Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] are [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stubbs points out , for instance , that many of the confusions for children acquiring literacy arise because these children are not yet familiar with some of the purposes for which writing is used and the conventions through which these purposes are articulated in their culture : ‘ many of its functions are often so specialised and particular ’ that they are ‘ mostly quite beyond children 's experience ’ and ‘ many of the situations which conventionally require writing are of a fairly specialised and restricted kind ’ ( ibid. p. 108 ) . |
| 2 | The scientific and engineering skills which we have developed are at the cutting edge of nuclear technology , and through subsequent diversification , are improving the competitive position of customers in over 70 countries and more than 2000 organisations worldwide . |
| 3 | And the majority of those have objected are in the area of that two miles . |
| 4 | ‘ Those that I have seen are of the same basic stock , ’ he said at last . |
| 5 | The broken states I have named are in a condition of near ruin . |
| 6 | That is because they understand that the decisions that we have taken are in the interests of British industry , British commerce and jobs for British workers . |
| 7 | It replaced square and rectangular section spar material sometime in the 1930s , and the only changes that have arisen are in the timber used and the sizes . |
| 8 | Those we have chosen are in the ‘ Noci ’ farmhouse and most have lovely old brick floors , rafted ceilings and scenes of idyllic peace from their windows . |