Example sentences of "[pron] are [adv] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Some of them are also Companions of Honour , an order additional used as a way of rewarding prime ministers ' political friends , so ‘ that Norman Tebbitt and Lord Whitelaw , neither known as retiring aesthetes , rub shoulders with Anthony Powell , Lucien Freud and Dame Ninette de Valois . |
2 | Their attraction is based on an image which is at the other extreme from the uncertainty and powerlessness which are also part of adolescence . |
3 | For example , despite her attachment to an extra-textual and pre-linguistic domain of mental activity , Nathalie Sarraute 's work , according to Heath , should not be limited by interpretative strategies which are fundamentally referentialist in orientation . |
4 | There are certain other contracts which are not contracts of sale of goods but which are analogous contracts because the ownership of goods passes under them , e.g. contracts of exchange and barter and contracts for labour and materials supplied ( see Chapter 8 above ) . |
5 | During this final stage they appear as ants , which are really fairies in disguise . |
6 | They are of a completely different sort from purely material things , such as trees and stones , which are only objects of perception , and not themselves perceivers . |
7 | This chapter is intended for those who are not teachers of reading but who , as parents , teachers , and librarians , wish to support both the specialist teachers and the learner-readers . |
8 | Kiltmakers have never been so popular with men who are not members of pipe bands . |
9 | Without doubt , the construction of such a hegemonic bloc for socialist objectives must involve winning the support of many people who regard themselves as ‘ middle class ’ or of no class , many who have never considered themselves socialists , many who are not members of trade unions , by colonising and re-defining the notion of the popular or national interest ( while avoiding chauvinism and the opportunistic erasure of real social differences ) . |
10 | Another reason may be that some of the management team who are already shareholders in Target , or other vendor shareholders , will wish to exchange their Target shares for Newco shares without triggering a disposal for capital gains tax purposes ( see ss135 , 137 and 138 TCGA 1992 ) . |
11 | These men , you will remember , often come to our MRA assemblies , and told the British press last summer , ‘ we are not apostles of apartheid ; we are champions of change . ’ |
12 | In other words , that we are not victims of chance and fate , but take an active part in our destiny , which is a spiritual drama . |
13 | According to Oakeshott , something less pretentious will do ; viz. , ‘ that we are not children in statu pupillari but adults who do not consider themselves under any obligation to justify their preference for making their own choices ’ . |
14 | Not having set off from directly overhead Gransden ( a practice advisable in murky conditions ) we are slightly south of track . |
15 | So I feel that our power has grown very much and that we are now hand in hand with the comrades in Namibia . |
16 | You know sometimes the way forward is backward , there are no short cuts with god , if he 's leading along a certain path and were disobedient , there 's no way we can opt out of it and join the trail further along , he does n't allow it , its back to where we left it , that 's were we 've got ta get back to , we ca n't skip an experience , we ca n't miss any thing out , we 've got to go back to where we start , where we were when we left the trail and Naomi has to do just that to go back to Bethlehem , that 's the way forward for her , and you see because we all , we always find this if we are really children of god , then we can never ever be satisfied away from the will of god , there 's nothing else that meets our need , its god will or nothing , you know , when we know frustration in our lives , when we know sort of the , these annoyances and , and , and , and er sense of frustration there , its not because god is leaving us that way its invariably cos we have actually gone out of gods will because he 's will is not frustrated , its satisfying , can I just , it will only really be headings this morning , just leave us with three brief headings in this little incident that we 'll read or we , we wo n't read the whole passage but its , er in the remainder of the , or more or less the whole of the remainder of the first chapter tha that the cost was involved and then the choices that were made and then the commitment , the cost that was involved Naomi had to pay something , you see before she could return to Naomi she had to con , before Naomi sorry could return er to , to Bethlehem , she had to acknowledge she 'd done wrong , she had failed , she had sinned , she had to acknowledge she had made a mistake now in fairness to Naomi she did it and she excepted her responsibility , she did n't try and shift the blame on |
17 | But to return to the composition of foregrounds , there are not instructions about man and animals . |
18 | Indeed there are even differences of opinion among environmentalists over how this increasing demand upon the countryside is to be accommodated . |
19 | Should you wish it , you can treat the Sauerhof as a chance to get in trim ; they offer most kinds of sports and have extensive gym , sauna and pool facilities — there are even bicycles for hire so you can get fit and take in the lovely countryside at the same time . |
20 | There are even ones in pencil stuck to the leaves of plants . |
21 | There have to be rules , laws , for everything ; after all , there are even rules for war . |
22 | There are also vacancies for computer technicians , secretaries , and mechanics . |
23 | There are also reports of exit visas being refused . |
24 | There are also areas of confusion : it is not uncommon to meet feminists who disagree with Wages for Housework ( on grounds similar to those quoted above ) yet would support increases in child benefit or the right of wives and cohabiting women to claim SB for themselves . |
25 | There are also claims of drug taking and vandalism . |
26 | There are also differences of detail : for example , on the Lyon coin the pedestal under the figure of Mars is missing , and there is no relief sculpture on the attic below the chariot . |
27 | There are also differences of religion and of family structure , and quite different expectations about the possibility , or desirability , of returning ‘ home ’ . |
28 | ‘ There are also differences in pronunciation of sounds and words . ’ |
29 | There are also complaints of litter . |
30 | There are also fears about energy , but presumably the Government would look to the regulatory authorities to act on customer charges to mitigate the impact . |