Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The circulars were for double glazing , a credit card company and for small deductions on the purchase of a variety of household goods . |
| 2 | The crowds were in good form as well . |
| 3 | If the excesses are of equal amounts one excess only shall be deducted . |
| 4 | G Those discussions were fitted into a regular CDP meeting which itself discussed ‘ polytechnic autonomy ’ , and in which a variety of views were recorded — the institutions were at different stages of development ; the CNAA had established national status and its degrees were accepted currency ; the CNAA was known to be giving serious attention to ways and means of giving greater freedoms to experienced colleges ; emphasis should not be placed on charters as such … . |
| 5 | The problem generally classified as ‘ shirking ’ also extends to incompetence , since if the shareholders are for practical purposes unable to replace management the company may suffer from inept leadership quite separately from questions of managerial diligence . |
| 6 | The buildings on all the estates are of modern construction , designed and built to a standard acceptable to institutional purchasers . |
| 7 | On the other hand , virtually no motion can be detected in atactic poly ( methyl methacrylate ) at 300 K , but at 450 K , the chains are in rapid motion . |
| 8 | Now the enemy 's all deflated and dead , I feel like all my friends and all the artists were like little pygmies and we 've been trying to kill this elephant all these years with little arrows , and finally tonight … |
| 9 | The Ragusans represented a way of life which was completely different from that imposed upon the Balkan peoples by the Ottoman occupation , and their influence on life in the cities was of great historic significance . |
| 10 | The frequency with which the operation is carried out depends upon the plants involved and the compost or soil in which they were originally planted , but its need becomes apparent when the leaves of the plant become yellowish and get progressively smaller , and the blooms are of poor colour and with few petals . |
| 11 | However the courts are in general reluctant to exclude the possibility of such legal representation in toto within a particular area . |
| 12 | Now , that has been quietened , with even some of the arch critics from those days , such as Ivan Lendl , saying that the courts are in perfect shape . |
| 13 | The inclosures are in general small and the hedges high and full of trees . |
| 14 | Certain test writers argue that the blank substituted for the deleted word should correspond to the length of the missing word but in many cloze tests all the blanks are of uniform length . |
| 15 | He says it 's hard at first because the notes are in different places . |
| 16 | The RUC said the notes were of poor quality and did have a water mark . |
| 17 | The foundations are in good order and the quality of the original lime mortar is excellent . ’ |
| 18 | All of the houses are in good shape , and there should be no trouble . |
| 19 | It must be greater than unity unless all the molecules are of equal length , as is easily seen . |
| 20 | The Teleuts needed Russian trade and agricultural products and the Russians were in desperate need of leather goods , cattle , horses and women . |
| 21 | Where the groups are of similar social and economic level with no particular dislike for each other , the supplanting of one group by another usually involves only a minimum of friction . |
| 22 | ‘ The majors were like lumbering giants , ’ Jay explains . |
| 23 | The tapestries were in good repair and intact , so too were the pictures and the collection of Bow . |
| 24 | Note that the average is surprisingly low for the year 1300 ( at the top of the graph ) ; but in this year we know of complaints from the king that the dies were of poor quality and made of soft metal |
| 25 | The cast had one or two teeth missing from extractions and Some fillings , but on the whole the teeth were in good condition . " |
| 26 | Many of the requests are for practical , technical and vocational literature for all levels , from secondary schooling upwards . |
| 27 | The house used by the kidnappers was of particular interest . |
| 28 | She could have told her guest that the midges were like little piranhas of the air ; but she had n't , and now Betty had found out for herself . |
| 29 | The distance is not too great but the roads are of questionable quality . |
| 30 | With regards to John 's regular locomotive , the nameplates are of special interest . |