Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fairies are supposed to make tapestries of light beams , but these tapestries of the mind are made of thread even finer . |
| 2 | Both formal ( e.g. the mass media and educational systems ) and informal institutions are central to this stage , creating a sense of regional membership for the inhabitants : |
| 3 | If a people holds the belief that existing institutions are ‘ appropriate ’ or ‘ morally proper ’ , then those institutions are legitimate . |
| 4 | Duncan and Goodwin claim that state institutions are invaluable in the management and organization of the differentiated and spatially variable societies typical of capitalism , and that to be successful such state intervention should take place on a local as well as a national level . |
| 5 | The point here is that institutions are useful only if they have been designed to achieve a particular purpose . |
| 6 | Although the thinking behind the switch was unclear , foreign currency experts believe institutions are anxious to square their books ahead of the election , fearing that , whatever the outcome , the next government will adopt narrow bands for sterling . |
| 7 | Its institutions , in their increasing centrality , have moved towards a situation in which it , could again be said ( but with the qualitative difference of an epochal change ) that cultural institutions are integral parts of the general social organization . |
| 8 | It has become increasingly evident , however , that few institutions are content continuously to cross subsidise loss-making operations for the sake of customer relationships . |
| 9 | The strategy assumes that educational institutions are neutral , when not only is the education system controlled by men , but it actively constructs gender and actively produces women 's subordination . |
| 10 | Our international institutions are frail , fragile and tend to be powerless . |
| 11 | It might have been thought that the arrival of so many neutral countries would render any Common Security policy impossible , but the Community institutions are alert to this ‘ danger ’ , and have stated that they will be rigorous in their application of the acquis to new members . |
| 12 | Of course , most TNCs are domiciled for legal purposes in the First World , and most Third World economic institutions are weak , but the number of exceptions to both rules is growing rapidly . |
| 13 | To what extent does it have rules of debate and procedure ? ) ; we can ask about the degree to which our social institutions are rational ; and we can assess how far society itself is rational . |
| 14 | It is very encouraging to know that so many institutions are keen to establish themselves in the important area of advanced IT training and that a significant contribution to costs came from industry . |
| 15 | The powers of the Bank to influence conditions in financial markets and the behaviour of institutions are considerable and derive principally from three functions . |
| 16 | Seeking a name , John Fawcus opened a book and the first word that caught his eye was ‘ cryptic ’ So , as established institutions are apt to spring from casual beginnings , was born the club that has prospered peripatetically ever since . |
| 17 | Most of these institutions are devoted to showing contemporary art and most of the exhibitions fit the growing category of ‘ educational ’ shows presented in these sorts of art museums . |
| 18 | The major functions of social institutions are those which help to meet the functional prerequisites of society . |
| 19 | This pattern suggests that individual media institutions are unlikely to survive either in isolation or as independent ( national ) trading units . |
| 20 | I believe these two institutions are short of money . |
| 21 | Still , to some extent , every modern economy , at least so far as ownership of some means of production or municipal enterprises or financial institutions are concerned , is a mixed economy . |
| 22 | And yet these institutions are concerned only marginally with working-class adult education , and still less with the specific field of adult education for the unemployed . |
| 23 | Social institutions are interdependent and social stability is achieved through gradual and minor accommodations . |
| 24 | This means simply that the customers have the claim on these deposits and thus the institutions are liable to meet the claims . |
| 25 | There are real signs that institutions are ready to advance to new levels of self-understanding and self-criticism . |
| 26 | The Centre has the following amongst its functions : — to carry continuing brief from ESRC in the formulation of a substantive research agenda ; — to assist in securing tenders for research in fields which map onto the identified priority areas ; — to ensure that researchers outside the ‘ research centre ’ institutions are aware of , and can contribute to , the overall programme and their research is supported through collaborative projects ; — to ensure multidisciplinary coordination ( seminars and personal contact ) between the ‘ centres ’ as appropriate ; — to stimulate the integration of practitioners and policy makers in research as researchers through education authorities and industrial training bodies ; |
| 27 | Given that it seems clear that we may expect students who are well qualified in traditional terms to achieve relatively high levels of academic achievement , an important measure of success may be the extent to which institutions are able to take students who are not well qualified traditionally and achieve relatively high success rates with these students . |
| 28 | The meanings and typifications of institutions are unquestioned in the course of everyday life for the people who use them . |
| 29 | Many British institutions are secretive , but few are quite so patronising about it as the City . |
| 30 | If the new higher education funding bodies established by the Education Reform Act ( 1988 ) were to rely over-heavily on numerical ‘ performance indicators ’ in assessing the extent to which institutions have fulfilled the contracts for which they are funded , institutions are likely to develop course appraisal systems which record performance in just those terms . |