Example sentences of "individuals [is] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study of the mechanisms responsible for group structure at any one time thus requires a through-time or ‘ diachronic ’ perspective if the functional role of these mechanisms in relation to the overall reproductive strategies of individuals is to be perceived . |
| 2 | The overall cost of the project over the ten years it will run is estimated to be in the region of £1.9 million , and an appeal for sponsorship by commercial sources and private individuals is to be launched early in 1993 . |
| 3 | This legislation is given legal effect upon subjects by virtue of judicial decision , and it is the function of the courts to say what the application of the words used to particular cases or individuals is to be . |
| 4 | Likewise within any one human society , there are always very complex regulations , partly explicit , partly implicit , about the precise circumstances in which a sexual relationship between two individuals is to be deemed proper or improper , and this again serves to distinguish social categories : close relatives from distant relatives , wives from sisters , lords from commoners . |
| 5 | The total of non-recyclable waste produced by industry and individuals is to be reduced from its present level of 20 million tonnes to 12 million tonnes by 2000 . |