Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Springhall writes that adolescents gave their allegiance to ‘ society ’ , this is at best a half-truth . |
| 2 | Weaker than the last , it holds that beliefs given us as ‘ data ’ are never fully justified merely for that reason , but that all such beliefs are already partially justified , quite apart from any further support they may receive from other beliefs . |
| 3 | ( b ) having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser he steals or attempts to steal anything in the building or that part of it or inflicts or attempts to inflict on any person therein any grievous bodily harm . |
| 4 | McCallum assumes that firms set their prices for period t in the following way . |
| 5 | The use of B avoids the problem of estimating the normal level of government expenditure which , ADD argue , Barro handles inconsistently since he assumes that agents form their expectations about normal government expenditure using an adaptive expectations mechanism , while assuming that agents form their expectations rationally elsewhere in the system . |
| 6 | This not only involves a mutual understanding of the common-sense notions in everyday life about what counts as an excuse , it requires that constables put themselves in the position of the offender to test whether they would have done the same . |
| 7 | then smiles and attempts to tell him |
| 8 | If correct , it might imply that in a capitalist society our ordinary thoughts are part of a ‘ capitalist ideology ’ , which ensures that capitalists reap their profits whilst the rest of us are kept in obedient subordination . |
| 9 | Training shoe espionage is now big business , and sportswear conventions where new designs are revealed have stricter security and secrecy than any Tory Party Conference : it seems that bootleggers know their stuff and can rip off a design before you can tie your laces ! |
| 10 | In that case , it would make more sense to switch the other two lectures so that shields and banners followed something warlike . |
| 11 | This is a pity , as it means that students find it harder to get their names known , and it means they lose out on a degree of publicity . |
| 12 | Represented as a share of the market , this means that denizens increased their figure from 43.0 per cent to 49.7 per cent , the Hansards theirs from 35.6 per cent to 44.5 per cent , while other aliens , whose earlier share had been a substantial 21.4 per cent now had only 5.8 per cent ( 94 , pp.345–6 ) . |
| 13 | All this means that individuals find it more difficult to give meaning to their lives and become isolated units , without a mutual interdependence with objects in their human environment . |
| 14 | He recommends that councillors state their objections because the proposal is against the Cleveland structure plan and could increase congestion and accident potential on a busy road . |
| 15 | This is the process of carrying through what is said so that the child learns that parents mean what they say . |
| 16 | In his paper ‘ Formulations Regarding the Two Principles of Mental Functioning ’ , Freud argues that individuals begin their mental development with unconscious , primary processes being dominant . |
| 17 | " Accommodation theory " demonstrates that speakers adjust their speech in various ways to make it more similar or dissimilar to that of their interlocutors ( see Giles and Smith 1979 for a review . ) |
| 18 | Hayek , for example , believes that conservatives deceive themselves when they blame the evils of our time on democracy . |
| 19 | Roth now believes that animals select what he calls ‘ optimum thermal surroundings ’ . |
| 20 | Evidence suggests that Regions find it difficult to do business on the rather competitive ‘ put in your bids ’ basis . |
| 21 | This suggests that tantrums have something to do with the normal development of a child 's personality , rather than with the way they have been brought up — although the way they are handled can make things worse . |
| 22 | The transactions demand for money arises because individuals receive their incomes weekly or monthly and yet have to pay for many of the goods and services they buy on a day-to-day basis . |