Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [be] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We tend to think of light as being in some way ‘ different ’ from the other forms of radiation , but this is misleading . |
| 2 | Analysing the relationship may — and will - be a painful process but it is also one of healing , for if you can admit to yourself that the relationship was not perfect and was in many ways extremely frustrating , then the sense of loss and abandonment will no longer be as painful . |
| 3 | The very old and the young have a weaker mind than those in their prime and are for this reason more vulnerable to spirit attack . |
| 4 | Breaking sharply with some of the dominant ideas of traditional labour movement socialism — but not with the necessity of having class politics — the conference leaflet stated that Women for Socialism ‘ aims to create a socialism intrinsically feminist that is for all women including Black women , lesbians and differently abed women … developing an anti-racist , anti-imperialist feminist perspective which is inseparable from the struggle for socialism ’ . |
| 5 | It would be arrogant and is in any case unnecessary , to imply that the study of language is unique in that respect . |