Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun sg] are [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The motives for seeking office are partly that the life of a backbench MP soon becomes unsatisfactory and offers so little scope for achievement , for registering even the smallest impact on a restricted area of.public life , that the average MP looks with envy on any minister who has a positive job to perform , however limited the field . |
| 2 | Because in practice there are alternative ways of proving purchase are n't there ? |
| 3 | I am male which means I can not have children , I am somewhat reserved by nature so I am unlikely to be the life and soul of anyone 's party , and my chances of becoming King are very slim . |
| 4 | In section 5.1 , we explain what is meant by a price index and show how the UK Retail Price Index is constructed and how it is used to calculate the rate of inflation on a month-to-month basis ; other ways of measuring inflation are also briefly discussed . |
| 5 | Mining companies are not required to deposit the results of exploration in Great Britain with a Government agency so records of prospecting work are very incomplete . |
| 6 | For those with grade 2 or 3 obesity , the potential benefits of losing weight are very real , and the effects on psychological state of a successful weight-loss programme can be dramatic . |
| 7 | Two aspects to be considered when assessing the risks of giving credit are how much and how long . |
| 8 | And biological means of treating pollution are routinely used in modern sewage works , where billions of bacteria — admittedly cosseted in concrete tubs and so protected from the ravages of the natural environment — busily consume waste . |
| 9 | ‘ There is no doubt that the risks of taking HRT are relatively much fewer in comparison to the benefits it provides . ’ |
| 10 | Burstall ( 1975 ) reports that primary and secondary school attitudes towards learning French are strongly related to success in the language . |
| 11 | So it 's been no different dying through time , the counsel has been there because Jehovah knows that we 're all of falling flesh are n't we ? |
| 12 | The costs of ensuring quality are twofold — direct costs , such as the wages and salaries of designers and inspectors , and indirect costs , such as the loss of orders , wastage and rectification costs . |
| 13 | In fact , the two manners of conceiving causation are quite parallel to the two ways of envisaging assistance expressed by help . |
| 14 | Modern methods of curtailing debate are largely a response to attempts by Irish Nationalists , seeking home rule in Victorian times , to abuse the rights of the opposition to oppose . |
| 15 | But nothing can make up for the fact that any improvements in prescribing practice are too late to save Lexie . |
| 16 | He added : ‘ Those who are intent on pursuing violence are perhaps holding the majority sway now within the IRA army council . ’ |
| 17 | He added : ‘ Those who are intent on pursuing violence are perhaps holding the majority sway now within the IRA council . ’ |
| 18 | Price and income effects on housing demand are demonstrably important but they are ignored in structure plans . |
| 19 | The arguments for extending fluoridation are not as overwhelming as they were in 1956 . |
| 20 | In second language learning situations factors such as reasoning ability are often semi-controlled by having those with lower levels of ability ‘ streamed out ’ . |
| 21 | b but I think some of the rural villages of today where this is gon na take place are n't all that different to the sort of |
| 22 | Whoever types this up is gon na have fun are n't they ? |
| 23 | There is now more awareness of the problems that methane generated in landfill can cause , and improved methods for detecting methane are now available . |
| 24 | What is more surprising is that differentials by housing tenure are even more substantial . |
| 25 | A consequence of these differences in the early years of marriage and childbearing is that fertility levels are much higher among those who live in the local authority rather than the owner-occupied sector — and fertility differentials by housing tenure are much greater than other conventionally used socio-economic variables such as social class , female employment , education , or income ( see figure 7.5 ) . |