Example sentences of "[be] [conj] [noun] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prospect has been that atoms cooled to microkelvin temperatures , with an arrangement called an atomic fountain , would allow orders-of-magnitude improvements in frequency standards . |
| 2 | At the dinner the topic of conversation came round to a discussion of how historically interesting it would have been if people living in Saxon or medieval England had produced scale models of houses built in those days . |
| 3 | ‘ Our case will be that Bjorn filed for divorce first here in Sweden . ’ |
| 4 | The use of calendar rather than trading time may be because interest accrues in calendar time , and information arrives during non-trading periods ( although possibly at a slower rate than in trading time ) . |
| 5 | The only thing that is certain is that Albie died in debt . |
| 6 | In speech act terms , the difference is that Austin focuses on illocution ( " language in society " p.139 ) while the deconstructionists focus on locution ( " language in itself " p.139 ) . |
| 7 | The thesis of that view is that man originated in rain forest and not in the more open habitats associated with the African finds . |
| 8 | Another cliché that persists is that chefs work in contract catering only to avoid long hours and the tough competition of hotel and restaurant kitchens . |
| 9 | But the " bottom line " is that excesses lead to illness . |
| 10 | Another problem we have found is that batteries vary in size , particularly nickel-cadmium rechargeables . |
| 11 | can promise you is that commissions awarded on basis of competition , we were looking for quality , we invited bids , we |
| 12 | Rod , is that national curriculum levels or is that staff comment after course outline just there ? |
| 13 | One of the main disadvantages of needles and syringes is that needles invade through skin with the possibility of cross contamination and we think with our device we can completely eliminate that . |
| 14 | Another false assumption is that diagnosis leads to therapy and therapy to cure . |
| 15 | As elsewhere in this chapter ( and book ) , our basic assumption is that understanding leads to learning . |
| 16 | This is because wires used in practice ( e.g. copper ) are non-magnetic : we do n't need to worry about boundary conditions at all . |
| 17 | Briefly , this is because automatisation depends upon practice at performances which do not vary , whereas the underlying meanings of sentences are very rarely the same . |
| 18 | The result was that resources invested in education increased dramatically , even though society in general and the school leaver in particular seemed hardly to be affected . |
| 19 | Its message was that wars occur through misunderstanding , ignorance , and foolishness , all preventable if leaders and citizens will only reflect on the likely unintended consequences of their actions . |
| 20 | But the machine worked for about two centuries , from about 280 to 100 B.C. : and the way it worked was that Rome passed from war to war without giving much thought to the very metaphysical question of whether the wars were meant to gain power for Rome or to keep the allies busy . |
| 21 | This was because officers listening to sonar buoys needed this frequency response to distinguish between Allied and German submarines , and they needed a set of training-records . |
| 22 | ‘ There used to be a stand in front of the old premises but that was before people worried about being riding home drunk , ’ says Tommy , the Cleveland CIU president . |