Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] are [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JAR advised that mechanical stages for the M15 microscopes are currently held and are available for use . |
| 2 | Following the reorganisation , the Asia/Pacific region 's headquarters are now established and fully operational in Singapore . |
| 3 | People 's pets are better fed than some old age pensioners . |
| 4 | Properly done , this prevents the ferret from opening its mouth , but care must be taken to make sure that the animal 's whiskers are neither disturbed nor disarranged . |
| 5 | Parts of Corfu 's coast are heavily commercialised but there is an absence of high-rise development . |
| 6 | Indeed , the editors of this book argue that men in retirement are often viewed as potential social problems while women 's experiences are either ignored or given less significance . |
| 7 | These days , most women 's lives are so varied that no single scent will take us from gym to office , from desk to dinner — let alone dawn till dusk . |
| 8 | The trouble is , men 's emotions are generally misunderstood because they do n't talk openly about their feelings . |
| 9 | People 's needs are virtually ignored and conditions of work are so arranged that people can not interfere to any significant extent . |
| 10 | Freud 's ideas are often rejected as being Lamarckian , and therefore wrong , and Darwin is , is often opposed to this , as being right . |
| 11 | Chramn 's actions are best interpreted as those of a prince determined to have some share in the Merovingian kingdom : effectively he was creating a new kingdom in his father 's lifetime . |
| 12 | The perch 's efforts are often disrupted though , by an invasion he is powerless to repel — mass spawning schools of up to 20 minnows Pungtungia herzi can descend on his territory , lay their eggs alongside his , and then depart . |
| 13 | David Hudson and Katharine 's father are both hoping that she 'll get the opportunity for a quiet word in the Prime Ministerial ear . |
| 14 | Their visibility or otherwise , the ways in which they are coded , policed , censored , constructed , praised or punished , the ways in which and levels at which they are represented as engaging with the viewer , and the contexts in which women 's bodies are placed in images and how images of women 's bodies are then distributed and consumed — all this adds up to a subtle politics of the representation of women 's bodies . |
| 15 | Perfectly located on Nathan Road in Kowloon and within a short walking distance of the Star Ferry and Mass Transit Railway , the Imperial 's rooms are simply furnished and rather small . |
| 16 | Five national opinion polls in tomorrow 's newspapers are keenly awaited after a survey in London showed Labour 's lead slipping a couple of points . |
| 17 | Viewed overall , only half the minister 's members are now regarded as experienced in the park purposes they are appointed to present . |
| 18 | As a result , women 's issues are often seen as irrelevant , or at best of low priority , and yet tacking women 's needs is central to improving the status of the most deprived — most of whom are women . |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman 's points are well made and I am sure that he will draw them to the attention of the chief constable . |
| 20 | If it is dismissed , the Panel 's findings are normally published and its sanctions implemented ( having been held in abeyance in the interim ) , subject to comments from the Appeal Committee . |
| 21 | Thus , as the world 's oceans are unevenly heated and cooled — more in some places than others , more at some times than others — so it tends to shift . |
| 22 | Charlotte 's family are absolutely overwhelmed when they hear news of the marriage while Elizabeth is shocked by the news and believes that Charlotte will never be happy with Mr. Collins . |
| 23 | The families of mass murderer Allitt 's victims are also demanding that any inquiry be held in public . |
| 24 | This happens in Giselle where Hilarion 's suspicions of Albrecht 's identity are already aroused before Albrecht meets Giselle . |
| 25 | Role ambiguity occurs when others ' expectations are badly signalled or received and remain unclear . |
| 26 | First , the length of the recession means many domestic companies ' margins are already compressed and cost increases are now more likely to be passed on . |
| 27 | Unlike a winding-up , the board of directors does not become functus officio on the appointment of a receiver but the directors ' powers are substantially superseded since they can not act so as to interfere with the discharge by the receiver of his responsibilities and accordingly their powers are suspended ‘ so far as is requisite to enable a receiver to discharge his functions . ’ |
| 28 | Nearly all of Dickens ' characters are fully developed and are all there to show Pip 's development . |
| 29 | The TECs ' chairmen are already warning that budget cuts are forcing them to concentrate on alleviating the worst excesses of the training shortage , rather than on instigating innovative schemes . |
| 30 | However , the results of the detailed evaluation of the 30 km/h approach are still awaited and may yet result in further shifting of priorities and strategies . |