Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [conj] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your Directors consider that Members of the Board should not represent particular interests or groups but be committed to representing all shareholders , whatever the size of their holding . |
| 2 | Of the 13 other aircraft or projects that were kept in hangars in the Miami area , ten were hit . |
| 3 | Essentially the approach has been to try and identify the factors or characteristics that are associated with cases or situations of abuse , to assume that these are qualitatively different from the rest of the population and finally to hypothesize that these factors or characteristics in some way relate to the basic cause(s) of the problem . |
| 4 | The events or worries that are repeated show areas that need more exploration and further discussion . |
| 5 | Most of them are sandstones or limestones that were laid down at the bottom of the shallow seas that once covered this part of North America . |
| 6 | This ‘ self ’ is presumed to be separate and distinct ( and in some way more fundamental ) from the ‘ selves ’ or personae that are constructed through interaction with others , e.g. the parent , the employee and political activist may be ‘ selves ’ which present different facets to the world . |
| 7 | We advise groups or individuals that are producing work for publication to consult with others engaged in the same activity . |
| 8 | The product range or " mix " ( defined in a later chapter ) should emphasise those product attributes or differences which are appropriate to the characteristics and requirements of clusters or segments that are seen as most viable in commercial terms . |
| 9 | It had no sharps or flats and was based on a six-line stave — instead of the five-line one which is usual for musical notation . |
| 10 | Article 10(2) sets out the qualifications in detail : " The exercise of these freedoms , since it carries with it duties and responsibilities , may be subject to such formalities , conditions , restrictions or penalities as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society , in the interests of national security , territorial integrity or public safety , for the prevention of disorder or crime , for the protection of health or morals , for the protection of the reputation or rights of others , for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary . " |
| 11 | Detailed Description : the steps which led up to the problem and any messages or codes that were included . |
| 12 | List the alternatives discussed in the chapter together with any drawbacks or problems that were identified with their use . |
| 13 | These are documents sent to clients to confirm the purchase of shares or bonds that are held in custody . |
| 14 | There can be little doubt that such sentiments reinforced the laws or dooms that were proclaimed by early kings in England and reminded the king of his Christian obligations and duties . |
| 15 | d'Compress has a lot of options that you can alter to suit your exact needs — you can choose between maximally compressed files , or files that are compressed in the shortest time , for instance . |
| 16 | Professional ( demographic , sociological , statistical and some medical ) terms or terms that are used in everyday conversation but having specific meaning in the context of the report as well as some abbreviations are concisely defined or explained in the Glossary . |
| 17 | For instance , this whole issue of parenthood — whether it 's Dallas or Dynasty there 's the issue of who 's the real father , or children who are suddenly discovered , or sisters that were abandoned : are they real sisters ? |
| 18 | And what we would do in those circumstances sir is if the late objections er the objections or representations that were to arrive er up to let us say five o'clock tomorrow , we would er deal with and then send on to you with copies to the objector of course . |
| 19 | Our Balinese house has no doors , walls or windows and is protected from the occasional horizontal rain by dense surrounding vegetation , and by reed blinds which can be lowered to the floors . |
| 20 | From various other coins we can see that the pediment had three openings or windows and was decorated with four sculptural figures below a central Medusa head at the apex . |
| 21 | The stimuli that trigger this action are usually moving objects that hang down from above , or toys that are thrown to the kittens by their owners . |
| 22 | They were in demand to play fantastic or comic roles such as satyrs or jesters and were used to relieve the solemnity of late eighteenthand ninteenth-century ballets , e.g. the many jesters found in Petipa and Soviet ballets and Puck in Ashton 's The Dream . |
| 23 | Do n't bother to struggle against the hands or arms that are holding your throat ; they will be strong . |
| 24 | In other cases there are no apparent pathological attributes and no clear clinical causes so mental handicap can not be deduced from appearance or symptoms but is diagnosed gradually from performance and development in early childhood . |
| 25 | Those working in the psychological tradition devise tasks or tests that are believed to place varying levels of demand on the cognitive , sensory , or motor capacities we believe our subjects to possess . |
| 26 | It is suggested that the use of general dictionaries may be insufficient to recognise text taken from more esoteric domains or documents that are intended for a specific audience . |
| 27 | ( 2 ) Any officer , servant or agent of the Bank may , on producing if required evidence of his authority , enter any premises occupied by any person on whom a notice could be served under section 39 above for the purpose of obtaining there such information or documents as are specified in the authority , being information or documents that could have been required by such a notice ; but the Bank shall not authorise any person to act under this subsection unless it has reasonable cause to believe that if such a notice were served it would not be complied with or that any documents to which it would relate would be removed , tampered with or destroyed . |
| 28 | Inputs and outputs should be at the same level of abstraction ; in other words conversion of an abstract notion ( such as customers needs ) to a tangible form ( such as the specific goods or services that are supplied ) is not supportable in a root definition . |
| 29 | And were there certain men or women that were known for their stories ? |
| 30 | The panels or arrays are used to run electrical appliances or systems and are connected to batteries to store surplus power . |