Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [noun pl] [adv] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There are clear reasons why state power should encompass the means to conserve soil , reafforest and so on , but why do governments not do it successfully ?
2 Despite that , there are many cases when hill climbing is the best or perhaps the only practical approach :
3 ‘ There are many instances where UK investment and product costs have been up to twenty per cent below other European countries , but the investment has still been located on the continent because of unfair political pressures and highly discriminatory practices , ’ he added to gasps of pained surprise .
4 As we saw in our discussion of Marslen-Wilson and Tyler ( 1980 ) , there are good reasons why word identification can not be a largely top-down process .
5 There are several reasons why computer mapping is increasing in popularity .
6 ‘ Open ’ villages where landownership was ‘ much divided ’ were receptive to Dissent and so were large parishes where population growth in the outlying parts had made nonsense of the old ecclesiastical arrangements .
7 There were many cases where Bloomsbury House was involved not at all , or only at the last moment when it was generally too late to offer any constructive help .
8 Education and training and research and development are other areas where government intervention is badly needed .
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