Example sentences of "of [noun pl] be [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Here again there is a question of balance : if society has democratically determined that taxes shall be collected and revenues so received spent in certain ways , non-payment of taxes is punishable even if the defaulter is objecting on conscientious grounds to aspects of staff spending — on arms , for example . |
| 2 | ‘ I think what I 'm asking for a pair of shoes is fair enough though I am keeping the prices low as an incentive for my customers to come back for more . ’ |
| 3 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |
| 4 | The majority of the discussion so far has been concerned with the assessment of children 's artistic rather than their aesthetic development . |
| 5 | In general , at the present time , married couples complete their families within ten years even though the intervals between the births of children are longer now than earlier in the century . |
| 6 | It is also important to realise that weeding of crops is manual rather than by mechanically applied chemicals , therefore taking much longer and being less cost-effective . |