Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [be] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an example , property insurance is cheaper than liability insurance , so that it makes more sense , for instance , for a site-owner to insure against the fire risk of a fire caused by an installer , under fire insurance , than it does for the installer to insure against liability for causing the same risk , under a public liability or contractor 's all risks policy . |
| 2 | Does the text contain idiomatic phrases and if so , with what kind of dialect or register are these idioms associated ? |
| 3 | Some assessment questions are obvious : mention of success , failure , achievement or significance are all clues that some sort of weighing up is needed . |
| 4 | The manager and chairman are such strangers to national television that probably less than 10 per cent of football fans would be able to name them , let alone recognise them . |
| 5 | Nylon , polythene , alkathene and acrilan are all polymers formed from organic molecules . |
| 6 | Yeah mhm yeah I mean you may want to select some stuff that 's y'know that represents different kinds of things because as I remember our conversations earlier , you were interested in er y'know sort of ideological soundness , political correctness and y'know were some things funny but sort of off-colour for other reasons erm er I 'm paraphrasing it badly but er y'know I think that th s so you might want to get some stuff that 's sort of ideologically sound and humorous and er some stuff that 's a bit off-colour and humorous and some stuff that 's erm sort of I do n't know some stuff that 's main stream but has got a lot of y'know if you look at something like say The Two Ronnies or something , there 's a lot of there 's a lot of racism and sexism in there but it 's because it 's sort of main stream because it 's family viewing and stuff like that people tend not to think of it as problematic . |
| 7 | Deliberate ambiguity , paradox and complexity are all techniques used by artists to prevent discrimination attaining complete clarity , thereby stimulating a prolonged and engrossing period of heightened activity . |
| 8 | Headaches , migraines and irritability are all signs of stress . |
| 9 | THE Mayor and mayoress were all smiles and kisses during a grand ceremony to hand them their chains of office . |
| 10 | Bad debts , provisions against slow moving stock and depreciation are all areas that require judgment and are therefore fudgeable . |
| 11 | The hotel industry , the entertainment business , and gambling are all facets of tourist facilities which ought to be taken into consideration . |
| 12 | This is obvious from the fact that the response to beer and wine is many times higher than that to corresponding concentrations of ethanol . |
| 13 | Where the purchaser and seller are both clients of the firm , their attention should be drawn to this fact at an early stage of the preliminary discussions concerning the proposed transaction . |
| 14 | A revealing refinement in collecting membership data is to take notice of the number of full families ( where husband and wife are both Christians ) in the total as distinct from part families ( where only one partner is Christian ) ( McGavran 1970:92 ) . |
| 15 | Most of the current generation of older people were born at a time when the motor car was an unusual sight on the streets , aeroplanes were rarely seen in the skies , telephones were rare , radio and television were many years from invention . |
| 16 | The ferret is a member of the weasel family , and the weasel , stoat , polecat and ferret are all animals with a natural hunting instinct and are not deterred by working underground . |
| 17 | Structure , precision and control are all characteristics of logical influencing . |
| 18 | BEEZY MARSH meets the candidates in Stockton South and finds age and sex are both issues |
| 19 | Apart from what might constitute these culinary delights it has not gone unremarked that karate and bonsai are both parts of the culture of Japan . |
| 20 | The main modalities of touch and smell , hearing and sight are all specializations to different modes of ‘ distance reception ’ . |
| 21 | Rapid turnaround times , value-added service , reliable distribution and guaranteed security and confidentiality are all prerequisites when it comes to handling time-sensitive and price-sensitive information . |
| 22 | James Caunce , Mayor of St Helens , said : ‘ I joined the march because my father and grandfather were both miners and we need to fight to preserve Parkside and all those men 's jobs . |
| 23 | Poverty and prosperity are both characteristics of the Kingdom . |
| 24 | Not until the years of fast industrialization and construction were these defects to be remedied . |
| 25 | Donkey , wolf , squirrel , and bird were all animals named in the Book of Remembering . |
| 26 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 27 | Some of the marriages could certainly be described as taking place within the traditional milieu of the skilled working class : thus Flora H. , daughter of a blacksmith , married the son of a cabinet maker ( bride and groom were both compositors ) . |
| 28 | Where the purchaser and target are both clients of the firm , their attention should be drawn to this fact at the earliest possible stage . |