Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] [adv] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The development of databases is sometimes perceived as having three generations : |
| 2 | A percentage of these surplus calories is then stored as body fat , and this is what makes people overweight . |
| 3 | A delay of some 12 months is therefore anticipated before work opportunities appear . |
| 4 | Land cultivation in the Auvergne uplands is extremely limited because of the long cold period in winter when sward re-establishment would be difficult , a dry summer climate , and because of thin soils which are anyway generally quite fertile . |
| 5 | It produces some odd effects , however , for strict equivalence between postcranial and cranial elements is only reached when all the jaws are broken and the molars released . |
| 6 | Early detection of cancers is widely regarded as clinically important in that early treatment usually improves prognosis , and curative surgery may even be possible — for example , in colorectal cancer . |
| 7 | Spending on imports is then deducted because this represents spending on output produced by other countries . |
| 8 | Integration in such circumstances is only enabling if communication is based on a classroom experience which is truly shared between all students and teachers , regardless of the source of that experience . |
| 9 | Yet the relationship between the two statements is better described as recursive , rather than hierarchical . |
| 10 | The size of the problem from the point of view of governments is widely acknowledged as large and growing . |
| 11 | The indiscriminate over-suppression of feelings is generally condemned as unhealthy . |
| 12 | A proportion of these FTEs is then established as modular and an analysis of the likely effect of rolling forward current Modular Course student numbers is undertaken , including ‘ self-correcting ’ assumptions about the pattern of student choice ( based on a year-on-year analysis of change ) plus planned new initiatives . |
| 13 | Enforcing such a duty against a person who refuses to pay damages is morally justified because it implements the moral rights of the defamed . |
| 14 | This blurring of disciplinary frontiers is further encouraged when those few social anthropologists who can count , or have convenient access to mathematical aids , follow sociologists in succumbing to the lure of statistics and the computer . |
| 15 | The academic field of industrial relations is typically defined as being the study of the various aspects of job regulation ( Bain and Clegg , 1974 ) , with a consequent attendant focus on rule-making in the employment relationship . |
| 16 | Long term follow up of these patients is underway to see if any of them develop PSC . |
| 17 | But even setting aside such terminological differences , it remains true that whether or not any animals employ symbolic representations is widely regarded as doubtful . |
| 18 | The universality of social representations is also expressed when theorists draw general implications for the discipline of social psychology . |
| 19 | The Cold War theme , against which the collaboration of the Russian and American scientists is positively asserted as looking forward to the new world promised by the black obelisks and the climactic creation of a second sun , contrasts with the political neutrality , even blandness , of Kubrick 's film . |
| 20 | The effect of housing developments is usually dismissed as being small unless the developments are very large — typical estimates are around one half a child aged 0–16 per household . |
| 21 | In Malaysia , environmental concern over the rainforests is now seen as at best a Western fashion , and at worst a cynical attempt by the wealthier nations to thwart Third World development . |
| 22 | Demand in industrial goods markets is therefore described as DERIVED . |
| 23 | In contrast sexual activity by men is rarely seen as problematic . |
| 24 | The nature of the implicit political ideology of criminals is well illustrated when we consider what happens when they become organised and powerful , as in the case of the Mafia in the United States , and the smaller-scale , localised organisations that have appeared in some of our cities . |
| 25 | The chief constable adds : ’ The proposed legislation to deal with aggravated taking of vehicles is most welcomed as recognition that there is a real problem to be addressed . |
| 26 | The value of a doctor 's notes is greatly enhanced if the information is concisely presented . |
| 27 | Personnel is rarely told if someone has been off sick . |
| 28 | Second , this concern with the ineffectiveness of policies is now recognized as requiring the asking not only of questions about the character of policy but also about what is wrong with the implementation process and the organizations responsible for implementation . |
| 29 | However , trials have shown that the lowering of emissions is only achieved when a car is cruising . |
| 30 | The predominance of a small minority of cases is further illustrated if we use two further measures of the extent of the coverage in addition to the gross number of reports , that of the number of days and the number of pages in which each rape case is featured . |