Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its institutions , in their increasing centrality , have moved towards a situation in which it , could again be said ( but with the qualitative difference of an epochal change ) that cultural institutions are integral parts of the general social organization . |
| 2 | For example , the redder fishes like salmon , tuna , sardines , and kippers are good sources of polyunsaturated fat . |
| 3 | Old US mines are big polluters |
| 4 | Understanding of the total care of a patient is not helped by references such as S.O.B. , N.B.M. or T.L.C. In addition , the care plans and progress notes are professional records . |
| 5 | However , they continue : But it may perhaps be better understood as an analytical consequence of the Garfinkelian theory that the fit between organization and phenomena , between rules and their applications , is not determined in advance , but rather is the result of an ad hoc and context-sensitive process , performed by speakers ( by the use of shared " methods " ) , in which the recognition of the social act and the construction of interpretation of sequences of such acts are two sides of the same creative ( but nonetheless organized and accountable ) process . |
| 6 | Former hooker Steve Jones has taken over from John Perkins as coach , included in their personnel are former Lions Staff Jones and Graham Price , and club captain Chris Huish , who announced his retirement at the end of last season . |
| 7 | These expert riders are skilled bowmen whose usual tactic is to ride around their enemies , pouring volley after volley of arrows into them . |
| 8 | But communications satellites are artificial moons . |
| 9 | As you travel eastward the route joins the River Almond where dippers and herons are familiar sights . |
| 10 | Do you think their reasons are good ones ? |
| 11 | The most obvious of these reasons are political ones , in the pure , party , vote-catching sense of that term . |
| 12 | It also helps to show that more fundamental than any knowledge of objects are certain feelings , needs and desires , and that it is upon a phenomenological elucidation of such feelings , needs and desires that an ontological description of the world must be based . |
| 13 | Some researchers ( for example , Bates 1976 ; Lock 1980a ) have gone a step further and proposed that the non-verbal communicative skills which are displayed in ‘ showing ’ and ‘ requesting ’ objects are direct precursors to the linguistic functions of ‘ telling ’ or ‘ giving information ’ and ‘ asking questions ’ . |
| 14 | Secondary qualities of objects are those arrangements of its corpuscles which cause certain ideas in us as sentient beings . |
| 15 | Registration and administrative and financial returns are all functions which computers can carry out in a modern general practice . |
| 16 | His occasional demands for ‘ surplusage ’ respecting the extent to which his disbursements exceeded his receipts on particular accounts are eloquent illustrations of the scale of these activities : for example , £26,000 for operations in the Palatinate in 1624 , and £30,000 on another account in 1630 . |
| 17 | Overall , the southern States are major beneficiaries of Federal spending , especially so relative to their contributions to the Federal exchequer , in considerable part because of the success of their Senators and Representatives in the pork barrel . |
| 18 | The further assumption of public choice theory , that states are rational actors and interact rationally with each other , has led many scholars in this field to follow the lead of the economists — who in turn were following the mathematicians — to use game theory and to make limiting assumptions about the nature and duration of the game . |
| 19 | Note 46 to the accounts shows the effect on revenue and reserves of adopting equity accounting for the whole of the equity investment portfolio regardless of whether the investments are associated undertakings or not . |
| 20 | ( ‘ Ducks are comical things … ’ ) |
| 21 | Walking backwards on their tails and soaring to astonishing heights to nod balls or jump over ropes are common features of public displays . |
| 22 | Wall hangings and tapestries are early examples of interior design , while churches and monasteries were filled with altar cloths , Lenten veils and ecclesiastical garments , often woven and embroidered with elaborate patterns . |
| 23 | Accountants , personnel administrators , economists , data processing experts and statisticians are all experts in a specialised field of work . |
| 24 | In any week or month , these international financial flows are fifty times greater in value than the flow of goods ( Spero , 1988 ) . |
| 25 | Added to this , capital flows are important vectors of technical change . |
| 26 | Garages are lovely things to have , if they are attached to the house , but can be a source of grief if part of a block that is situated away from the property . |
| 27 | While small farmers and part-time farmers have to adapt to a changing agriculture , in exactly the same way as large farming businesses , their options for coping with changed circumstances are fewer and it may be that training and the development of new skills and the reinforcement of old skills are important elements in widening their range of options . |
| 28 | Chlorophenols are potential carcinogens . |
| 29 | Gerrett reported to 15 Army Group : " 5 Corps confirm that approx 42,000 Cossacks to be handed over to Russians are Soviet citizens within the definition of cited AFHQ letter . |
| 30 | Sandstones are difficult subjects ; quartz CL is very subdued but feldspars are very bright , often with a high UV component . |