Example sentences of "[noun pl] be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to this view , the state is a doubly important object of study , first because its institutions are a major and influential part of the political instance of capitalist society , and second because they are the key to the working of society as a whole . |
| 2 | Its liberal hopes of progress are grounded in the beliefs that human beings individually have reconcilable goals like peace , health , and prosperity and that institutions are a human construct , not always deliberate and , once created , having effects of their own on people 's thoughts and actions . |
| 3 | By comparison with the US and the EC , UK competition-policy institutions are a muddle . |
| 4 | The difficulties that public sector graduates have in getting into the senior positions in the professions have little to do with their academic accomplishments and much to do with the cultural stratification in society of which academic institutions are a part . |
| 5 | The true vacancies are a hundred and four across thirty eight homes , we 're talking about two or three real vacancies per home . |
| 6 | However you make them , your notes are a record of what you have read . |
| 7 | But lions are a different matter . |
| 8 | Tenants on the other hand believe that the Acts are a necessary protection against the exploitation of people who do not own the freehold or long leases of their homes . |
| 9 | We also believe that bad debts are a major issue for those leasing to the small and medium-sized customers . ’ |
| 10 | Motocross riders are a tough breed … no amount of fog was going to stop them from checking out the sport 's newest circuit this morning . |
| 11 | Like the ideologies of ruling groups , he argues that utopian ideologies are a way of seeing the world which prevents true insight and obscures reality . |
| 12 | SDOs are a means by which the government can grant consent for extensive activities , for example , for Mercury 's cable-laying for their alternative communications system , under the Town and Country Planning ( Telecommunication Networks ) ( Railway Operational Land ) SDO 1982 . |
| 13 | I have no quantitative evidence for this , and the reasons are a matter for speculation , but the difficulties some users have in getting through to us show that a remarkable degree of persistence is sometimes demanded . |
| 14 | Contemporary objects are a significant part of that collection . |
| 15 | ‘ Major religions also exhibit dominating tendencies , and these tendencies are a result of the exclusivity of such religions . ’ |
| 16 | The book creates the impression that accounts are a jungle into which the untutored layman should not venture without good rations and a reliable guide . |
| 17 | And , he adds , reports and accounts are a useful publicity tool . |
| 18 | If there is a serious departure from these laid down guidelines the auditor may refuse to accept that the accounts are a ’ true and fair view ’ of the financial affairs of the company and accordingly qualify the accounts to that effect . |
| 19 | In order to ensure that the cost accounts are a proven and reliable record it is essential that the cost and financial accounts are integrated . |
| 20 | Financial accounts must be produced , cost accounts are almost essential for survival , and management accounts are a key ingredient to safe expansion . |
| 21 | Colliery accounts are a neglected source yet they contain a mass of information on capital investment , costs of production , productivity and profits , with the most detailed of them providing information on individual colliers , output for man/shift , number of days worked , wage rates and earnings . |
| 22 | The answer might seem to be that experience tells us that nation states are a key fact of the current world and that they plainly do often behave in a self-interested way . |
| 23 | OK , we 've got Hardware and a fistful of talced-up goths but when it comes to ominous undertones the altered States are a league ahead . |
| 24 | OK , we 've got Hardware and a fistful of talced-up goths but when it comes to ominous undertones the altered States are a league ahead . |
| 25 | However , it is widely known that only a small proportion of such qualifying mergers are referred , and further that vertical mergers are a small proportion of the total . |
| 26 | Clearly , the existing technologies are a limitation and multimedia must temporarily be constrained by the platforms currently available to deliver it . |
| 27 | We need greater co-operation in Europe in these matters , because immigration and asylum flows are a major political concern , as we have just noted from the exchanges about Le Pen and the way in which people are feeding upon his visit . |
| 28 | Youth unemployment has since the mid-1970s been a central fact or a central fear of many young people , and has affected many others . |
| 29 | Knowledge and skills are a valuable source of power that we can build on and develop . |
| 30 | ‘ He 's proved that he is capable of scoring goals and although he can improve on the defensive side of his game his passing skills are a tremendous asset . ’ |