Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun] [pron] [am/are] " in BNC.

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1 The rest of the population has little idea of the advances that are being made or the excitement they are generating .
2 The argument is certainly persuasive for efficient farming areas , and , according to farm unions in Germany , some farmers there have decided to do just that by not completing the IACS forms and not seeking the subsidies or the controls which are the price of the subsidies .
3 That means actually copying their hand movements or the way they are sitting and doing the same .
4 This is so even if the relationship they are worried about is a very strong one or the parting they are anxious about is a very ordinary and short one .
5 Meanwhile , Intel 's hardware OEMs , already totally paranoid about delays to Pentium , are said to have been threatened with dire consequences , even lawsuits , if they leak any information about Pentium or the systems they 're building around it to the press .
6 Or the couple who are suing because they could n't sell their house on account of the plutonium in the vacuum-cleaner dust ?
7 Some come before they 're due because there 's an eclipse of the sun or the moon There are also problems when the moon shines on a pregnant woman through a crack .
8 This is where you sign if you — or the person you 're getting the prescription for — can claim exemption from prescription charges .
9 If you do n't listen if you go back to old traditional styles or the style you are used
10 What they 're actually doing is they 're affirming to themselves they 're verbalising the performance improvement or the performance they 're going to give .
11 ‘ If you call the police or the ambulance I 'm going to put this fun in your mouth and blow your fucking head off . ’
12 Fund managers are intent on doing their best for their funds and have no interest whatsoever in the businesses they invest in or the people who are producing the profits .
13 It will examine any differences in children 's writing arising from their being taught writing through either themedium of their home language , or the language they are learnng .
14 I do n't suppose she will understand this , or the connection I am making , tentatively , with Claudia 's fate .
15 But it must never be forgotten that , if this happens , it happens by accident : it can be no part of the system that pupils should be entered for a test because of the age they are or the class they are part of .
16 An important implication of this , in the context of attempts which may be made to encourage Denmark to change her mind , is that assurances and comforting words which are not directly part of the Treaty are unlikely to be worth the paper they are written on , or the microphone they are spoken from , so far as the emerging European law is concerned .
17 If someone is knocking on the door demanding some rent or the mortgage they are more likely to get paid than the borough council . ’
18 That 's the time you 're going to get up or the time you 're going to leave ?
19 The rapist and child killer she sees as her friend , her traumatised father , her sad , sick mother or the police who are trying to trace her ?
20 This means that the most significant features of accent which are imitated/accommodated to will be ( 1 ) features involving a phonemic contrast , in other words , points where the sound systems of two varieties , rather than just the sounds themselves , are different ; ( 2 ) points of pronunciation where the systems themselves are not different , but the sounds representing a particular phoneme are substantially different .
21 Despite all of the official curriculum plans , there are many instances where the contents are inappropriate and still more where the plans themselves are largely responsible for the weakness in implementation .
22 ‘ I do n't think I know many married people , ’ said Sam , wrinkling her forehead , ‘ except the ones who 're too ugly to find anyone else . ’
23 Neither Whitehall , nor government nor this county council , nor the children we 're talking about would welcome being used as a political football by Mr .
24 There is therefore no guarantee that the restrictions which are implied by his model will be satisfied .
25 They give the appearance of a ‘ setting sun ’ under the D string and , as everything else appears to line up okay , I can only presume that the markers themselves are off-centre .
26 Make sure that the holes themselves are smooth by using a file and/or trimming knife to finish them off .
27 The logic of TGAT , however , and its ten levels of attainment , suggests that alternative strategies are open to us if we care to use them ; and this is borne out by the small print of Circular 5/89 , which stresses that the keystages themselves are to be understood with reference to the pupils ' average ages , so that a pupil may ‘ be taught with another age group for one or more subject areas where appropriate … while remaining with his or her peer group for other subjects . ’
28 If the roundabout suggests that the road you 're on is a fairly wide road and the road you 're exiting on is a fairly narrow road it will normally indicate you 're going from probably a duel carriageway , which you know you 're on if you 're already on it , but the road you 're entering might not be .
29 The main problem with an implicit deflator is that the quantities which are involved in the calculation are not kept fixed from one month to the next .
30 And I think , if you look at that video , it will actually perhaps encourage you because it sh yes , those are experienced advocates , I 'm not expecting you to refine your skills to that level , but I think if you see the , the erm the level of which experienced advocates advocate at it will actually perhaps make you relax a little , if you see the stand realize that the standard we 're expecting you to go to is not , not anywhere near quite as high as that .
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