Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [vb base] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A relativist will deny that there is a unique category , ‘ science ’ , that is intrinsically superior to other forms of knowledge , although it may well be that individuals or communities place a high value on what is usually referred to as science . |
| 2 | Most LDCs ' governments with reasonable oil potential or prospects establish a state-owned oil corporation either to operate independently , or to enter into joint ventures with major international oil corporations , e.g. Exxon , Royal Dutch/Shell . |
| 3 | With the Government in attendance in morning dress , he presides over investitures , the opening of Parliament , the Queen 's birthday parade , Remembrance Sunday and two local festivities — the peppercorn ceremony ( where freemasons pay a symbolic peppercorn for the use of the state house ) and a bizarre ceremony in which the Maritime Museum pays its annual rent of one cannonball . |
| 4 | It is claimed that the ‘ principle of subsidiarity ’ will ensure that states retain a large measure of independence because federalism means decentralisation . |
| 5 | First , writers such as Badie and Birnbaum ( 1983 ) or Moore ( 1967 ) operating from a broad historical perspective suggest that states have a distinct character resulting from long-term processes of political development . |
| 6 | Additionally the right qualification ensures that employers have a good idea of an individual 's capabilities . |
| 7 | And , in view of her theory that anorexics have a poor sense of their own size , weight and proportions in general , it may be interesting to examine more closely the status of the eldest child and more specifically the eldest daughter . |
| 8 | It is perhaps for this reason that a Code of Practice was issued by the Secretary of State for the Environment in 1981 which requires that authorities produce a minimum number of specified unit cost statistics . |
| 9 | An important point to emerge from one of the studies reviewed is that policies vary a good deal in the effect they will have on trade patterns and terms of trade — and thus on both the overall loss of global welfare and the regional distribution of that loss . |
| 10 | Dixie 's free-taking and Jim 's pace have been features of Maghery 's progress to date but the Lough shore men know that Clans represent a massive hurdle . |
| 11 | It is essential that tutors provide a good service commensurate with the fees being charged to students and/or their employers . |
| 12 | In particular the HMI discuss the role of schools in a changing society , arguing , for example , that schools have a limited role in social change , and rejecting the ‘ curriculum for violent change ’ . |
| 13 | Furthermore , three other significant reports ( Hargreaves 1984 , Thomas 1985 and Mortimore 1988 ) continue to present evidence that schools have a significant influence on pupil behaviour . |
| 14 | The result is that shops use a work-in-process inventory to buffer themselves against problems and uncertainties , a situation where each station has a long queue of semifinished elements . |
| 15 | Campaigners seek to convince the unconverted that animals deserve a better deal ! |
| 16 | This is a descriptive vote because this hundred er women are not a representative cross section of the whole of Scotland they 're invited to come from various places and ninety six of them think that animals deserve a better deal . |
| 17 | If we claim , as Regan does , that animals enjoy a whole range of cognitive abilities in the same sense in which we ascribe these to human beings , then what follows is that ‘ human and animal welfare do not differ in kind ’ ( 1983 : 116 ) . |
| 18 | That approach consists of a code of good practice ( The Highway Code ) , a requirement that drivers pass a qualifying test , and a network of offences to penalize those who deviate from proper standards . |
| 19 | The child has learned that tantrums gain a predictable response ( even if it is aggressive ) from the parents . |
| 20 | Logistically it presents plenty of challenges : for instance trying to arrange cataloguing in many different fields so that entries present a certain conformity ; giving a certain ‘ look ’ and ‘ feel ’ to the sales , is also difficult . |
| 21 | He will argue that Scots put a higher proportion of their wealth into forming small businesses but are restricted from getting their fledgling operations off the ground through a lack of capital . |
| 22 | Furthermore , he argues that proper-nouns have a grammatical structure , and that the compositional rules for such compounds will have to be written into NLP systems . |
| 23 | Observations like these suggest that there is , in fact , a felt connection between grammatical gender and sex , and that speakers perceive a covert hierarchy between masculine and feminine , mirroring ( also , of course , reproducing ) the social hierarchy between them . |
| 24 | Granted that words have a certain elasticity of meaning , the general rule remains that the judges regard themselves as bound by the words of a statute when these words clearly govern the situation before the court . |
| 25 | In general we assume that words have a standardised spelling in British English . |
| 26 | Promoters have their reasons for pricing this way ; having done so , they should see that touts provide a useful service . |
| 27 | ‘ The Tories say that ‘ competition ’ ensures that shoppers get a fair deal . |
| 28 | In his essay in Salmagundi , Robert Scholes argues that conservatives desire a common curriculum — any common curriculum — because this would have a unifying effect upon a society that suffers from an excess of pluralism , and this unifying effect , an achieved cultural consensus , would in itself be a good thing for the country socially and politically . |
| 29 | This arrangement will ensure that visitors spend a full day at the fair . |
| 30 | There 's still the strong possibility you might find yourself in court over your actions this weekend , and I can tell you that judges take a poor view of women who imagine themselves potential victims . |