Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [vb -s] [verb] [det] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Rhodes considered that there had been an improved performance in services which were the sole responsibility of either the GLC or the boroughs : but of those services which were shared ‘ only the group of transportation functions seems to show any marked advantages ; over both housing and planning there hang certain question marks ’ ( Rhodes 1972:468 ) .
2 Merchants believe there is a psychological barrier at £3 , and although the wild swing in European exchange rates has pushed many French and German wines out of this bracket , most New World economies are suffering as much as if not more than ours , leading to a continued supply of cheap , good quality wine .
3 The existence of these foreign exchange deposits has created some unusual problems for the Yugoslav banking system , which will be considered further below .
4 Experimental phonetics has been an important part of phonetics for almost a century , and experimental work in phonetics laboratories has produced many important discoveries about how speech is produced and perceived .
5 CONTROVERSY over pit closures has created some strange bedfellows .
6 The Scuds fired so far have done no direct military damage , but the hunt for their launch sites has diverted many allied aircraft from other jobs .
7 The relationship between the Hague Convention and the other methods of obtaining evidence abroad provided for in the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and comparable State rules has occupied much judicial time .
8 The frequent attention given to the management of river banks has made many unsuitable for the nesting of Kingfishers , and the frequent clearance of marginal vegetation has been to the detriment of species such as the Reed Bunting , Sedge and Reed Warbler .
9 Moreover , unearthing evidence of such inequality would not cause a pluralist to challenge the basis of his or her analytical approach in the same way that evidence of the influence of non-economically based groups on state decisions has generated much tortuous re-evaluation of basic theory among Marxist scholars .
10 The experience of storing and distributing the 1991 Census datasets has taught some valuable lessons , which will be useful if data from future Censuses is released on a similar basis .
11 The threat of Iraqi terrorist attacks has prompted some elaborate security precautions .
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