Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 For such a task crude approaches to semantic processing are preferable to the detailed analyses found in understanding systems since they are computationally tractable , robust and are not restricted to a small language domain .
2 He suggests that gradual movements in share prices caused by insider dealing are preferable to the erratic jumps in prices brought about by enforced disclosure .
3 It is easy to perceive that so long as this group of entrepreneurs is active in the market , and so long as they are alert to the changing prices their own activity brings about , the market process can proceed in an entirely normal fashion .
4 Given employers ' lack of knowledge about qualifications and the relatively arbitrary way in which they use them , it is difficult to give credence to the widespread notion that they are dissatisfied with the educational levels of young workers .
5 Half of all the failures are because patients are dissatisfied with the functional results of this operation .
6 The Gongsters are complete for the 3 years 48–51 except for the first two issues .
7 A second problem is that utterances like ( 101 ) Harry can only speak this loud are token-reflexive to the physical properties of the utterance itself , so that not only do the enormous technical problems of dealing with token-reflexives in a logical manner have to be solved , but all the physical properties of an utterance will also have to be available as indices ( requiring , again , an indefinite number of indices ) .
8 This fairy castle in the clouds has been asleep for a hundred years and the briars are beginning to take over .
9 The inverted repeats of IS1151 are homologous to the corresponding sequences of the IS231 and IS4 insertion elements but diverge from those of IS186 and of IS421 .
10 A recent study by INSERM , the national institute of health and medical research , revealed that French specialists are under-represented on the editorial boards of medical reviews in relation to the strength of French biomedical research .
11 Finally , in the Western Hemisphere region where , among developing regions , infant mortality is lowest , the pattern resembles that observed lately in low infant mortality , developed countries , i.e. , the chances of surviving infancy are greatest for the first births and the relationship tends to be linear .
12 The development of economy-wide agreements for both Scandinavia and the Netherlands reflects , however , not only those influences which are specific to the various countries themselves but also more general factors .
13 A general reading of the book encourages the suspicion that the principle of verification is being used , not simply to exclude some clear and obvious errors , but to cut out swathes of philosophical tradition that have never been guilty of the crude misconceptions of which they are accused by Ayer .
14 These are picture-based at the earlier levels , and text-based at the higher levels .
15 If the hon. Gentleman will think back to days gone by , he will remember that such questions have been perennial in the few weeks before a general election .
16 These picture faults are due to the technical compromises which are built into video and television systems .
17 to get rid of the artificial distinctions which the historical development of the law had drawn between land and movable property — leaving only those distinctions which are due to the natural qualities of these two forms of property ;
18 May 1995 Elections are due for the new authorities
19 Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively .
20 Beta releases of AIX and OS/2 Mach microkernels are due in a few months and in the second half of the year respectively .
21 At one end there was a platform with a piano on it , so Fosdyke might , for all she l–new , have been right about the musical comedies .
22 We are grateful to the concerned Dogs Today reader who informed us of the lobbying activities of this organisation .
23 One I recognized , the local Baronessa , whose family has always been friendly with the occupying forces .
24 These slightly altered protein molecules are mass-produced by the protein-making machines inside the developing brain cells .
25 What part of any contraction in the demand for elderly workers has been caused by state action over the setting of pension eligibility terms , and what part has been due to the autonomous decisions of employers , must for the moment remain an open question .
26 This may have been due to the long delays in the submission and execution of spot trades caused by the overloading of the NYSE order routing system .
27 The tendency to see childhood socialisation as the most important gender-constructing process has always been strong in the social sciences , but it has also been criticised on theoretical and political grounds .
28 The Council is of the opinion that the proposals in the main set forth in the Department 's document … are inimical to the best interests of advanced art education .
29 Recovery from meningitis has been complete with no neurobiological sequelae .
30 ’ One traditional way of discovering God 's will had been that of the biblical sortes — the question would be posed and the Bible then opened at random .
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