Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [am/are] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New Compact Pampers are available from supermarkets , shops and chemists nationwide . |
| 2 | Such a split in self-perception is , I think , more likely to occur in girls than in boys at the time of puberty because the physiological changes which a boy undergoes are likely to be treated as marks of manhood , whereas what happens to a girl is more likely not to be mentioned , although in many ways the signs of her having reached puberty are more obviously visible . |
| 3 | The principles on which partitioning depends are related to change of ‘ setting ’ ( time or place ) and ‘ theme ’ ( the person or thing talked about ) , in narrative discourse , at least . |
| 4 | While winter lets are available in abundance , the coming of the spring means that tenants occupying these short lets have to move on . |
| 5 | The services that this Committee provides are important . |
| 6 | Although the centre declined by the second century A.D. , due largely to pirate raiding , the Roman remains are considerable . |
| 7 | This process is repeated until the sentence symbol , S , is reached or the parse fails because no other rewrites are possible . |
| 8 | There are two further complications that the logic of state enterprise suggests are likely to occur . |
| 9 | Things do not always work out as simply as that , of course , but knowing the rules and drawing clear lines before the game starts are essential if misunderstandings are to be avoided . |
| 10 | Would not it be easy to accede to the commissioner 's request to change the three points in the regulation which the Commission says are defective and deal with Crown immune areas , reduce the latitude given to authorities and ensure that environmental assessments are recorded in writing so that we have proper regulations and proper environmental impact assessments ? |
| 11 | The first tentacle pore lacks are accompanying spine , the second to fourth have only one spine subsequent pores have two . |
| 12 | No double takes are necessary to distinguish the small Bee Emm from its virtually cloned big brothers , the 5 and 7-series . |
| 13 | All Home Improvement Loan borrowers who are resident in the UK , in employment and who will be under the age of 65 when the loan expires are eligible . |
| 14 | Before making their individual territory estimates , the salesforce may be briefed on past trends , and on significant factors that the company thinks are likely to affect total sales during the forthcoming period . |
| 15 | But both The Specials and The Teardrop Explodes are disappointing and the Banshees in Bristol elicit the headline ‘ Snoozy Sioux ’ . |
| 16 | But both The Specials and The Teardrop Explodes are disappointing and the Banshees in Bristol elicit the headline ‘ Snoozy Sioux ’ . |
| 17 | Since intracommodity spreads are concerned with the relative prices of different delivery months for the same future , the pattern of prices for different delivery months is of interest to a spread trader . |
| 18 | Most medieval English dies are similar , but the few ancient dies which have survived differ somewhat in shape ( more conical , no square projection ) and in metal ( bronze rather than iron ) . |
| 19 | The regulations anticipated under s11(1) will have the purpose of securing : ( a ) that goods to which this section applies are safe ; ( b ) that goods to which this section applies which are unsafe , or would be unsafe in the hands of persons of a particular description , are not made available to persons generally or , as the case may be , to persons of that description ; and ( c ) that appropriate information is , and inappropriate information is not , provided in relation to goods to which this section applies . |
| 20 | The language of kinship and the behaviours which the use of such language provokes are social devices for giving expression to networks of relationship . |
| 21 | It held that it was open to any aggrieved party to challenge before the European Court a decision by the Commission ordering production of documents which a party considers are privileged , and the Court has power to grant interim measures to prevent disclosure of those documents to the Commission until the dispute on privilege is resolved . |