Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His ‘ invention ’ , like that of hobbits , has been well-chronicled by Humphrey Carpenter ( Biography , pp. 64 and 172 ) ; the two cases are in several ways similar . |
| 2 | Nor is it quite certain that the ordinary law Courts are in all cases the best body for adjudicating upon the offences or the errors of civil servants . |
| 3 | Nizan 's literary and political activities are in many ways best understood as a contribution to what he would doubtless have designated as a " cultural revolution " . |
| 4 | They find that unhappy childhoods are behind many difficulties in later life . |
| 5 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 6 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 7 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 8 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 9 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 10 | It is not clear at present exactly what the rules are in such cases , nor whether the choices of readings are as clear-cut as they at first seem . |
| 11 | Humphrey ( 1976 ) has argued convincingly that animals are in many ways over-equipped for the inanimate environment , but the environment provided by other animals ( particularly clever ones ) is especially complex , difficult to predict and difficult to control . |
| 12 | The terranes are of several types and include slivers of oceanic crust , fragments of intra-oceanic island arcs and slices detached from unknown continental margins . |
| 13 | Alan and I served er , together as er , deputy Chairs , or vice-Chairs or whatever the appropriate words are for several years er , and I erm , well I think I would adopt the words that he used about the experience that he has had in the Chair , to whit , that his companionship and his contribution to our affairs has been stimulating , enlightening and particularly enjoyable . |
| 14 | Words are in many ways the tools of thought ; they are what the individual uses to formulate as well as express his ideas . |
| 15 | In many cases , the latter variables were accounted for more than initial variables — ; ‘ first or last words were in many cases influential in my decision making process ’ and ‘ found that the last few adjectives had more influence especially if they reflected negative points of the personality ’ . |
| 16 | The offices of Lord Warden , Ranger , and other Forest offices were in most cases abolished , and compensation allowed by the Acts to the holders . |
| 17 | I never met her and it was just talk in the shops , the corner shops were in those days were the gossip places , you know . |
| 18 | If adults are not able to travel far to attend courses , any reduction in the range of courses in terms of subject content , levels ( eg HNC , degree ) and modes of study provided in a geographical area could result in some subjects being to all intents and purposes inaccessible to adults . |
| 19 | The simplicity of her books is above any attempts to write down to anyone . |
| 20 | For this reason the range of offices was in some ways wider than we would think normal in a modern bureaucracy ; and , since the winning of support was quite as important as the conduct of business , influential men were able to accumulate posts . |
| 21 | Phrases such as ‘ sick man of Europe ’ ; ‘ Winter of Discontent ’ ; ‘ who rules Britain ? ’ — these phrases are in many ways too well known . |
| 22 | Mosquito netting : the nets are at both ends of the tent can be zipped independently of the door flap . |
| 23 | Disincentive effects are to many minds the limit to extensive redistributive equity . |
| 24 | ‘ They watch Masters of the Universe and Superman on TV and these guys in their outrageous costumes are like those cartoons . |
| 25 | In the case of anaphor resolution , matters are in some ways simpler . |
| 26 | Four times end-over-end the aircraft tumbled and then went into several spins , the spins being in both directions with mo complete recovery between them . |
| 27 | This is a comment not just on poetic style , but on the substance of the political alternative that Tate and some fellow Southerners were in these years trying to put together , to challenge the industrial capitalism of the restored Union . |
| 28 | It is not surprising therefore that the history of thought about the two policy areas is in some ways similar , although that of family planning is in many ways a decade ahead of conservation . |
| 29 | The matter of sexually abusive language in texts is in some senses a separate issue . |
| 30 | This type of community work with refugees is in many ways similar to the organization of the controlled zones and is regarded as the basis for a future development model after the triumph of the FDR-FMLN . |