Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] is [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In 1988 , fines of Ecu2.5m were handed down on PVC and of Ecu3.5m on low-density polyethylene ; the PVC penalties were overturned on appeal and the European Commission is in its turn appealing ; an appeal on LDPE awaits decision . |
| 2 | When the introspective mood is upon them , as it is today , the Greeks will add that being special is not all fun . |
| 3 | Markusen ( 1980 ) has remarked that efficiency depends upon which side of the dinner table you are sitting on.7 Davidoff ( 1976 ) has observed that rationalising housework in the economic sense is in itself an absurdity since , after the Second World War at least , the majority of housewives are unpaid . |
| 4 | Er , there is this curious erm , not quite sure what the right word is for it . |
| 5 | So I will make a personal attack on you the day after to-morrow , when the House will be full , and I will tell you beforehand what I 'm going to say and what the right come-back is for you to score off me . |
| 6 | Financially , and organizationally , the Labour Party is in something of a mess . |
| 7 | Well , I 'll be joined later on in the programme by David Waldon , the leader of the Conservatives , but right now Eva Barnes , the Deputy Leader of the Labour group is with me , and John Cochrane from the Liberal Democrats is here . |
| 8 | The Labour leader is on his way to launch his party 's manifesto for London , ‘ A World Class Capital ’ . |
| 9 | The regimental police secure the buildings , and as dusk falls the Orderly Officer is on her rounds again to check the NAFFI . |
| 10 | The safety of the free world is in your hands Sly , do n't let it end with a bang ( though that 's what I 'll be doing if there 's a nuclear holocaust ! ) . |
| 11 | But surely you ca n't expect the government , now that the ambulance dispute in the public sector is in its sixth month to get what you 'd call a substantial , possibly double figured settlement ? |
| 12 | A bedside light should be placed so the light source is above your head but not shining directly onto your eyes . |
| 13 | Well , the British economy is on its knees , thanks to the recession and , with nearly three million out of work , people like Angela — who are over 35 and whose CVs , as far as employers are concerned , have large gaps — are n't exactly in demand . |
| 14 | Will the Prime Minister confirm that under his Government the British economy is in its longest recession since the second world war ? |
| 15 | Will the Prime Minister confirm that today 's official figures show that the British economy is in its longest recession for over 60 years ? |
| 16 | Is it not true that the choice for the British people is between our party , which calls for lower taxes and greater spending by the people , and the Labour party , which wants to take people 's money and spend it itself ? |
| 17 | ‘ Run forward comrade , the old world is behind you . ’ |
| 18 | That 's where the social action is in my country , among people of my class . |
| 19 | But somewhat surprisingly ( given that the representational theory of the mind is supposed to be a theory of thinking , not of how we handle inputs ) he concludes that a psychology of the central systems is beyond our reach : the more global a mental process is the less we are likely to understand about it . |
| 20 | Sometimes the required information is about what tests are going to be performed and why ; the results of tests ; the medical diagnosis , particularly if , for example , heart disease or cancer are suspected ; how long to expect to be away from work and so on . |
| 21 | The overall effect is of something precisely imagined yet vaguely , almost mythically , placed in time and geography — an effect which gives this novel a resonance that remains vividly in the mind . |
| 22 | The crucial question is to what extent these codes reflect the position at common law . |
| 23 | Despite the difficulties and the continuing insecurity of support , Linda concludes that life for Elizabeth and Helen has been improved by their time in the community and that the hard journey is worth it . |
| 24 | The ideal solution is for her to go to stay with other members of the family to be cared for in their home , or for a relative to come to take over in your absence . |
| 25 | At this temperature the molten rock is at its least viscous and it flows downhill as a fiery river , splashing and bounding over minor irregularities like a mountain stream , and cascading over larger obstacles in glowing fire-falls . |
| 26 | The obvious possibility is for their trade associations to play a role on their behalf . |
| 27 | I wish to congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting ( Mr. Cox ) on choosing this subject for debate tonight , when the cold weather is with us again and the misery of the homeless increases . |
| 28 | From the physical point of view , the human child is at its most vulnerable during and just after birth , and it remains ‘ at risk ’ , in the actuarial sense , throughout early childhood , particularly during what our society thinks of as the pre-school years . |
| 29 | They say the human brain is at its most receptive when it is young . |
| 30 | What matters is not whether the human psyche is in itself constructed in grammatical terms ( as Noam Chomsky has suggested ) , but that social behaviour lends itself to analysis in broadly linguistic terms . |