Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [is] [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 | What the Russians want is technical help and equipment , now our own industry is in decline er yes , particularly in machine tool industry , and I think the first thing we should do is to go over there and see what it is they actually needed , what they actually need right now , er one of your previous er correspondence , er speaker turned round and said well they 've got half finished buildings and things like that , I mean er , people have got to be put to work because people in co-ordinate employment is the only source of real wealth , but the market economy is n't interested in promoting real wealth , I mean it 's only interested in what it can get out of an economy not what it gives . |
| 3 | Nowadays we associate this system with some specific services , but with some adaptations franchising is possible for industries as well . |
| 4 | The variations in papal power and support are so crucial to an understanding of Barbarossa 's reign that the summary of papal allegiances included is worthy of study and is useful in following the complex developments . |
| 5 | ‘ Anyone who is concerned that environmental issues are not getting sufficient hearing in the campaign and wants to know where the main candidates stand is welcome to attend . ’ |
| 6 | The P-postlabelling assay suffers from the drawback that the nature and origins of the adducts detected is unknown . |
| 7 | This illusion of realism can be the result either of the text 's conformity to the rules of the genre ( which Todorov associates with classicism ) or with ‘ what readers believe is true ’ ( which he associates with naturalism ) . |
| 8 | Any deal to keep the US shops running is likely to involve their being run on a licence or franchise basis . |
| 9 | Colonoscopy , using these estimates , yields a sizable number of adenomatous polyps ; however , the point at which the potential benefits of intensive screening by endoscopic or radiological methods is outweighed by the risks involved is difficult to determine . |
| 10 | That Shelford has a few doubters to disprove is cold comfort to Cardiff , who have had an unconvincing start to the season and whose main hope is to catch the tourists either cold or rusty after a lay-off which for most has lasted all of a fortnight . |
| 11 | The fact that such apparently simple management methods work is astonishing to some parents . |
| 12 | The program 's task , given a diagram like that of Figure 2 , is to discover whether the arrangements of blocks depicted is stable , — if it is not — to predict the movements ( falling , sliding , motion ended by contact with another block ) and the final state of various blocks . |
| 13 | The acceptance of a contract which sets out detailed conditions of service , hours worked and parents met is unlikely to provide the flexibility that is required for schools to respond quickly , humanely and sympathetically to family needs . |
| 14 | Pam Royle , Tyne Tees presenter : ‘ My first reaction is that the two companies merged is good news in terms of what will be seen on the screen . |
| 15 | This society 's accounting policy on provisions is that ‘ provisions are made to reduce the value of loans and advances to the amount which the directors consider is likely to be ultimately received ’ . |
| 16 | The manufacturers recognised that the camcorders would not catch on unless they adopted a common format allowing video enthusiasts to record and play back tapes on different models of machine , The standard the companies agreed is flexible in that it leaves room for technical developments before the camcorders go on sale , but is tight enough to ensure that all camcorders will eventually be compatible . |
| 17 | ‘ Once the production opened and the showed the allegations were totally groundless we are left with a production that parents know is suitable for children and no one can take that publicity away . ’ |
| 18 | Inspection of graph ( b ) shows that with a given money supply of £50 million , equilibrium is achieved when the transactions demand is equal to £30 million . |
| 19 | This is a level which the directors believe is sustainable and which will allow room for growth in the future as the underlying profitability of the Group recovers . |
| 20 | It was included in small amounts in tonics as a stimulant , a practice that all modern pharmacology texts agree is useless and possibly dangerous . |
| 21 | Moreover , the contribution of developing countries to research is considerable and seldom mentioned . |
| 22 | It is possible so to violate the state of marriage , specifically by adultery , that in those circumstances divorce is conceivable and permissible . |
| 23 | What small companies need is relevant advice |
| 24 | All is not lost for the Albion works , as it supplies axles to DAF 's Belgian factory at Westerlo , which will continue in operation . |
| 25 | Contemporaries in sport and coaches exert the main influences and the family 's role in the sports process is redundant . |
| 26 | And , as I have pointed out , its part in the sports process is non-existent — unless it acts as a deterrent . |
| 27 | That he would have done much more is years to come is certain ; yet the quality and the richness of what he left behind him make it equally certain that this very patient man , who to achieve his ends knew how to take his time , never wasted a minute of his life . |
| 28 | Sports coach is new envoy for Russians |
| 29 | Watching plants grow is fun . |
| 30 | Ms Cornell could not say how long the approvals process is likely to take . |