding to the Ea transgene were not detected in brain tissue isolated from Long 12 transgenics ( data not shown ) .
9 Where and how they can do this in the conditions which prevail in many rural areas is rarely specified .
10 A search through many alternative solutions is often required .
11 A search through many alternative solutions is often required .
12 Patterns of leaving home are affected by housing availability — indeed the relatively late age at which British children leave home compared to many other countries is probably tied up with the lack of suitable type and tenure of housing for young single people ( Kiernan , 1986a ; Sullivan , 1984 ; Jones , 1987 ) .
13 Their help in this and in many other areas is gratefully acknowledged .
14 It is not known whether the proper flow of information needed for those co-ordinating tasks is best ensured by continuing present practices , by having a human agent ( say a housekeeper or ward clerk ) , or by provision of some technological assistance ( say a small cheap microcomputer system or some form of electronic mail ) .
15 Oil exploration in most promising regions is virtually prohibited by government edict , largely through the pressure of environmental extremists ( with whom you seem to agree ) .
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