Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of some of the objects crafted is difficult to understand because many of the finest had a religious significance . |
| 2 | The tribunal will also have considerable discretion in deciding whether or not the reasons given are adequate . |
| 3 | If the reasons given were genuine and clear , it would be easy for unscrupulous shoppers ( in a later application ) to apply in terms which avoided the pitfall . |
| 4 | First , the earliest investment projects undertaken are likely to be the most profitable , i.e. offering the highest expected yearly returns ( R ) , and therefore having the highest marginal efficiencies of investment ( i ) . |
| 5 | What these cities shared was fast growth and great prosperity in the second half of the nineteenth century , leading to extremes of poverty and wealth and the establishment of a large number of hospitals , either as a result of private philanthropy or of government intervention . |
| 6 | The effects of exposure to light are difficult to accelerate in the laboratory . |
| 7 | Records will be read into primary storage , their keys will be transformed by the algorithm being used , and if the address the algorithm produces is free they will be stored in that address on the direct access device . |
| 8 | Is not the most significant point about that list the fact that all the authorities listed are Labour controlled ? |
| 9 | The decision of an inferior tribunal with a limited jurisdiction and a limited function to perform is capable of creating an estoppel for all purposes , subject to the principles that it can not conclusively determine the limits of its own jurisdiction and that a public official can not be debarred from performing his statutory duty . |
| 10 | He has also continued to write , producing one work of fiction , Haroun and the Sea of Stories , and a collection of essays and other pieces , Imaginary Homelands , which Michael Foot argued are fit to stand alongside some of the very best work in defence of the artist 's right to free expression . |
| 11 | During its course Borrow was instrumental in saving at least one man from drowning and , as a result , was mentioned in the Plymouth press . |
| 12 | Decin has been lucky in its democratically elected mayor , Zdenek Kropacek , chosen after the the triumph of the autumn 1989 Velvet Revolution . |
| 13 | Well I think now , in general in in Scotland th the the the drinking license has been different er Hogmanay does not exist as such because |
| 14 | Rubella ( German measles ) can cause devastating damage to the fetus in early pregnancy and girls who have not had an attack of this disease by the age of puberty are offered immunisation against this virus so that any baby conceived would be protected , although this should soon be rare in the UK because from 1988 , MMR ( measles , mumps , rubella ) protection has been available to all infants . |
| 15 | There are many other examples in which this type of protection has been effective . |
| 16 | The economic effect of the invasion on ordinary Panamanians has been disastrous . |
| 17 | Although this is an edited multi-author volume , the text has been typeset and is of high quality . |
| 18 | The survey reveals that 7 per cent of ancient woodland has been clear felled , mostly for agriculture , and that a further 38 per cent has been replanted with conifers . |
| 19 | In the areas most closely concerned with the inner city , opposition from local authorities has been crucial . |
| 20 | Controlling current spending by local authorities has been central government 's major headache ever since it decided in 1961 that local government expenditure was part of public expenditure and therefore should be controlled by the Treasury . |
| 21 | The traditional public finance approach to intergovernmental grants ( or grants-in-aid ) which flow from central ( or federal ) government to local ( or state ) authorities has been concerned with the question of what form the grant should take . |
| 22 | Thorez noted : Nizan has been satisfied to play in real life the wretched part of Pluvinage , the police spy he brings into his latest novel . |
| 23 | So our support has been subject to redefined guidelines , as you 'd expect from any efficient organisation . |
| 24 | In some cases extra support has been unnecessary . |
| 25 | The goodwill and support has been overwhelming , and we thank everyone who has written or faxed and especially those who have donated money or who are involved in fundraising activities . |
| 26 | McLaren boss Teddy Mayer as much as admitted at the end of 1975 that he thought Emerson wanted to move — or that he was in personal trouble of one kind and another — but the official news reached Hunt before it got to the team , and got to Hunt through Domingos Piedade , an eccentric figure close to the cheerful groupie Googie Zanon , a wealthy ( textiles ) Italian aristocrat whose support has been crucial to many drivers at critical points in their career , then ‘ manager ’ to Emerson and now to Ayrton Senna — a fringe career from which Domingos , hugely personable , but also often more a talker than a doer , has made a more than reasonable living . |
| 27 | Your letters , on every subject under the sun from houses to hypnosis , dogs to duchesses , soufflés to suburbia have kept us all informed and entertained , and your support has been fantastic . |
| 28 | In some cities , the decline in support has been dramatic . |
| 29 | Although the reduction in coca growing in this part of Bolivia has been significant , drug dealers in the Andes have the same easy access to coca today as they had five years ago . |
| 30 | Long hair has been spiral permed and diffuser dried for this look |