Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [noun] are [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , with respect to language issues , a variety of debates are still in progress and it is premature to draw firm conclusions ; however , there is some evidence to suggest that bilingualism may actually enhance educational performance ( Houlton , 1986 ) , that in the case of Afro-Caribbean pupils there may well be ‘ dialect interference ’ , although it is clear too that some of the problems here may derive from the negative attitudes of teachers towards Creole ( Edwards , 1979 ) , and that in the case of some Bangladeshi pupils lack of familiarity with English may be an obstacle to academic achievement ( House of Commons Home Affairs Committee , 1986 ) . |
| 2 | The national archive of shallow seismic and sample information held by BGS mainly comprises data collected during the Regional Mapping Programme , but new data from a variety of sources are continually being acquired . |
| 3 | A variety of techniques are also available to produce curves that " fit " data and extrapolate it forwards for forecasting purposes . |
| 4 | A variety of practices are universally accepted but have never been documented . |
| 5 | A field of cattle are normally quiet docile creatures and most of the time it 's fairly safe to walk through their midst and they will observe your passing with that quiet curiosity . |
| 6 | Indeed , the conventional wisdom on these matters over the whole of the post-war period has held that a majority of people are either ignorant of , or disagree with , the specific policies of the party they support . |
| 7 | Applicants for registration of a company or a change of name are therefore advised , in their own interest — to avoid possible expense and inconvenience — to investigate the possibility that others may have trade marks rights in a name , or part of a name , they require before applying to the Registrar of Companies for its registration . |
| 8 | Inadequate funding combined with inadequate staffing often means that the ideals which are central to a change of programme are rarely realised . |
| 9 | Commentary : the procedural requirements for making a recommendation for deportation are well established . |
| 10 | But those who fear a loss of trade are also guilty of over-reaction . |
| 11 | Development Control : development control procedures have been reinforced to ensure that developer contributions to the provision of road safety improvements required as a result of development are actively pursued . |
| 12 | Poverty and restricted opportunities for employment as a result of under-development are usually regarded as so-called ‘ push ’ factors in the explanation of patterns of emigration from less developed countries , and in the case of the Indian sub-continent and the Caribbean Islands have operated powerfully throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in compelling sections of their populations to find work abroad , very often servicing the economic and military needs of the British Empire . |
| 13 | Our reactions in front of a work of art are simply too complex to be analysed scientifically . |
| 14 | Indeed , TP watchers say a range of interfaces are urgently needed to unify disparate OEM Tuxedo implementations along with a fourth generation language tool . |
| 15 | The studies used as a basis for judgement are generally lacking in control because of the finality of educational decision making and placement ( in the sense that we can not return the child to an original or alternative placement a year later and be able to start from the same point again ) . |
| 16 | In the Commons , on a Friday when only a handful of MPs are ever present , the secretary of state for Northern Ireland spoke deferentially about it and on behalf of Jim Callaghan 's Labour government singled out two of its recommendations which , he promised , would be implemented as soon as possible . |
| 17 | The bump readers , who once moved among the great and the good , are almost gone ; though a handful of practitioners are still living , phrenology is officially dead . |
| 18 | Mrs Morley said : ‘ The people who claim they have a share of Julia are just trying to get publicity . ’ |
| 19 | The British women and children seized in Kuwait yesterday while trying to join a convoy to Baghdad are now being transported in a fleet of buses to the Iraqi capital ; from there I R N's James Baize reports . |
| 20 | A quarter of convicts are over 40 ( Table 2.1 ) , mainly because of the exceptionally long periods that ‘ lifers ’ spend in gaol : the minimum period to be served is fourteen years . |
| 21 | Customs seem to accept that fees for the registration of a notice of assignment are generally treated differently from reimbursements for other costs . |
| 22 | Students interested in a career in illustration are also welcome to attend their annual student seminar . |
| 23 | His final , understated comments on the worthwhile qualities of a career in politics are as good an apologia for a much-derided trade as I have read recently . |
| 24 | Women whose seductive sexuality is essentially a projection of patriarchal fear and a means of control are also robbed of their own expression . |
| 25 | True demi-caractère dancers with a sense of comedy are still rare but they are to be found . |
| 26 | Parental confidence in handling them , equal attention , and a sense of humour are probably the best approach to coping with such problems . |
| 27 | That 's the reality of homebuilding , and in this book Geoff Jones has n't shied away from recognising that patience and a sense of humour are as essential to the completion of a project as adeptness with bandsaw or metal shears . |
| 28 | Claims that anglers discard tackle causing a hazard to wildlife are also denied . |
| 29 | A number of reasons are often given for the origin and growth of the Euromarket , they include the following : |
| 30 | A number of products are now packaged in recyclable materials . |