Example sentences of "[be] [conj] [pron] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantages of films , video-tapes and MEDIATRON programmes are that they allow the careful preparation of material which is recorded and so can be used many times . |
| 2 | The only possible explanation of this radiation , which corresponds to a temperature of about 3K ( 3 C° above the absolute zero of cold ) , seemed to be that it represented the residual energy left over from the Big Bang . |
| 3 | The matter was first drawn to our attention as far back as 1974 when the nuclear industry inspectorate 's chief inspector said this about the consequences of developing reprocessing in the United Kingdom : ’ The price for Britain of building lucrative business world-wide in nuclear fuel services could be that it becomes the dumping place for the world 's nuclear waste . ’ |
| 4 | If you get a correlation between two variables it may be because one causes the other , or directly influences it , or it may be that it 's just cha it 's just a chance fluctuation and the two have occurred together , or it may be a combination of the two . |
| 5 | How much further would it be before she reached the main road ? |
| 6 | They represent enemy ships sunk by torpedoes , and the crossed guns on the left means they 've been in a surface action — that 'd be when they got the German destroyer — and the dagger below is a special operation . ’ |
| 7 | They are more or less in the position that teachers will be when they receive the published item . |
| 8 | Not only do a greater proportion of phone boxes work , but there are more boxes today than there were before we introduced the privatised control system . |
| 9 | A good answer is that we regard the causal circumstance as leaving no room for any other eventuality than the effect . |
| 10 | In this process the danger is that we destroy the inner reality of that which we appear to be preserving . |
| 11 | One of the great pleasures of the north-east is that we attract the second-largest amount of outside investment after Wales . |
| 12 | You know , you can grow bananas in Scotland if you want , the reason why you can do that is that we have the technological know-how in order to do that . |
| 13 | A feature of all these quotes is that they conflate the social and the personal ; Vicky , for example , argues that the arts are ‘ a waste of taxpayers ’ money' and then says ‘ I could n't motivate myself to do it ’ . |
| 14 | The problem with ‘ infant industry ’ and other import controls is that they protect the domestic producer , whether foreign or local . |
| 15 | SVQs are nationally recognised awards ; their particular feature is that they incorporate the occupational standards defined by industry Lead Bodies . |
| 16 | An essential feature of general SVQs is that they preserve the main characteristics of occupational SVQs . |
| 17 | We remember the dazzling tries of Gareth Edwards , Gerald Davies and the rest but what tends to be forgotten is that they needed the Welsh forwards to pulverise their opponents into submission first . |
| 18 | Marx 's main quarrel with writers such as Maine is that they see the communal aspect of the descent group as growing out of the expansion of the family . |
| 19 | The idea is that they feed the other side with what appears to be genuine material so as to establish their credibility and then the other side asks them to do things for them on their own home ground . |
| 20 | The only drawback to both the studies , by Fothergill and Gudgin , and Frost and Spence , is that they predate the economic recession of the 1980s and the reduction in public sector employment pursued by the Conservative government since 1979 . |
| 21 | ‘ Another thing I admired about young lads like Ken Logan , Gregor Townsend and Peter Wright is that they have the right attitude , a little bit of cockiness . |
| 22 | If you move straight from chapter 5 to chapter 8 you will get a stark contrast between two theories of justification , and all you need to know for the moment is that I take the intervening chapters to provide a reason against any form of foundationalism . |
| 23 | ‘ All I can say is that I recognise the incredible enthusiasm that there is for this sport among a section of the listening public — especially Daily Telegraph readers . |
| 24 | The main assumption is that you observe the exact service interval ( say every 6000 miles ) and that all servicing is done then , even to the little things like oil and new headlamp bulbs , and big things like tyres , batteries , exhaust systems etc . |
| 25 | Again the problem there is that you get the hot coals , if it 's a solid fuel fire , er dropping off onto the hearth setting fire to the hearth rug . |
| 26 | I 'd , actually I think the problem is that you get the odd week er , and even the odd month , where things look better erm , but , but overall , then it slips again and er , overall erm , the end of February , there 's no sign that , that volume is increasing from the previous year . |
| 27 | What happens when you ‘ plate ’ is that you get the main yarn appearing on one side of the fabric and the plating yarn on the other side . |
| 28 | ‘ What I meant when I said you were an asset , Matt , is that you provide the sexual fillip which Cadogan 's would otherwise lack . ’ |
| 29 | The response of Dr P to communications , it will be remembered , is that it ignores the aesthetic , that it is so obsessed with ‘ ideological statements and political texts ’ that it can no longer make a distinction between good and bad . |
| 30 | The key value of this interpretation is that it separates the internal ( impairment ) and external ( Disability ) causes of disadvantage . |