Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 These same activities are used whatever the setting — home , clinic or hospital — and communicating is even more important ( if that is possible ) when a child is involved , or a mentally handicapped person , or when the contact is made for psychiatric problems , as Hardcastle ( 1988 ) clearly outlines in ‘ First impressions ’ .
2 Specialists in linguistics sometimes claim that if non-specialists are asked what the function of language is , they will reply that it is ‘ to send
3 Specialists in linguistics sometimes claim that if non-specialists are asked what the function of language is , they will reply that it is ‘ to send information ’ or ‘ to tell other people your thoughts ’ .
4 The words were leading him the wrong way .
5 The rationale for school self-evaluation is that the most effective means of improving the quality of the education provided by schools is to give them the responsibility for reviewing their own performance and for carrying out any reforms which seem necessary in consequence .
6 Your baby will love the taste — and you can be happy in the knowledge that Robinsons concentrated juices are giving them the goodness that they need .
7 We had no way of knowing it , but those messages were to bring us the first concrete news of John for eighteen months .
8 Undoubtedly , the skill of medical care in all specialties is balancing what the patient will accept with what the patient should accept .
9 In preparing our views for the Government we felt one of the most pressing needs was to explain what the National Sustainability Plan is and why it is important , to a wider audience of opinion- formers and decision-takers in Wales .
10 In preparing our views for the Government we felt one of the most pressing needs was to explain what the National Sustainability Plan is and why it is important , to a wider audience of opinion- formers and decision-takers in Wales .
11 Secondary aims are to study what the postlingual deaf feel about their state and others ' attitudes to it , and their lipreading skills .
12 DEC says that OSF/1-on-Alpha is now its primary platform and applications target and that customers are telling it the transition would be made more easily from MIPS R/4000-based boxes running Ultrix than OSF/1 .
13 In Behrend v. Produce Brokers ( 1920 K.B. ) part of the goods were delivered which the buyers accepted .
14 The uniforms were giving her the once-over .
15 The hardest task for his subordinates is to decide what the phrase ( now often shortened to NWO and not to be confused with the airline that used to be called Northwest Orient ) might mean .
16 What is the point of meeting to discuss pension arrangements when Hon. Members are deciding what the pension arrangements are to be ?
17 He said that he wondered whether the government had lost control of the security forces or whether the security forces were doing what the government wanted .
18 I think the doctors were telling her the truth . ’
19 One of the girls is teaching me the language .
20 In 1893 the Forget-me-nots were billed us the ‘ smallest dancers on the variety stage .
21 It 's a quality project and is further endorsement that our wide and deep rooted experience in building and refurbishing hospitals is giving us the advantage in this sector of the market . ’
22 to see which ones are giving you the good profits , sort of thing .
23 So that answers all those years that I have been conducting these seminars , it answers my question not in the way I was particularly happy about I have to say , but I mean it did answer my question and then it may be them having you know I mean like sort of things I may not be particularly happy with , but maybe it is good that the papers are reflecting what the community wants .
24 Paths were lost which the water had obliterated and silent highways were marked by great trees lying prostrate across the track .
25 Yeah cos , my mates were telling me the other day what 's Gilly said ?
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