Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] be [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 | He did not breathe spontaneously and died in a pulmonary W with lungs filled with water and we ca n't exclude that the reason for that was just the water bath . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The reason for this was also the reason for her sorrow . |
| 6 | It is no accident that there is a similarity between the diagnostic test , above , and the claim which used to be advanced in transformational grammar to the effect that an attributive adjective incorporated in a noun phrase is derived from some such structure as : ( 6 ) the N present BE ADJ This proposal was questioned quite early in the development of transformational grammar ( see Berman , 1974 ) , and a major reason for this was precisely the fact that too many phrases with attributive adjectives were discovered where the derivation does not seem to be usable ; as we shall see later , there are other reasons why such a derivation may not work , apart from the issue discussed here . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | The other major issue of 1935 was also a non-event for the BUF . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The contrasting images which survive of Osred are probably a reflection of the increasing divisions within the Northumbrian kingdom at this time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It was a time before I began to understand her a little better and realise that a lot of this was actually a sort of ‘ attention-getting ’ — a bit of theatre just to see how people would react — to manipulate situations a little . |
| 14 | In front of this was usually the atrium or forecourt . |
| 15 | The first two of these are simply the result of the inversion . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | One of these was probably the carver known as ‘ Guillaume de Nourriche ’ ( William of Norwich ) in documentary sources . |
| 18 | Membership of Rotary was always a delight to Tom , as was membership of his Masonic Lodge where he held top offices in both organisations . |
| 19 | The Act of 1897 was partly the result of trade union pressure . |
| 20 | The highest court of all is still the Football Association with their brocaded traditions , honest principles and missionary zeal . |
| 21 | The father of ten is now a figurehead to thousands . |
| 22 | Jacob studied at the Yeshiva de los Pintos at Rotterdam and at the age of twenty-five was already a rabbi in Amsterdam . |
| 23 | For example , a few of the sub-divisions of -07 are Thus a publication dealing with experimental research in foundation engineering would be classified 624.150724 if the librarian felt that such a fine classification was necessary . |
| 24 | Where she was going and what happened that summer of 1983 are still a mystery . |
| 25 | The claims of 1298 are thus an acknowledgement that the relationship created by the treaty of Paris of 1259 could break down , but only when an assertive and belligerent French monarchy acted to enforce its rights . |
| 26 | Only three batsmen got past twenty and none got to thirty , and a total of 137 was clearly a waste of everyone 's time . |
| 27 | The year of 1990 was truly the beginning of a new decade . |
| 28 | ‘ I mean , letters like that are just a laugh , are n't they ? ’ she rushed on with a very poor effort at bravado . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Prominent amongst these is usually the selection of an inappropriate knowledge representation through absent or incorrect problem formulation . |