Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is fair to say that , compared with 1986 , far more emphasis was placed on the data about publications ( of which a much greater quantity was submitted this time ) , i.e. the judgments have been more ‘ output led ’ . ’ |
| 2 | The case considered is that in which a subject is trained to make the same response ( ) to each of two different stimuli , and . |
| 3 | A political storm which had developed in September around the proposed sale of 35 small islands in the Bay of Argolis and the Saronic Gulf abated after a government official , Byron Polydoras , on Oct. 14 assured journalists that the proposals had been that " certain rocky islets " should be leased — not sold — " on a long-term basis for tourist development " . |
| 4 | The question to whom the omelette and the statue belong is another matter , and Salmond pointed out that the attempts of the older lawyers to transplant the Roman law of specificatio , confusio and the like to our system are of small practical use at the present day . |
| 5 | The first thing the researchers discovered was that special infrared cameras , designed to pick up the heat given off by warm-blooded animals , failed to detect polar bears — the insulation provided by their coats is too efficient . |
| 6 | The basic premise of the meetings has been that ‘ co-operation between the various agencies which comprise the criminal justice system is crucial to the successful operation of the system as a whole ’ . |
| 7 | Yes it is , er I mean , what we tried to do was to write er a comedy on a big scale that was n't a marshmallow , er in fact it er the , the comedy deepens and it gets pretty sour , and I think some of the criticism of the play has been that ‘ is it a comedy , or is it a serious play ’ . |
| 8 | And it did seem to me that in the light of , erm , of the single regeneration budget , on the light of the need to be developing a regeneration strategy for Shropshire , perhaps the role of the County Council in this affair should actually be , er , as , as the local government for the county , should be to look at preparing a , a regeneration strategy for the whole county , at which the work that we do to economic development is one of the pillars of support as is the work that the districts do is another pillar of support , as is the work of the R D C and the objective five programme , and all the various other bodies that are involved in , in economic development and similar activities in . |
| 9 | Eventually Nature becomes the designer , and the maintenance required is that sufficient to ensure that the sites remain acceptable to the public . |
| 10 | After all that toil and trouble , the outcome was the same as it is more often than not in a constituency of the Republic — the same , that is to say , as if not a single vote had been transferred : the candidates elected were those who , on the showing of the very first count , had the greatest number of first-preference votes . |
| 11 | The standard of the candidates interviewed were all of a very high quality and the final choice was extremely difficult . |
| 12 | Letters from the States had been few and far between of late , although money from Sean still came from time to time . |
| 13 | The key change that could be identified in all the schools visited was that of a rethink about departmental allocation , As a result of devolution , capitation seemed to be allocated to departments using criteria that were more public and in most cases fairer ; for example , a formula based on pupil and subject weightings , or a system of bidding or , inevitably , the use of last year 's figures plus an allowance for inflation . |
| 14 | Conditional threats are covered by the section , unless the condition expressed is such as to make it abundantly plain that the person uttering it had no intention of carrying out his threat . |
| 15 | He adds : ‘ It has been a good few years since the snow has been this hard which means a lot of walkers are n't used to it . |
| 16 | First , the solutions adopted are all from the same stable , that of semi-traditional , soft , road engineering such as mini roundabouts , turning bans and the like . |
| 17 | Elaine Smith was very warm and moving as Josie Riley who at thirty-eight with the kids grown is all energy for the community and conceives a very requited fancy for Bazz Blacker , the well-meaning social worker downstairs . |
| 18 | The result has been that sterling has become very expensive to borrow , but there is still far too much of it , and the supply is still increasing too fast . |
| 19 | The result has been that ‘ investment at the highest levels ever ’ has come from fares , not from any public purse , and that an ‘ economic ’ system has become unsafe as BR and LRT weigh up commercial investment needs against the cost of safety measures and the cost of paying wages sufficient to maintain a safe level of staffing . |
| 20 | The result has been that recent chancellors have been able to give free rein to their tax-reforming ambitions . |
| 21 | The result has been that major reforms are completely avoided and every minor reform is weakened or sabotaged . |
| 22 | The result has been that discount deals have proliferated . |
| 23 | The result has been that solar panels are now comparable in price to wind generators . |
| 24 | The result has been that sea walls have had to take the brunt of the power of waves and currents at high tide , which erodes them and requires rebuilding on an ever larger scale . |
| 25 | The result has been some unbundling , loosening and decentralizing of control in some societies and in some organizations on some tasks . |
| 26 | The frame of reference within which the authors write is that of the linguist . |
| 27 | The methods employed are those familiar to historians and political analysts , being based principally on key printed and manuscript sources of the period . |
| 28 | The rule has been that young people intending to study medicine must forsake the humanities and social sciences for physics , chemistry and biology . |
| 29 | The effect has been that for most of this century Britain has had to hold interest rates higher than has been necessary or desirable . |
| 30 | The truth of the object is immaterial , what the sonnet argues is that truth is created by distilling ( transforming ) the youth 's beauty into poetry . |