Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [be] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 And the political assessment was that there would be another round of talks in the summer .
2 The implications of this accelerated diffusion of technology and rapid translation into innovative products are that companies have very little time to rest on the strength of any one currently successful product .
3 One of the greatest things about the beauty of a Journey through Spain 's rich heritage is that it can start from almost anywhere .
4 On the contrary , it only proved how deep rooted racism was and how successful the New Right had been in discrediting these initiatives .
5 The result of both explicit and covert discrimination was that boys were far more likely to succeed at public examinations and to enter higher and further education ( Wilkin , 1982 ) .
6 A strange finding was that the rate was the same for all the ‘ mixed ’ molecules , regardless of what ‘ unusual ’ oxygen isotope they were composed of .
7 Once the modules in the package are in this state , the only difference noticed by users carrying out normal operations is that should one or more such modules be required in a transfer of a package out of LIFESPAN , the transfer takes longer than usual , since these modules must first be brought back online .
8 An important study of muscular effort and air-pressure in stressed syllables is that reported in Ladefoged ( 1967 ) , pp. 1–49 .
9 A drawback of this fire-setting technique is that it was liable to impair the value of the product by cracking it .
10 And if Mrs Williams — and how very grateful Morse was that she 'd agreed to his earlier telephone request to be present ! — if Mrs Williams could possibly think of some diversion … some talk , some walk .
11 Another strong link is that the areas of inefficiency and non-collection are the very areas where the Conservatives have been scoring the most remarkable by-election victories in terms of council seats .
12 Ormerod 's working hypothesis is that the parasites migrate there to avoid the host 's immune response , which can not recognise foreign invaders that have crossed the blood-brain barrier .
13 Examples of these unwritten rules are that parents should play with their children , or that one should respond in the appropriate manner to a ‘ good morning ’ greeting .
14 A consequence of this unquestioning enthusiasm is that the implications of change have not been thought through , and may yet have a sting or two in the tail .
15 The professional assessment is that the Mitre ball is heavier when it flies through the air and therefore lends itself to greater accuracy .
16 The second reason why God does not give up on you as a hopeless case is because he can see the future .
17 The Home Secretary 's private views were that if this Quinn fellow could recover Simon Cormack alone , well and good .
18 The only technical difficulty is that it 's difficult in a family where there 's two children perhaps one 's well off and can pay , and the other ca n't , so you you 've got technical problems there .
19 Dalgliesh 's private verdict was that it was technically brilliant , but overwrought and painted , he felt , in hatred .
20 The problem with New Right Conservatism is that it has to claim to be reducing the influence of the State in the field of welfare , health , income support and education , but has to maintain the strong State in the arena of law and order .
21 The most striking finding is that individuals which most frequently gave aid are those which most frequently receive it .
22 Our most striking finding was that Asians differed consistently from Blacks , and this emphasises the need to consider these two racial groups separately .
23 The most striking finding was that more than three-quarters of the vacant land was owned by Liverpool City Council , being reserved chiefly for housing , highways , open spaces and schools .
24 One surviving base is that from North Luffenham , made of a circular piece of wood cut with the grain , 0.2 cm thick , slotted into a groove at the bottom of the staves ; such a method of fixing is common .
25 If difficulty is encountered , the normal result is that the input is disrupted in various ways .
26 Secondly , unlike the definition in ( 8 ) , it does not make the distinction between semantics and pragmatics along the encoded/unencoded line ; this is important because , as we shall see , there is still controversy over whether such pragmatic implications as presuppositions or illocutionary force are or are not encoded or grammaticalized in linguistic forms .
27 The first merit of P. N. Furbank 's admirable biography is that it should revive interest in Diderot .
28 But the other thing that you have to er be erm very clear about is er on on the monetary side is if there are two signatories to the cheque , right ? both of them need to have signed it .
29 The principal characteristics of tripartite schools are as follows :
30 Growing disenchantment with economic arguments based essentially on the continuous maximisation of consumption , together with disaffection from the vogue for central planning and large scale social and economic units are but two aspects of a complex situation .
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