Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the remainder are in the 40–70 range , with the highest grades reaching almost average mental ability . |
| 2 | … The proceedings in the present case are for the direct purpose of handing the appellant over so that he may be dealt with on these charges . |
| 3 | Many of the matters which are discussed within this framework are of the greatest importance for social anthropology . |
| 4 | Movements of base level are of the utmost importance in understanding landforms in most parts of the world , for the earth 's surface is in an unstable period of its history . |
| 5 | Accounts survive from over 50 collieries within this period , the earliest series dates from the mid-fifteenth century but the great majority are from the seventeenth century . |
| 6 | The parents of otaku are from the Sixties generation , very democratic and tolerant . |
| 7 | An emerging key group of provides in this field are from the private sector . |
| 8 | The most prospective areas for Pennine-style mineralisation are in the concealed carbonate shelf adjacent to listric faults such as the area to the north-east of the Gainsborough Basin . |
| 9 | Those very nice men from the Automobile Association are among the top Yuletide earners — their average £30 a day will quadruple to £120 . |
| 10 | I suspect that the Opposition are in the same muddle on this as on every other issue — including taxation , over the past three weeks . |
| 11 | The bed and bedhead are from the same era and are made of brass . |
| 12 | In sections 6.2 and 6.3 it was established that time-dependent potential differences across the secondary and primary windings of a unity-coupled , lossless transformer are in the same ratio as the turns ratio between these windings . |
| 13 | It makes a triangle with Beta and 16 Libræ ( 4.5 ) ; using × 7 , Delta and Beta are in the same field , but Beta and 16 are not . |
| 14 | All the tone controls on this preamp are of the active variety , which offer a more discernible tonal colouring than their passive cousins . |
| 15 | There will be both American and Japanese ranges in the Starfield line and the two guitars we have for review are from the latter source . |
| 16 | This means that many of the decisions which ultimately affect UK industry are outside the direct control of the UK government and in many areas of trade , negotiations are carried out on our behalf by the EC as a whole . |
| 17 | Unbalancing the opponent 1 : the attacker and defender are in the left stance . |
| 18 | ‘ Attention to personal appearance and hygiene are of the utmost importance to a receptionist . ’ |
| 19 | Why , in other words , should perception be of the perceived object rather than any other object in the causal chain further back in the causal chain ; why every perception should not be of the Big Bang that started off the Universe . |
| 20 | IV or Four was on the door to the right and round the corner on the left was the Handwork Room , the Headmaster 's Study being on the extreme right next to the bathroom and opposite the Staff Common Room . |
| 21 | 5 of the bulls up for auction were from the Lower Hope estate near Leominster . |
| 22 | Around one quartr of the children in this study were below the third percentile for weight suggesting an association between cryptosporidiosis and failure to thrive , as described in other centres . |
| 23 | Given the government 's commitment to control public expenditure and reduce taxation , her main troubles in the first term were with the major spending departments and with ministers who favoured some further reflation to ease unemployment . |
| 24 | The first lots to come into the ring were for the annual lease of ewes . |
| 25 | Six members of the previous administration were in the 29-member cabinet , but no senior FLN politician was included . |
| 26 | The worst rates of loss were in the Welsh steel making counties of West Glamorgan ( -31.4 per cent ) and Clwyd ( -27.7 per cent ) , followed by Strathclyde ( 26.6 per cent ) , Merseyside ( -24.2 per cent ) and Durham ( -23.8 per cent ) . |
| 27 | It took only three years for Totten to move St Johnstone through the pecking order to the Premier Division and the club were in the top half of the table when , on 14 December , the McDiarmid Park chairman , Geoff Brown , decided a change was necessary . |
| 28 | It is , however , because religion is about the archaic heritage of humanity , and involves relations with parent figures , particularly the father , that one would expect emotional reactions to the subject ; either religion is the most important part of life , and immune to scientific investigation for that reason , or it is too trivial to be worth a working scientist 's time . |
| 29 | One important association is between the mating system and the mode of parental care . |
| 30 | This research is based on the belief that one of the most practical ways of improving the effectiveness of Board-level thinking is by the increased use of the strategic decision support tools and methodologies now available and being developed . |