Example sentences of "[pron] are [vb pp] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are going to have to choose our bird from a very short list of names , none of whom are known to us , or have any political or ideological weaknesses to play upon . ’ |
| 2 | Directors are treated as being in a position analogous to that of trustees , so powers conferred upon them are given to them in a fiduciary capacity . |
| 3 | It might also encourage the lordly ones who run the Trust to see that its properties only have real value and interest when set in a wider social background that the rather greenery-yallery context in which too many of them are set for us by the Trust 's publications . |
| 4 | Those who think that ideas consist of images which are formed in us by the concourse of bodies … regard ideas as lifeless pictures on a board , and preoccupied thus with this misconception they do not see that an idea , insofar as it is an idea , involves affirmation or negation . |
| 5 | It has been suggested that the appropriate test is ‘ whether the parties are making some serious promises or undertakings ’ which are intended by them to be acted and relied upon . |
| 6 | A 'sham " has been defined by Diplock LJ ( as he then was ) in Snook v London and West Riding Investments Ltd [ 1967 ] 2 QB 786 ( at p802 ) to include : [ A ] cts done or documents executed by the parties to the " sham " which are intended by them to give to third parties or to the court the appearance of creating between the parties legal rights and obligations different from the actual legal rights and obligations ( if any ) which the parties intend to create . |
| 7 | Each term is usually given together with terms which are related to it in one of a number of ways . |
| 8 | This process is repeated until the SSR has been distributed to the managers of all packages which are affected by it and each manager has either accepted or rejected it . |
| 9 | These include procedures designed to ensure that : ( 1 ) no alleged contemnor shall be in any doubt as to the charges which are made against him ; ( 2 ) he shall be given a proper opportunity of showing cause why he should not be held in contempt of court ; ( 3 ) if an order of committal is made , the accused ( a ) knows precisely in what respects he has been found to have offended and ( b ) is given a written record of those findings and of the sentence passed upon him . |
| 10 | From the user 's point of view these systems are usually menu driven , that is the operator can select his path of consultation by choices within ranges of possible choices which are presented to him . |
| 11 | It has particularly focused on Renaissance literature and the struggles for dominance which are enacted in it , or are assumed to be . |
| 12 | Then there is a range of measurements of the functioning of the physiological systems of the animal ; we can make measurements which tell us how hard a time the animal is having trying to cope with the conditions which are imposed upon it . |
| 13 | Whichever type of man we think of , we may find it difficult to say whether by ‘ property ’ we mean the things themselves or the aggregate of rights which are exercised over them . |
| 14 | The intrusion of these emotions into a relationship , whether or not related to sexual issues , is responsible for a good many sexual problems which are based on them , not directly but through decline in the quality of the relationship itself . |
| 15 | ( 1.3 ) The possible argument consists in the premiss ( 1 ) that decisions and the like are taken to be effects but also to be no more than events which follow on conditions which are required for them , the further premiss ( 2 ) that it is to be presumed that we have a single conception of effects rather than several , and the conclusion ( 3 ) that all effects , including what have been called standard effects , are merely events preceded by conditions required for them . |
| 16 | Deindustrialization , defined as the declining relative importance of manufacturing , brings changes in the kinds of places many people work in , changes in the skills which are demanded of them , in the unions they belong to ( or do not ) , and a whole range of other social changes consequent upon the shifting balance of employment opportunities . |
| 17 | The members , for their part , are true to their wishes , offering support to the various social and fundraising activities — some of which are initiated by them — that take place on a regular basis . |
| 18 | The government 's principal aims for all sectors of education are first , to raise standards at all levels of ability ; and second , since education is an investment in the nation 's future , to secure the best possible return from the resources which are found for it … |
| 19 | Such expatriates do not work abroad to further their careers within their employing organisations but , in general , accept overseas postings because of the generous remuneration packages which are attached to them . |
| 20 | MAS maintains a computerised database , called BUYERS , of potential purchasers and their acquisition criteria against which all acquisition opportunities which are brought to us or come to our attention are screened . |
| 21 | We maintain a computerised database of potential purchasers and their acquisition criteria against which all acquisition opportunities which are brought to us or come to our attention are screened . |
| 22 | A court must be able to exercise some measure of control over the cases which are brought before it , to prevent injustice to either party and to ensure that the various issues can be fully and effectively dealt with . |
| 23 | At the bottom of all of these developments is a small body of theory and empirical evidence on the nature of R&D competition in markets and the market failures which are associated with it . |
| 24 | The main purpose of the meeting is to enable governing body representatives to discuss drug testing , the various issues which are associated with it , and any problems which may have been experienced in administering a drug testing programme . |
| 25 | This harmonic minor scale plays a major role within western music , and there are a number of useful things which are derived from it . |
| 26 | It is the ‘ underground spring , so to speak ’ of the properties of a thing which are known to us by our senses . |
| 27 | Shingles are fixed in much the same way as timber cladding , except that special nails have to be used ( which are supplied with them ) and they should not come in contact with the metals usually used on flashings . |
| 28 | Please find enclosed the formal application and indemnity forms — both of which are signed by me . |
| 29 | Thus the poverty of older women is a function both of lifelong comparatively low access to resources ( including the non-participation of some in the resource-generating potential of joint households via marriage ) ; and of the restricted access to resources which is imposed by retirement and the assumptions about the level of state pensions which are allied to it . |
| 30 | All parties who are represented before me were represented before the justices . |