Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] be [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Euro-dollar demand deposits or accounts are seldom used or available as the balances of such accounts would be volatile and the costs incurred in such a service would reduce the overall efficiency and competitiveness of the euro-dollar market . |
| 2 | If the materially minded evolutionists were right and mind patterns whether in humans or animals are genetically transmitted as nothing more than expressions of biochemistry , then why do dogs still retain the same instincts as the wolf ? |
| 3 | Guests stay in either the main building ( with lift ) , where bedrooms are traditionally furnished and have a balcony , or in the newly renovated , more modern , villa annexe ( nearer the road ) . |
| 4 | The question of the origin of the designer or designers is much canvassed but does not seem to me , in the present state of our knowledge , susceptible of even provisional or doubtful answers . |
| 5 | The original offence or offences are then considered as ‘ spent ’ . |
| 6 | Compensating deposits or balances are usually demanded as collateral before loans are allocated and this is one reason why corporate savings are also higher in Japan . |
| 7 | Vegetable lasagne or cannelloni are sometimes offered and would do especially well as a main course choice . |
| 8 | EXCEPT where rocks are heavily cracked or fissured , it usually takes many years for water to find its way down through the soil and the unsaturated zone to the saturated zone of an aquifer . |
| 9 | Entering and leaving conversation , bidding for a longer turn , refusing without appearing rude , changing the topic , are all notoriously difficult for foreign learners : tasks for which the language classroom , where turns are patiently organized and controlled by the teacher , has hardly prepared them . |
| 10 | Throughout the debate it was evident that opinions were fervently held and eloquently expressed . |
| 11 | To the extent that policies are widely publicized and are regarded as credible by agents , the grafting on of the rational expectations hypothesis simply speeds up the process of adjustment to a lower rate of inflation . |
| 12 | A light came on whenever a subject paused for longer than 600 milliseconds , although subjects were merely told that the light indicated when their story-telling was poor . |
| 13 | Our product support team can also ensure that microscopes are properly installed and the user fully familiarised with its operation . |
| 14 | Differences on European defence policy [ see pp. 37931 ; 38022 ; 38155 ; 38216 ; 38295 ; 38313 ] emerged over Franco-German plans for a European force based in Strasbourg [ see p. 38554 ] , although responses were sufficiently guarded as to suggest a reluctance to revive transatlantic splits in NATO . |
| 15 | It is interesting to me that periods are never seen as important . |
| 16 | The new Charities legislation will ensure that charities are better managed and properly regulated . |
| 17 | It 's a sad fact that machines are better maintained than bodies . |
| 18 | ( Press complaints over the handling of news from islands said that despatches were stupidly censored and when journalists headed their stories ‘ censored ’ , the word ‘ censored ’ was censored . ) |
| 19 | We are lobbying hard both here and in Europe to ensure that directives are fully implemented but any revisions to existing directives do not weaken their impact |
| 20 | I sometimes believe that motorcyclists are often overlooked so it 's good to see us being taken care of in this manner . |
| 21 | That Parliament relied on the Ministerial statements is shown by the fact that the matter was never raised again after the discussions in Committee , that amendments were consequentially withdrawn and that no relevant amendment was made which could affect the correctness of the minister 's statement . |
| 22 | Current research suggests that integrins are similarly located and may therefore provide a physical link between matrix and the cytoskeleton . |
| 23 | All I mean is that brides are always described as beautiful . ’ |
| 24 | By the end of the 1970S the additions to the housing stock had been so considerable that arguments were increasingly heard that Britain had enough houses . |
| 25 | Even those who , like Julie and Felicity , were tolerant of the arts , were clearly aware that sciences were generally perceived as superior ; Julie , for example , noted that ‘ arts subjects do that just as well ’ , while Felicity went on |
| 26 | The purchase and sale of the land was carried out at fixed 1945 prices at a time of rampant inflation , which meant that landlords were virtually expropriated and farmers were able to pay off the purchase price and own their land outright in a year or two . |
| 27 | Its remuneration in the form of wages may not be very high , but does offer a measure of security , in that wages are contractually established and regulated under existing labour laws , which means that in theory they can not be arbitrarily withdrawn or altered . |
| 28 | The victim was so distressed that Police were only alerted when he was treated in Northampton General hospital four days later for his injuries . |
| 29 | The victim was so distressed that Police were only alerted when he was treated in Northampton General hospital four days later for his injuries . |
| 30 | Thirteenth-century reformers expended much energy and ingenuity trying to ensure that parishes were properly served and that the souls of parishioners were not exposed to perdition by the negligence and greed of pluralist incumbents . |