Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [prep] [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our rent levels have always been in line in the case of tenants guidelines and I of course there were savings that about is insufficient in in in areas . |
| 2 | We seemed to wrap ourselves in coil after coil of finely spun logic , to raise our pedestal upon a mountain of phrases and formulas and to be unresponsive to the altered mood of those whose opinions we sought to change . |
| 3 | The English curriculum ought to help to overcome such snobbery by encouraging children to discuss their accents and to be proud of regional differences , but the task of overcoming arrogance about accents is formidable . |
| 4 | I want an inspectorate to have the ability to make comments and criticisms and to be free of direct government interference . |
| 5 | The species of the genus Atta and Acromyrmex cultivate ( possibly different strains of ) a basidiomycete fungus , Attamyces bromatificus , which allows them to overcome a wide range of plant defences and to be polyphagous in a diverse environment . |
| 6 | He can create overall rhythms and within them short phrase rhythms , but the basis of them all is that they exist in groups and by being efficient in action and appropriate to the context give pleasure to both the performer and the onlooker . ’ |
| 7 | CH 4 production is thought to be fairly constant in individuals and to be independent of diet . |
| 8 | The ability to assimilate information into concepts and to be aware of one 's own learning process and capacity for transferring skills and information is seen to be an integral part of the information skills work done within the Modern Studies curriculum and indeed , all information skills work within the school in connection with information retrieval through the library systems . |
| 9 | In this respect we have many things in common with them , but with our mental erm structure , our habits of being tradesmen created the Kuwaiti community to be adventurous , to be erm well co-ordinated with each other , to have erm ambitions and to be wise in the use of their resources . |
| 10 | What machinations might not his rivals — other MPs and would-be MPs in his constituency — engage in behind his back if he allowed himself to be so absorbed in parliamentary affairs as to be negligent in the continuous wooing of his voters ? |
| 11 | The police were not to be informed of any of these arrangements or to be involved in the payoff in any way . |
| 12 | The ability to use library catalogues , both subject and author , including the important ability to articulate one 's subject interest in specific terms and to be aware of possible synonyms and related subjects . |
| 13 | Variation seems to affect all languages and to be present at all levels , although some language types , such as Creoles with post-Creole continua , seem to display more variation than others . |
| 14 | It was recalled that when the Community Charge was introduced and differential rating for the rural areas of the borough ceased , to compensate the rural areas the Borough Council undertook to pay Parish Clerks ' salaries and to be responsible for the maintenance of playing fields . |
| 15 | These doctors have given up the notion of being specialists and of being involved in hospital medicine but the idea of coping with the medical problem is still a potent force in their ideologies . |
| 16 | Biocontrol reckons this to be much cheaper than current eye-tracking and visualisation systems and to be suitable for a host of applications ranging from medical research through computer games to lie detectors . |
| 17 | I expect her to preside over the abolition of wages councils and to be strong on industrial training . |
| 18 | Moralists are , by definition , inclined to deal in absolutes and to be uncomfortable with pragmatic accommodation , but political leadership in the United States requires bargaining skills and , ‘ calls for actions such as compromise , renunciation , face saving of oneself , which are morally ambiguous or even downright immoral to people with morally rigorous standards . |