Example sentences of "of [noun] [conj] [pron] are [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Confidence is particularly important during the development of inventions before they are granted patents because a patent will be refused if details of the invention have been made available to the public , as we shall see . |
| 2 | A liquid such as water is made up of billions of billions of molecules that themselves are made up of electrons , protons , and neutrons . |
| 3 | We are set up to be competitive for the size and shape of projects that we are shooting for and the industries we are targeting . |
| 4 | Bureaucrats use their power to obtain policies with characteristics which will benefit themselves by distorting information , leaking information , distorting the speed of policy implementation and distorting the costs of policies as they are implemented ( Breton and Wintrobe 1979 ) . |
| 5 | To conclude this argument , the maximum amount of luck that we are allowed to assume , before we reject a particular theory of the origin of life , has odds of one in N , where N is the number of suitable planets in the universe . |
| 6 | If this is not so , our estimate of the amount of luck that we are allowed to postulate must be reduced accordingly . |
| 7 | It is further intended to change people 's attitudes so that they drive more smoothly and are aware of the kind of roads that they are using and drive at speeds tailored to fit the environment . |
| 8 | When we are talking about the end of privilege and we are talking about the future and training , we must remember that over half the population are hard done by . |
| 9 | For the sort of interaction that we are referring to here is not the planned smashing of things . |
| 10 | Once you have conditioned barbel to feed ravenously they are ridiculously easy to catch , assuming of course that you are using tackle which is adequate enough to handle these tremendously hard-fighting fish . |
| 11 | And of course if you are nursing you ca n't afford to make mistakes , it may cost somebody 's life if you do . |
| 12 | There is a danger of assuming that the Japanese have not rejected the contemporary institutions of collectivism because they are accepted as ideal . |
| 13 | Naïve unsophisticated statements such as these marked a regeneration which perhaps must be experienced by more than a handful of prisoners if we are to care enough about civilization to want to save it . |
| 14 | Bulb-life is also related to the number of times that they are switched on and off . |
| 15 | So it will be quite separate from the amounts of money that you are receiving from the erm Paymaster General 's Office . |
| 16 | Check that your supplier offers full training on the product , as a high investment is a waste of money if you are left to work out how to use it |
| 17 | Such a situation would also seem a very sensible place to teach these skills , given the twin assets of high motivation to learn , and the immediate practice of skills as they are taught . |
| 18 | Now that the Alvey programme has ended , the DKBS workshops have to find alternative sources of funding if they are to survive . |
| 19 | It aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools . |
| 20 | For as little as £6.90 per month you can have the peace of mind that you are guaranteed a tax-free lump sum of up to £75,000 , if you are seriously injured . |
| 21 | According to Richard Feigen , ‘ It does the art dealing profession a lot of harm if they are perceived as traffickers of stolen merchandise … dealers have to be able to stand behind what they represent , and know that it was bought legally otherwise you lose your client 's trust ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ I wonder ’ , she said , ‘ whether any of you three who know how to spell cat have learned how to read a whole group of words when they are strung together in a sentence ? ’ |
| 23 | A still-frame button — vital for the precise location of edit-points when you are recording . |
| 24 | In South America , too , there were no true dogs or cats during the long period of isolation that we are discussing but , as in Australia , there were marsupial equivalents . |
| 25 | ‘ We do need to talk to the tutors and point out that the patterns of study that they are providing are not meeting the demands of the market , ’ Mr Armitage stresses . |
| 26 | Staff , though , do need to have the time and resources to so keep up with their field of study that they are immersed in its conversations . |
| 27 | It is this kind of talk that we are calling ‘ argumentative talk , in which category we include exploratory talk . |
| 28 | Check the care label on the bale of fabric when you are buying it . |
| 29 | Peter , the officer-in-charge , has worked hard to make sure that new staff have the right sort of attitude before they are appointed . |
| 30 | Some retailers require a degree of exclusivity if they are to take space in a development like the Cornmill . ’ |