Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [is] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for that is partly the attitude of the people involved ; they will identify with individual cows and know them . |
| 2 | But this knowledge will not alone enable us to understand language in use for this is always a matter of realizing the particular token meanings of signs in association with the context of utterance . |
| 3 | One reason for this is undoubtedly the fact that many of those who are attracted to homoeopathy are well content just to treat patients as they present , and do not have the expertise or the scientific bent of mind required to design and carry out clinical trials . |
| 4 | Lotus marketing manager , Neil Hudspeth , says , ‘ considering there is n't a fully operating Alpha system out there yet , the next generation of 1–2-3 is still a twinkle in the eye . ’ |
| 5 | Er and I mean er a lot of that 's perhaps the release of stress , so that you know you 've been under pressure for a long time and then you , you take that away , and it may actually be detrimental to but er it does n't , obviously the figures are a little bit odd . |
| 6 | In each case , however , the objective is to replace a process by which the value of one currency against that of another is essentially a reflection of the relative strengths of the economies which lie behind them , with a system for artificially ‘ holding ’ the price of the currency . |
| 7 | The most striking example of this is perhaps the frontier in the Danubian plain between the Ottoman empire and the Habsburg territories in central Europe . |
| 8 | Nor have the old ( developed ) ‘ national economies ’ been replaced as the major building-blocks of the world system only by larger associations or federations of ‘ nation-states ’ , such as the EC and collectively-controlled international entities , like the IMF , even though the emergence of these is also a symptom of the retreat of the world of ‘ national economies ’ . |
| 9 | The highest court of all is still the Football Association with their brocaded traditions , honest principles and missionary zeal . |
| 10 | The father of ten is now a figurehead to thousands . |
| 11 | One of the fundamental reasons behind this is simply a lack of competition experience , and that 's why regional leading contests like the Yorkshire and North East Indoor Climbing League are so important . |
| 12 | Prominent amongst these is usually the selection of an inappropriate knowledge representation through absent or incorrect problem formulation . |
| 13 | Implicit in this is both a fear of female competition for scarce jobs and a sense of the need of a woman 's domestic labour at home . |
| 14 | His first volume of poems published in 1764 is essentially a tribute to the gardening skills of his patron , William Shenstone . |
| 15 | The inclusion of this explicit provision in 1977 is undoubtedly a result of the experience of twentieth-century conflicts that the prohibition of attacks on the civilian population is ineffective unless it explicitly includes reprisals , and it therefore constitutes a highly significant development of international law . |
| 16 | A simple clause reserving title in the goods to the seller until the buyer has paid their purchase price in full is probably the type of clause most likely to be effective . |
| 17 | The Cathedral at Cahors is also a domed , Byzantine type structure with its domes supported on pendentives , but the building in general is now a mixture of styles with a largely Gothic façade . |
| 18 | One British worker in four is now a part-timer . |
| 19 | The answer to this is surely a date stamp which will force the disorganised or unscrupulous outlet to sell off old stock cheaply or discard it . |
| 20 | Also , if a woman at twenty-six is still a virgin it suggests she is not an overemotional type . |