Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [vb mod] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout human history , disabled people have constantly confounded the low expectations of others , and how much better it would be for special educators to raise the expectations of disabled children and their families by giving them an understanding of this , by helping them to accept their disabled identities with pride , by helping them to understand their place in the world and their rights as well as giving them the practical skills to deal with these issues . |
| 2 | We knew that the districts under study were fairly advanced in the adoption of the care programme approach , and we wanted to find out how representative they might be of other authorities , so we studied the mental health chapters of community care plans to supplement our information . |
| 3 | Unwieldy it may be in certain respects , but it is surely better for a model of meaning destined to serve a descriptive as opposed to a theoretical study to err on the side of generosity of scope , rather than on the side of austerity . |
| 4 | That way at least you can be certain it 'd be over quick . ’ |
| 5 | But it would be stretching the meaning of citizenship to regard these rights — however desirable they may be from other points of view — as forming part of an enlarged ‘ citizenship ’ . |