Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun pl] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most innovative systems is that found in the optical mouse used with the Xerox Star business computer . |
| 2 | One of his most striking findings was that the more a woman was employed the more domestic work was shared . |
| 3 | The two most consequential changes were as follows : |
| 4 | The most harmful effects are that groups develop competing or conflicting goals , and lose their ability to communicate and cooperate with one another , |
| 5 | The characteristic of less developed countries is that their consumption of both wood and steel , that is the total tonnage of their artifacts , is less . |
| 6 | Naturally these rules were and still are interpreted for the economic convenience of society . |
| 7 | It was always considered necessary for a man to shoulder the main burden of work at a farm the size of ours , and I suppose the main reason why the place is a bit run down these days is because there was no man left to take over when Uncle died . |
| 8 | The main reason Hillsborough claimed so many victims was that the fencing prevented escape , not necessarily because they were standing . |
| 9 | What this means in the most simple terms is that the order of onset of the stages in the individual is determined by what occasions them as gratifications — the oral stage by suckling , the anal by evacuating solid matter , the phallic by experiencing genital , Oedipal excitement . |
| 10 | Although one of gold 's most prized qualities is that it does not tarnish easily , it deserves to be treated with respect . |
| 11 | The value of having such materials in brief and physically separate forms is that it is easier to manipulate ideas while they are still in note form than it is once you have written them out in prose . |
| 12 | One of his first , and most basic suggestions was that prices must be raised . |
| 13 | The trouble with most retail investors is that they are ignorant , and in no position to educate themselves . |
| 14 | The reason behind all of the red tape even under normal circumstances is that a legal process is being implemented . |
| 15 | But the argument which carried the day in favour of providing more elementary studies was that courses of the Chapter III type in rural areas would prove to be attractive and would lead to more demanding studies and higher standards in subsequent years . |
| 16 | One of his more excessive claims was that the abrupt ending of a relationship could be more damaging than bereavement . |
| 17 | In a nasty , but highly entertaining tirade , one of the more perceptive remarks was that if it was n't for The Wedding Present , Ukrainian music would be confined solely to Blue Peter specials ; surely one of the main reasons the band did it in the first place . |
| 18 | The most useful effects are that groups develop strong ties of loyalty ( cohesiveness ) amongst their members , and that there is a high regard for the task . |
| 19 | For me , one of the most useful functions is that the 9000 program allows a knitter to match the screen colours almost exactly to the yarns in use , by the use of the PALETTE section of the menu . |
| 20 | The most useful timings are when a new product is launched and when products are changed or modernised . |
| 21 | When I started teaching the assumption which underpinned most primary schools was that schools were exclusive places . |
| 22 | One advantage of setting up these centres is that they may help a two-way flow of ideas for efficient technology , possibly serving as a model for changes to Western society . |
| 23 | Possibly the earliest mention of what are probably Anglo-Saxon graves is that by the thirteenth-century chronicler Roger of Wendover in his Flores Historiarum where he describes the excavation by monks of St Albans in 1178 of ten human skeletons at Redbourne , Hertfordshire , believing some of them to be the bones of St Amphibalus ( Hewlett 1886 , 115 ) . |
| 24 | The big advantage of old , slightly faded curtains is that they are a good starting point round which to build a comfortable , well-used look ; one that is hard to achieve with brand-new designer materials . |
| 25 | ‘ Sure they miss the money , but one of the most important things is that they miss the buzz . |
| 26 | Overwhelmingly the most important things is that these figures show that across the economy as a whole , er economic activity is on a path of steady but unspectacular growth . |
| 27 | One of the Packman 's most important claims is that it can handle all types and sizes of chemical pack . |
| 28 | One of the most important aspects is that we saw ourselves as town traders — that magical area where buyer and seller come together . |
| 29 | One of its most important aspects is that people who go on to DWA will retain their underlying entitlement to any benefit which they may have had before they went on to DWA and that they will not have to requalify , if they fail in their efforts to work . |
| 30 | Once the modules in the package are in this state , the only difference noticed by users carrying out normal operations is that should one or more such modules be required in a transfer of a package out of LIFESPAN , the transfer takes longer than usual , since these modules must first be brought back online . |