Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun] are [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the north , where Poitou borders on the Vendee , shapely clumps of trees are almost the only punctuation marks on widespreading marshy landscapes ; to the south it bubbles with little rolling hills . |
| 2 | When the direct collection of primary data is used in marketing research , the methods of survey ( interview , questionnaire , observation ) and the methods of sampling are broadly the same as for any ‘ domestic ’ marketing research exercise . |
| 3 | When rubbish pits are excavated , sherds of pottery and fragments of bone are frequently the only visible remains , because much of the refuse put into pits was the remnants of food preparation which have since decayed . |
| 4 | The Houses of Parliament are also the final arbiters of the tenure of office of judges of the Supreme Court . |
| 5 | These five groups of cases are perhaps the most important . |
| 6 | The courts of law are undoubtedly the chief repository of the judicial power notwithstanding that they no longer exercise a monopoly in this respect . |
| 7 | For all that these strategies can cause irritation , though , their value lies in the implication — a world away from the commonsense views of Miller and Swift — that the surface meanings of words are only the tip of a massive iceberg . |
| 8 | It appears from this case ( see also Long v Lloyd [ 1958 ] 1 WLR 753 ) that the rules of acceptance are substantially the same as those applicable in cases of breach of condition ( see Chapter 9 ) . |
| 9 | This is sometimes said of Buddhism , but it would be more accurate to say that the question of God 's existence is a debate within Buddhism itself , and that the different forms of Buddhism are partially the product of different answers to the question of God 's existence . |
| 10 | For dessert , pieces of fruit are generally the best option . |
| 11 | The gigantic Tertiary boulder beds of Ecuador are perhaps the best-known example . |
| 12 | As you can see , he 's much greyer than she is , which is rare — both sexes of tawnies are usually the same colour . |
| 13 | What is the lesson of all this , according to Richard Newstat the lesson is that techniques of persuasion are really the essential armoury of any president , any president who wishes to be successful . |
| 14 | Mid-water regions of oceans are always the hardest to explore and model ; very little is known of this region of arctic waters . |
| 15 | The benchers of the Inns of Court are only the agents of the judges in calling to the Bar . |
| 16 | Indeed , this would be nothing new , since many tests devised by university departments of education are already the subject of research and development . |
| 17 | Similarly , a blind physiotherapist said : ‘ The frustrations of disability are much the same inasmuch as it is a physical limitation on your life and you think ‘ if only ’ … |
| 18 | Differences of opinion are often the most difficult problem to resolve . |
| 19 | The most common causes of infection are either the use of endoscopic equipment contaminated with nosocomial pathogens or spread of host derived bacteria after instrumentation of an obstructed biliary tree . |
| 20 | Sir : The North-east publishers of Viz are nearer the truth than they realise with their soccer strip ( 29 September ) . |
| 21 | The canals of England are mainly the creation of the last forty years of the eighteenth century and the first quarter of the nineteenth , and they introduced a number of distinctive changes into the landscape . |
| 22 | The lowest deposits of peat are also the most acid and so least valuable to the farmer . |
| 23 | The collective chanting of slogans and songs , the taking of ends and the solidaristic expressions of violence are merely the ‘ old ways ’ manifested in an unrestrained and more spectacular form . |
| 24 | The fundamentals of construction are basically the same , however , and before discussing the two methods of weaving in detail , it is important to clarify some universal weaving terms . |
| 25 | The puzzle is fascinating and very probably irresolvable ; but anthropologists need to remember that the roots of morality are also the roots of prejudice and intolerance . |
| 26 | Inspector Blakelock , he 's the Assistant Police Liaison Officer , told me that every human being has a unique fingerprint and no two types of blood are exactly the same . |