Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [is] [adv] [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group obtains film and photographic evidence of problem areas that is then used to press for changes in legislation . |
| 2 | As he explains , ‘ where the resulting self-definition , for personal or collective reasons , becomes too difficult , a sense of role confusion results : the young person counterpoints rather than synthesises his sexual , ethnic , occupational and typological alternatives and is often driven to decide definitely and totally for one side or the other . ’ |
| 3 | His proud mother , Rita Coyne , said : ‘ He has struggled for two and a half years and is now determined to live life to the full . ’ |
| 4 | This not only helps to prevent heart attacks but is also used to aid the recovery of those who have already suffered them . |
| 5 | He missed the second half of last season after undergoing the latest in a series of knee operations but is now determined to improve on only 12 first-class wickets . |
| 6 | Don Charlwood survived 30 ops and is well qualified to bring their stories together . |
| 7 | GORDON WATSON has emerged from the Hillsborough shadows and is now poised to spearhead Sheffield Wednesday 's UEFA Cup assault on Kaiserslautern tonight . |
| 8 | ( Indeed , not only did Beccaria use the concept of utility , but Bentham himself acknowledged his intellectual debt to Beccaria in the most fulsome terms and is even believed to have first encountered the phrase ‘ the greatest happiness of the greatest number ’ in Beccaria 's master work : see Beccaria , 1963 : x-xi , 9 . ) |
| 9 | The state ( otherwise often referred to as ‘ the regime ’ ) is the most inclusive of the terms and is usually understood to embrace all the main institutions of the political system , including the judiciary , police and the military ( see chapters 18 and 19 ) . |
| 10 | He then has more chance of meeting females and is better equipped to overpower them in mating fights . |
| 11 | Only one is commonly noticed , the silverfish that glides smoothly across cellar floors or is occasionally discovered making a meal of the dried glue in the bindings of books . |