Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [noun pl] is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opposition to development from lower income groups is more likely to be motivated by anger at the focus on up-market housing than by a desire to preserve a golden past which they are well aware has never existed . |
| 2 | The probability of each of the possible tag combinations is then found from the transition matrices and the words assigned the relevant grammatical scores . |
| 3 | But that sort of view has been , has been challenged in more , in more recent years with empirical studies saying erm , er , sort of rural labour forces is quite likely to migrate , or some parts of the rural labour force are quite likely to migrate right , and it is rational to migrate , even in the presence of very high unemployment . |
| 4 | The extent of British defence cuts is still anyone 's guess , even in Whitehall ; but the Defence Manufacturers ' Association reckons real annual spending will fall to about 75% of 1990 's figure within five years . |
| 5 | For small firms the cost of raising capital through public stock issues is prohibitively expensive , but in Japan this is not the main problem as firms are significantly less reliant on equity finance . |
| 6 | Lakatos 's universal criterion for the assessment of theories follows from his principle ‘ the methodology of scientific research programmes is better suited for approximating the truth in our actual universe than any other methodology ’ . |
| 7 | Transfer between different degree curricula is often possible at the end of the first or second year , as the student 's interests and skills develop . |
| 8 | Services for people with learning disabilities remain almost as unsatisfactory as in other fields of social care ( Wistow , 1985 ) , and the best way to use social work skills is still a matter for debate . |
| 9 | The choice of organised leisure pursuits is little short of staggering . |
| 10 | Given the creation of Rail Track , the constitutional position in respect of the accountability of and the support for the British Transport Police is clearly most unsatisfactory . |
| 11 | To the extent that these indirect benefits are not usually incorporated informal evaluations the value of public transport services is clearly being underestimated . |
| 12 | The conviction rate for social security offences is approximately 95 per cent , mostly guilty pleas . |
| 13 | The system of adjudication of social security benefits is now integrated , but the price has been the judicialization of the tribunal system without sweeping reforms in the provision of assistance and representation for persons wishing to claim . |
| 14 | As expenditure has risen so have taxes and the proportion of G N P taken up by taxes and social security payments is also around 40 per cent . |
| 15 | This Longfin Anthias is probably the sub-species from Hawaii . |
| 16 | The base from which to measure incremental cash flows is then that position and not the current benefits being received . |
| 17 | Changing to one of the pre-designed colour schemes is simply a matter of selecting from a menu . |
| 18 | The other well-known approach to English stress rules is radically different , being based on generative phonology . |
| 19 | The problem , then , that old age presents is partly inherent in the process of ageing , and partly the consequence of certain current demographic and social trends . |
| 20 | Yet no guarantees exist and funding for trained advice workers is virtually non-existent , this is in the face of 25 enterprise agencies currently working in the area . |
| 21 | We will meet more trade unionists from other countries in the future and as Keith was saying early on , our link up with German trade unions is very favourable , it 's a very positive step . |
| 22 | This man Livings is altogether different . ’ |
| 23 | Early in this study we showed that the scale of electronic information markets is already substantial . |
| 24 | Competition for places in high status universities is so enormous that after-school attendance at expensive private crammer schools is virtually compulsory . |
| 25 | But even though the river 's dry a nearby training stables is now applying for permission to drill a bore hole and pump up to £10m gallons out of the ground to water horse gallops like this . |
| 26 | The hand attached to the shoulder in some thalidomide children is just like the isolated ‘ hand ’ that develops from chick embryos whose cells in the progress zone have been damaged . |
| 27 | The general message from the London and Madrid sales must be that the recent consistent and strong interest in Spanish Old Master paintings is still evident and , if anything , increasing . |
| 28 | At the end of the incubation period , the gel piece is transferred into a new plastic tray containing 300 ml of freshly made DMS-stop buffer ( 0.5 M β-mercaptoethanol , 150 mM Tris-HCl , pH 7.3 , 5 mM EDTA ) and shaken vigorously on a rocking platform for 10' at 37°C ( at this temperature DMS is rapidly hydrolysed accelerating its inactivation ) . |
| 29 | ‘ The last thing this region needs is yet another layer of local government . |
| 30 | A half-point increase in West German interest rates is already more than discounted ; a one-point rise may still force a base rate increase on a reluctant Chancellor . |