Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of importance at this stage is whether the technique merits wider and detailed comparative trials or is to good that such trials are not justified on ethical considerations or is so good that patient pressure is such that carefully controlled trials can not be mounted ( phase III ) . |
| 2 | Erm when I say parties that 's probably not the right word because erm party indicates sort of food and games , we had concerts and we used to put on these concerts , the pupils used to put them on ourselves and our parents were invited to come and watch these concerts . |
| 3 | As twenty-three birthdays spread at random over 365 addresses can cause duplication , it is not surprising that no randomizing algorithm can avoid synonyms when packing thousands of records into a set of addresses that is only 10–20 per cent greater than the number of records ! |
| 4 | It is the symbolic violence of the teenager on the terraces , which spills over into the odd affray with visiting gangs that is more typical than the premeditated violence of disturbed or habitually aggressive individuals , who see football as a kind of arena for serious assault with little risk of arrest . |
| 5 | It would be possible to add to the system indefinitely until every one of the recorded parameters that is normally displayed on an instrument in the cockpit of an aircraft was reproduced in this way . |
| 6 | Now we 've got a company secretary he is er , an F C I S Chartered Institute Secretaries that 's much better than a chartered accountant , they 're no damn good as secretaries , right ! |
| 7 | Fortunately , his colleagues are n't so averse to a spot of enunciation : if Verve have got a nerve and Adorable have the babble than Suede have a warming way with words that 's more matter-of-fact than mad as a hatter . |
| 8 | For consonant phonemes , quantification throughout the phonemic range is of course impossible , since the potential for variation in consonants differs according to the position of the segment within the word or morpheme , but it is the difficulty with vowel variables that is most significant here . |
| 9 | An alternative choice of independent variables that is more convenient for certain types of four-terminal network is the input current and output voltage . |
| 10 | Moreover , glial tumours express p185 erbB2 ( refs 43 , 44 ) , a candidate receptor for these proteins that is also associated with adenocarcinoma formation . |
| 11 | I 'm growing hair for charity but in many respects that 's probably an excuse . |
| 12 | I mean in some respects that 's almost an imposs an impossible task it 's simple impracticable . |
| 13 | This research aims to investigate the possibility of obtaining information for decision-makers that is more sensitive to people 's health needs . |
| 14 | The Turkish version of the battle of Kosovo Polje differs from that which is presented in the epic songs and is probably closer to the historical truth . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's a comedy with lots of good songs and is very entertaining , ’ she said . |
| 16 | Frosted ground is hard on dogs ' feet and legs and is also dangerous for them . |
| 17 | The easiest way to find the wide range of cover you need at a competitive price is with a policy which packages together a number of covers and is specially designed for a certain group such as self-employed tradesmen . |
| 18 | In another change of tack — there was a time when OS/2 was the whole future as far as the company was concerned , Microsoft Corp is switching its signals and is now making it clear that it expects MS-DOS users to prepare to switch to Windows NT . |
| 19 | The MU only recruits and is only interested in professional , session and orchestral musicians . |
| 20 | The octopus on a pot from the Diktilian Cave has twelve tentacles and is scarcely recognizable . |
| 21 | In the past , the IFA has clamped down on such outbursts against referees and is now looking into the matter . |
| 22 | This sort of revenge , without real ( or rational ) cause is condemned by Miller and brings only unhappiness , as it is based on imaginary and childish grievances and is therefore spiteful and unjust . |
| 23 | Though this comes in for constant robust internal criticism and revision , it is more thorough than that of many professional advice and counselling organizations and is increasingly used as a model by other organizations . |
| 24 | God-like , Niall flings himself on to his adoring audience , sinks beneath the waves and is eventually restored to the stage in time for the anti-rap encore of ‘ Where 's Me Jumper ’ . |
| 25 | At present there is little evidence for a periparturient rise in faecal egg output in breeding mares due to a relaxation of immunity since the egg rise in the spring occurs in both breeding and non-breeding animals and is often unrelated to parturition . |
| 26 | The team , which includes two TODAY journalists and is partly funded by this newspaper , is led by Lieutenant Colonel Phil Neame , a Falklands hero and veteran of a successful British 1976 Everest expedition . |
| 27 | If DRDA lacks technical finesse , it has fulfilled IBM 's own development goals and is already available for third parties to implement . |
| 28 | The Hutchinson Multimedia Encyclopedia contains over 25 , 000 entries and is well supplemented with hundreds of maps , illustrations and sound clips . |
| 29 | There is bred in them ( factory women ) a spirit of precocious independence which weakens family ties and is highly unfavourable to the growth of domestic virtues . ’ |
| 30 | Although the Labour Party as a whole has not taken a stand on the political position of the monarchy , Tony Benn has expressed the view that these two powers of the Crown should be transferred to the Speaker of the House of Commons because he stands apart from the political parties and is directly answerable to the Commons for the conduct of the chair in a way that does not apply to the position of the Crown . |