Example sentences of "[be] [conj] [adj] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conventional wisdom has been that those who left the countryside were the energetic and the intelligent , leaving only a residue of the old and the inert , but we also ought to note that the urban view has often been the exact opposite : that the towns have received the rural dregs — the drifters , the shiftless , the work-shy , the unattached flotsam of agricultural change . |
| 2 | The reason may be that all who knew the deceased are thus reminded of him and are invited to pray for his repose ( through St Theresa or otherwise ) . |
| 3 | The situation seems to be that those who want a car like J7 HPC will pay , within reason , what it takes to get a good one from a source they can trust . |
| 4 | The simple answer is that each one uses a different method of sending the final design to the knitting machine itself and this affects the way in which the fabric is actually created . |
| 5 | Here the general principle is that those who receive the largest amount of money overall receive it at the least frequent intervals and rank highest in the hierarchy of power . |
| 6 | For all we know , they may have been our allies two years ago … the only important fact to have emerged from the inquiry is that those who know the truth will never willingly give evidence … |
| 7 | A distinguishing feature is that those who provide the service are often the ones who sell that service . |
| 8 | The other important but less visible change is that those who operate the robots and computers are part-time women workers . |
| 9 | And yet , he wrote , the wonder is that this nothing holds the elements together . |
| 10 | From society 's point of view the only question is whether those who had the benefit of these excellent libraries in the forces will have the same access to books when they leave . |