Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun pl] is [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are that the system of representative democracy gives authority to the legislature to make law , and that the power conferred upon all administrative or public bodies is legitimate as it is derived from the legislature . |
| 2 | What had been happening financially over the last five or six years is unclear but in 1932 the situation was regarded as ‘ serious ’ and it was to continue so ( as with other Clubs in the Depression ) until the late 1930's . |
| 3 | To speak today of the defence of democracy as if we were defending something which we knew and had possessed for many decades or many centuries is self-deception and sham … |
| 4 | Code switching is a common type of behaviour among bilinguals in many communities where the use of two or more languages is widespread and stable . |
| 5 | Three or four minutes is all that we 're going to ask you to do each time . |
| 6 | Its flickering epidemic relish at the expense of clerks and governesses and expectant mothers is wilder than irresponsibility and more furious than Saturnalian record . |
| 7 | The scope for the collector of autograph letters , manuscripts and historical documents is enormous and offers opportunities for even the most modest purse . |
| 8 | Indeed , the pattern of research work in the humanities and social sciences is such that perhaps the only generalisation which can be made is that no article or book is written using only the resources of one library , still less the home library of a researcher 's institution . |
| 9 | It is as though the promise of sun and warm winds is better than their realisation . |
| 10 | A careful monitoring of clients ' background characteristics , experiences and longer-term situations is possible and should be part of every professional 's brief . |
| 11 | Giving students skills , information and conceptual abstractions is worthwhile but only if it is usable in the various circumstances of their future lives . |
| 12 | However , despite the costs involved , a proliferation of institutions offering differing conceptual and functional approaches is necessary if the full creativity of rural people is to be liberated . |
| 13 | Complementarity in the distributional changes of contiguous marine and terrestrial animals is recognisable when one group exhibits convergence and the other divergence ( Fig. 18.4 ) . |
| 14 | The gap between rich and poor countries is smaller than is generally thought |
| 15 | If the relationship between formal and informal sectors is purposeful and dynamic , these ‘ maps ’ will be rather untidy and always changing . |