Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [is] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rarity of their bones is matched by the rarity of pieces of horse-gear from settlements and cemeteries . |
| 2 | Productivity and product wages determine the course of the profit share and an account of their movements is given in the next two sections . |
| 3 | Imagine an economy in which the wage rate for half its workers is set at the end of every even period to cover the following two periods , while the wage rate for the other half is set at the end of every odd period , again to cover the following two periods . |
| 4 | The golden iridescence of Cassida and its allies is produced by a film of moisture beneath the surface cuticle . |
| 5 | They will make signs beside the object at the point of the child 's eye-gaze , and they will even sign with the child in their laps so that each turn and movement of their bodies is transmitted to the child . |
| 6 | Industrial workers ' best chance of improving their prospects is to act as a global working class . |
| 7 | However , the ability of contract computer staff to dispense with trade unions to further their interests is enhanced by a number of additional factors . |
| 8 | One of her examples is taken from a conversation about someone in her office : ‘ And he knows Spanish . |
| 9 | The helium atom without its electrons is known as an alpha particle , and is therefore positively charged . |
| 10 | In order for an exchange to become a recognised investment exchange , it must demonstrate to the SIB that , inter alia : ( a ) it has financial resources sufficient for the proper performance of its functions ; ( b ) that it has rules and practices which ensure that business conducted by means of its facilities is conducted in an orderly manner , affording proper protection to investors ; ( c ) it limits dealings on the exchange to investments in which there is a proper market ; ( d ) where relevant , issuers of investments dealt in on the exchange are required to comply with such obligations as will , so far as possible , afford to persons dealing in the investments proper information for determining their current value ; ( e ) it has its own arrangements for ensuring performance of transactions effected on the exchange or ensures their performance by means of services provided under clearing arrangements made by it with a recognised clearing house ; ( f ) it has ( or secures the provision on its behalf of ) satisfactory arrangements for recording the transaction effected on the exchange ; ( g ) it has adequate arrangements and resources for the effective monitoring and enforcement of compliance with its rules and any clearing arrangements made by it ; ( h ) it has effective arrangements for the investigation of complaints in respect of business transacted by means of its facilities ; and ( i ) it is able and willing to promote and maintain high standards of integrity and fair dealing in the carrying on of investment business and to co-operate by the sharing of information and otherwise with regulators . |
| 11 | His initials is carved on a stone above the the kiln fire . |
| 12 | In the fictions that lay ahead , however , the relationship between the author and his characters is subjected to an intense elaboration . |
| 13 | A more general indication of his interests is given by the catalogue of his library , which he drew up in 1632 , when he had just moved house to Long Acre , Covent Garden . |
| 14 | He has an inner life , and his most telling statement of his ills is embodied in a Godwinian phrase , ‘ I am malicious because I am miserable . ’ |
| 15 | The Inland Revenue ca n't take it off you , ’ says Lord Teviot , who is also quite open about the fact that all a Lord has to do to qualify for his expenses is to walk into the chamber , have his name logged by a doorkeeper and walk out . |
| 16 | The decline in the position of history in many of our schools is signified by the fact that it failed not only to be ranked as a core subject in the National Curriculum reinstated under the Education Reform Act of 1988 but was struggling hard for its survival on the list of foundation subjects as schools in the early 1990s tried to pour the National Curriculum quart into the school timetable pint pot . |
| 17 | Each of our shops is staffed by a small friendly team of experts . |
| 18 | In the rest of Europe , what you wear on your feet is seen as a crystal-clear signal of your professional status . |
| 19 | I 'm told that in the States , the state of your nails is regarded as an indication of the state of your psyche . |
| 20 | This is true in the same way that our ideal of what God can do in our lives is counterpoised by the actual human condition we find ourselves in . |
| 21 | " The development of our lives is predetermined from the beginning by our family situation and the structure of society at a given moment in time . " |
| 22 | Because each and every one of our guests is treated with the inimitable style and personal attention that you could only expect from such a grand hotel . |
| 23 | A tally of your messages is shown at the top of every page . |
| 24 | However when we look outwards and see what is happening in South Africa to trade unionists there , the scale of our problems is put into a truer perspective . |
| 25 | As both the adult and integrated sessions , this sharing of our stories is followed by the reading from the Word of God and the message . |
| 26 | Why Raymond is determined to wade through our sewers is explained by an extraordinary aside in The Hidden Files . |
| 27 | A list of our members is appended at the end of this response . |
| 28 | Please note that the time printed on your tickets is given in the 24-hour clock system — for example 7.30 pm = 1930 hrs . |
| 29 | Indeed the silk that we ourselves spin and weave into the most luxurious of all our fabrics is unwound from the cocoon that silk-moth caterpillars weave around themselves before they start the complex process of changing into adults . |
| 30 | So often defence of our hospitals is portrayed as a ‘ reactionary ’ defence of the status quo . |