Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [conj] [pron] [vb base] the " 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 One of the beauties of Springs is that you dictate the pace .
3 Have you noticed how well-prepared some individuals are when they answer the phone and how others are ill-prepared , as though they never receive calls ?
4 An essential feature of general SVQs is that they preserve the main characteristics of occupational SVQs .
5 The point of new methods with new messages is that they convey the sense of a new order ( or at least the decline of the old one ) .
6 The advantage to lenders is that they reduce the risk of delinquent accounts by having access to data from a variety of sources .
7 The common fault of children 's stories is that they grab the attention with some device , amuse thoroughly , but end up answering no questions .
8 ‘ Sure they miss the money , but one of the most important things is that they miss the buzz .
9 Now , to illustrate the difference between sort of causation , one of my favourites is if you take the number of new born babies in Holland and you take the number of storks , they 're found to significantly correlate .
10 The problem with ‘ infant industry ’ and other import controls is that they protect the domestic producer , whether foreign or local .
11 As we shall see in a moment , one significance of the parallel markets is that they make the Bank 's monetary control operations , at least in principle , more difficult and they do this in at least two ways .
12 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 ’ .
13 The merit of separate qualified defences is that they focus the evidence and the legal argument , giving the jury ( in contested cases ) an opportunity to assess the defence , and giving the judge fairly precise guidance on the basis for sentencing : this might be thought to ensure that each defendant is dealt with more fairly , but the risk of confusing the jury in a contested case might tend to erode that protection .
14 A necessary ( but not sufficient ) condition for performance improvements is that they force the manager to lower costs .
15 A weakness of many low-cost colour inkjets is that they use the colour cartridge to produce black by applying 100 per cent cyan , magenta and yellow .
16 From the water companies ' point of view , the advantage of indirect systems is that they reduce the effects on the mains of heavy demand ( first thing in the morning , for example ) and that they keep most of the householder 's water system separate from the mains supply .
17 One of the main requirements of the analysts is that they view the organisation in a fresh and open way .
18 And the central point about localities is that they provide the context in which these combinations of social processes take place and in which people act as a result of such combinations .
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