Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [noun pl] [be] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the supposed readiness of Russians to ‘ accept ’ baptized or otherwise assimilated natives as Russians is in itself a manifestation of the national arrogance of the Russians , which eventually engendered a sense of inferiority among many of the indigenous peoples . |
| 2 | Cecilia could clearly remember the days before refrigerators were in general use — she did not have one until 1952 — and remember too the smell of the joint by Sunday lunchtime if you had been imprudent enough to buy it on Friday . |
| 3 | More boys than girls are in the lowest mathematics sets although quite a number obtained fairly high test scores on the GT4 test . |
| 4 | The greater proportion of boys in the sample reflected more high scoring boys than girls being in the lower mathematics sets in the schools working with the project . |
| 5 | Another important group , the retired , can place significant demands on local facilities and services , but in housing terms they form a heterogeneous group since some have capital from the sale of housing in more expensive locations while others are in competition for cheaper housing , and especially for rural local authority houses and sheltered accommodation ( Law and Warnes 1976 ; Phillips and Williams 1982a ) . |
| 6 | With hindsight , one can read from their responses that the days of recruiting women as hand-setters were in any case numbered . |
| 7 | This approach is necessary because the study of these polymers as materials is in its infancy and the precise details of their biosynthesis strongly affects their composition and physical properties . |