Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The existence of internal labour markets is sometimes used to explain labour ‘ hoarding ’ ( the practice of employing more labour than is actually required ) because firms do not wish to break the link between workers and the firm , thereby losing the skills acquired by workers over the years ; and is also put forward as a cause of a reduction in the overall level of competition in the aggregate labour market and , therefore , a possible reason for the inflexibility of wage rates , particularly in the downward direction . |
| 2 | Erm there 's also a view been expressed that well if you 're going to have it it may need some more guidance than is presently written into it . |
| 3 | The Government will welcome any arrangement that the liquidator and the principal shareholders can make that would result in BCCI 's depositors getting a considerably greater return on their investment than was previously thought possible . |
| 4 | Hungary is less the exception to this rule than is often made out . |
| 5 | But new evidence is emerging that shows even greater military discontent with the general 's rule than was previously thought . |
| 6 | Given the inclusion of so many considerations , it is not surprising that standards may be amended from time to time : for example , standards may be made more stringent if new scientific research reveals a lower threshold of effect than was previously believed to exist . |
| 7 | He said it was now accepted that a small number of large authorities would produce lower savings than was originally indicated but a large number of small authorities would not add to the cost to the extent that was indicated . |
| 8 | But they also salvaged much , so that the new regime was established upon principles which were much more conducive to Toryism than is normally thought . |
| 9 | Molloy and Carroll 's ( 1992 ) more recent study while being more limited in scale does have some transbinary material , and confirms that a number of the NSE students perform better than A-level students when degree results are considered ( Table 4 ) . |
| 10 | Appadurai ( 1986 ) provides a survey of some of the relevant literature , pointing out that in some respects commodities are not necessarily as divorced from wider cultural considerations as is often supposed . |
| 11 | Chiew sees her own research as being exclusively directed towards the well being of patients . |
| 12 | Batch processes are designed to cater for five times as many entries as are currently stored in tables . |
| 13 | If the association was perfect , all the points would lie on the line , and there would be no spread in the residuals ; 100 per cent of the original spread would be accounted for , and we would describe the two variables as being perfectly correlated . |
| 14 | The SCREAM of a cat in agony is unmistakable and is similar to the scream of many other animals when being badly hurt or terrorized . |
| 15 | It now seems probable that there were more churches in late Saxon and early medieval times than was formerly thought . |
| 16 | It is important to note that sexual violence , including rape , has a wider range of forms than is typically reported upon in the press or recognised as a crime . |
| 17 | Experience over the last ten years ( 1963–73 ) has convinced the staff of this Polytechnic of the need for a more flexible type of course than is commonly offered to students . |
| 18 | Hambledon District Council believes that insufficient regard has been payed erm to these issues erm in the structure plan alteration , in paragraph thirty three the P P G sets down a list of criteria erm to which local authorities er should refer erm , I 'll erm refer specifically to er to three of them and I and and comeback to them as I go through erm erm what I want to say , erm the first one I draw that I would draw the panel 's attention to is erm that the alternative of the expansion of existing towns or villages should represent a less satisfactory method at providing the land for housing that is needed , and it 's a rhetorical question really here , erm and w we would ask that erm if there has n't been a comparative appraisal erm of the two options , and how could there be , there 's no erm district or areas been identified , how can we be certain that one option is better than another under the terms of that er criterion , erm the oth second point we would draw the panel 's attention is that the proposal is a clear expression of local preference supported by the local planning authorities , and again I would emphasize there that Hambledon District Council objects , and the third one is the option of a new settlement in preference to the alternative would result in positive environmental improvements , and I 'll return to that erm briefly in relation to er to Hambledon , P P G twelve erm paragraph six one four that 's been referred to it , includes a check list of issues against which areas in for new development in general er need to be er considered , with particular reference for reducing the need for travel , erm amongst these issues that the P P G asked the Councils to take into account erm are that development should make full and effective use of land within existing urban areas , that developments er should consider development patterns that are closely related to public transport net networks , and in relation to housing , and that housing is located in such a way as to minimize car use for journeys to work , school , and other local facilities , P P G thirteen , and I would expect erm I would agree with what Mr Donson has said here , is that it it 's draft and obviously one has to put the appropriate weight on it , but erm this reinforces and expands upon erm established government policy , reducing the need for travel , erm I do n't think it 's necessary for me to go into er the quotes in detail , I think that those have been er been touched on , erm , however , I would say erm that Hambledon District Council believes that the advice in draft P P G thirteen is much less supportive of new settlements , it suggests that greater weight must be given to the environmental implications of the additional traffic generated by new settlements erm this is , erm we believe , particularly important in view of the fact that a new settlement for York is unlikely to be self contained , and by its nature many of the residents will still look to York for essential services , social links , and employment , turning to the residual requirement , erm we have a concern over this , erm clearly a new settlement is intended to mop up any residual requirement which the er policy sets at fourteen hundred dwellings , we 've heard evidence from York today that er the city can accommodate erm more erm houses than was originally envisaged , which brings the residual requirement to erm about the minimum size specified by the County Council as being erm about the right level erm to make a s a new settlement self supporting , however , we would point out that there is still the possibility of erm further peripheral development around York , the greenbelt local plan and Southern Ryedale local plan er have not yet been statutory adopted , the inspector has n't reported on those , we do n't know what he 's going to say about sites er which were at issue , or on the need for flexibility between the inner erm boundary of the greenbelt and the city , irrespective of course of what the inspector says , erm being not yet statutory adopted the County and Ryedale will still have the opportunity to consider , reconsider there policies there , but putting that aside for the present , erm even if it is established that er the requirement for nine thousand seven hundred houses erm ca n't a occupied by er can be accommodated by er peripheral development , erm this does n't it does n't necessarily follow that the answer has to be a new settlement , we heard yesterday in erm great detail that erm environmental considerations have justified a reduction in the rate of development in other districts , erm in the county , I would point out that a relatively modest reduction erm in the inward migration to Ryedale , Selby , and York , could mop up the residual requirement , if one looks at erm the reasons for the greenbelt it is perhaps surprising that given the importance attached to maintaining its historic form and character that this is not an issue erm that 's been considered . |
| 19 | Perhaps 10 per cent misused alcohol and were in persistent trouble for minor breaches of the peace and alcohol-related crimes , a smaller percentage than is commonly thought . |
| 20 | Though Agatha Christie was properly reticent about the breadth of her reading , it is clear to the informed student of her works that they reflect a much broader and deeper literary frame of reference than is usually admitted to this particular author . |
| 21 | Their use was often more limited and specialist than was normally recognised , he said . |
| 22 | If passengers join or leave the trains at Stratford rather than King 's Cross , fewer passengers will use the King 's Cross interchange than was previously anticipated , so the cost per passenger that British Rail will have to pay to construct the station at King 's Cross will increase . |
| 23 | Because this conventionally liberal response to the prevailing mood disguises the fact that the them as which arranged themselves around the flogging solution reflected a much more mature retrenchment , and a much more solid base of opinion and material circumstance than is usefully summarised by the word ‘ panic ’ . |
| 24 | Programme related announcements , claimed as one of the attractions of RDS , even when scrolled require displays with more alphanumeric elements than are usually fitted at present . |
| 25 | There are other features that may have much earlier origins than is generally believed . |
| 26 | On the whole they feel such predictions are not justified and , indeed , the evidence is of a much greater degree of fitness and independence than is generally acknowledged . |
| 27 | Evidence is accumulating that probably less benefit is achieved by juggling with proportions of short- and intermediate-acting insulin than was previously thought ( Roland , 1984 ) . |
| 28 | Wilberforce was not the only representative of Anglican opinion , and even he was not as obscurantist as is sometimes implied . |
| 29 | Secondly , they were scared that images of nudity would confirm society 's view of homosexuality as being essentially to do with sexual activity : the Dutch thought this ridiculous , and it confirmed their view of the British gay scene as far too conservative artistically , politically and sexually . |
| 30 | The size or shape of a Consignment necessitates the use of a vehicle of greater carrying capacity than the weight of the Consignment would otherwise require , in which case the tonnage rate shall be computed upon and apply to the carrying capacity of such vehicle as is reasonably required . |