Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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31 However , it does mean that if you develop a life-threatening condition , you will have the reassurance of knowing that your wishes are recorded in written form if you become unable to express them .
32 Often quite different language and notations are needed with different groups ; it would be a very ambitious program that attempted to cope with this .
33 Both states are plagued by secessionist militants , and both are at present ruled — with the army 's help — directly from Delhi .
34 Let me emphasize here that functionalists are happy to accept that many of our mental states are associated with conscious awareness .
35 Coups are plotted in small groups huddled around a faction leader and strategies decided at fringe meetings .
36 Other issues being considered for inclusion in future versions of Unix System V included object-orientation , where Unix System Labs was looking at Choices from the University of Illinois and ISIS , a product for virtual synchronisation from Cornell University — these technologies are needed for distributed systems .
37 The flows are covered with large , high wrinkles and ridges , concentric with the edges of the flow , where the stiff surface layer was crinkled up by the pressure of more material arriving from behind — rather like a pahoehoe surface on a basalt lava , but on a much bigger scale .
38 These adaptive coping skills are differentiated from maladaptive coping skills , such as the long-term use of tranquillizers , abusing alcohol , food and drugs , avoiding situations , and behaving in a passive , non-assertive manner .
39 Specifically sociological skills are required in diverse research posts associated with education , medicine , urban planning and the social services .
40 Much work is being undertaken there , including the renovation of outbuildings to provide accommodation for another 25 followers , and practical skills are put to good use .
41 Most Germans are disgusted by anti-foreigner violence .
42 The Liverpool lecturers are calling on vice chancellor Peter Toyne to join them in putting pressure on the government to end underfunding .
43 Humps and rumble strips are used on residential streets to reduce speeds .
44 Strips are inserted in strict alphabetical order and colours are sometimes used to indicate the type of room , i.e. standard , superior , deluxe or suite .
45 After a study for the Layfield Committee , Diane Dawson concluded : ‘ we do not at present have any way of finding out why particular policies are adopted by local education authorities .
46 Its actions and policies are formed by local as well as national events , and it must be seen as both an agent of , and an obstacle to , central government .
47 Imperial policies are explained by individual passion and affection .
48 The education authority is of course responsible for promoting equality of opportunity and ensuring that its equal opportunities policies are enhanced through Compact .
49 Such a con-flict is endemic when different policies are applied at different levels of government .
50 erm the policies are offered in general most dealers in fairness this question of charging for the policy , in the majority of dealers that we 've actually got they include it within the within the purchase price of the vehicle anyway .
51 How policies are emerging in developing countries to deal with both the general issues of the international political economy discussed in the previous chapter and the more particular ones created by global competition is explored in the next chapter .
52 In Sweden , for example , new policies are initiated by special commissions which constitute the preliminary stage of a legislative proposal .
53 Mr Jencks concludes that to search for a comprehensive policy to tackle the underclass is a waste of time ; different policies are needed for different problems that may be only loosely related .
54 Similar rationalisations are found for other forms of addictive disease .
55 Batch processing operations are conducted for other departments at a computer centre ( where it is controlled by DP staff ) because it would be uneconomical to provide each functional department with its own large mainframe computer .
56 Differences on the translation of the net assets of overseas operations are adjusted against retained profits .
57 However , there is a class of data management systems where all operations are initiated by simple commands .
58 All other operations are shown under International , previously analysed separately as Asia Pacific/Western and Europe , Africa , Middle East [ EAME ] .
59 The most obvious indication of this transition was the replacement of the chain of being ( the simplest possible grid in which all the pigeon-holes are arranged in linear pattern ) by an open-ended branching system of relationships .
60 All these attitudes are based on deep-seated prejudice and cause conflict .
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