Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [adj] [subord] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the traditional ‘ act ’ utilitarianism acts are right because they maximise ( or at least increase ) welfare , while for rule utilitarianism rules are morally binding because general adherence to them maximises , or would maximise , welfare , individual acts being right or wrong in virtue of their conformity to such rules . |
| 2 | ‘ It seems to me that the board are wrong whether they acted judicially or ministerially . |
| 3 | These cases are significant because they illustrate one of the ways in which standing is related to the merits of the case . |
| 4 | The implication is that poverty is due to lack of involvement with successful capitalist enterprise and , though a minority of the poor do become successful entrepreneurs by building up small businesses from street selling , the vast majority are poor because they are excluded from the modern economy . |
| 5 | It simply states that present proposals are unacceptable because they do not retain a fair and equitable trading system . |
| 6 | Scottish NFU bosses say the MacSharry CAP reform plans are flawed because they discriminate against large-scale farmers . |
| 7 | Yeah , sir , you know you said the house builders are secondary if they 're making something , they 're also providing a service though are n't they ? |
| 8 | This is why the rivers have many curves , because they follow the wriggling tracks of the serpent ; similarly , waterholes are round because they are in the shape of a snake coiled up to rest . |
| 9 | A different criticism is that non-statutory rules are undesirable if they are used as a substitute for legislation to achieve ends which might encounter political opposition in Parliament . |
| 10 | It follows , of course , that service contracts are ineffective if they conflict with the Articles of Association of the company . |
| 11 | As it has been seen in Buxtehude that drivers take about six months to change their driving style and attitude , further falls in emissions are possible as they increasingly adopt defensive driving in third gear as an appropriate style rather than the aggressive driving in second gear that characterises their responses on first encountering Tempo 30 zones . |
| 12 | But so long as English law refuses to recognise that parent companies are under a legal as well as a moral obligation to meet the debts of their subsidiaries the group accounts are largely irrelevant so far as creditors are concerned since they normally have resort only against the individual company with which they have dealt . |
| 13 | The phosphates used in detergents and cleaning products are useful because they condition the water to reduce scum , help to keep the water alkaline for proper cleaning and break up the dirt on fabrics to prevent it settling back . |
| 14 | The agent may be better off claiming times are bad when they are not , if wages are thereby greatly reduced compared to employment and output , so raising the firm 's net earnings and the agent 's earnings . |
| 15 | Weber 's observations on status groups are important since they suggest that in certain situations status rather than class provides the basis for the formation of social groups whose members perceive common interests and a group identity . |
| 16 | While in most respects this diversity enriches community life in the United Kingdom , the good relations between the different groups are precious while they last , very fragile and can cause enormous problems should they break down — as in Northern Ireland . |
| 17 | ( Such signals are deictic because they have the distinctive relativity of reference , being anchored to the discourse location of the current utterance . ) |
| 18 | Shock tactics are fine when they really are shocking , and new , and exciting , and well done . |
| 19 | Reflux of radiolabelled food and liquids can be measured using the technique of gamma scintigraph ; however , in this procedure the subjects are non-ambulant as they have to be continually monitored by standing in front of , or lying under , a gammacamera to detect the reflux event . |
| 20 | I am not sure at the moment if the labour are sure if they would work under the Labour government . |
| 21 | Vole are vile because they dig up and eat my crocus species in spring and then hog on the ripening figs in August . |
| 22 | However , the algorithms are admissible because they do not prune any of the arcs at B , and may backtrack to them later . |
| 23 | The home fans were angry because they thought Andy Ansah was offside when big striker Ian Benjamin hit the 75th-minute winner . |
| 24 | The Spireites are in 11th position in the table and their outside hopes of reaching the play-offs were upset when they lost at home to Rochdale on Saturday . |
| 25 | On the other hand it is not enough simply to say that Libyans were inconsistent because they could not change their ideas fast enough to keep up with their changing society . |
| 26 | Basic life-support skills in a group of 31 resuscitation trainers were poor before they attended a two-day training course , a study at London 's Royal Free Hospital found . |
| 27 | Confusion arose when heads were unclear whether they were developing a social rather than an instructional milieu . |
| 28 | Luke did n't answer her immediately , but the grey eyes were eloquent as they dropped to the tiny champagne-coloured skirt the slenderness of her legs made permissible , then travelled upwards again in slow appraisal of her strapless matching bustier , encrusted with transparent beads and revealing both her smooth olive-toned midriff and the upper swell of her high , proud breasts beneath the single fine circle of gold she wore about her neck . |
| 29 | Ace 's eyes were acute as they studied her expression . |
| 30 | Still apparently relaxed , hands clasped behind his head , Luke spoke lazily , but his eyes were intent as they probed her taut face . |