Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [vb base] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it possible to summarize the relationships you find in a linear causal model ? |
| 2 | Such comparisons suggest a fixed set of symbols or rules which operate in a fixed way , whereas this is only partially true of language . |
| 3 | It allowed a maintained secondary school , or a primary school with over 300 pupils ( extended in 1990 to all primary schools ) , on the resolution of its governing body , with the consent of a majority of those parents who vote in a secret postal ballot , and with the approval of the Secretary of State , to opt out of LEA finance and control , and be given ‘ grant-maintained ’ status . |
| 4 | The couple are totally accepted by Linda 's middle-aged parents who live in a terraced house in Darlington . |
| 5 | Where these signs are not obvious , subtler discriminations can be made : Quebecois who refuse to understand anglophones who talk in a Canadian accent , will respond to anglophones who talk with a British or US intonation , as Flemings who claim not to understand French spoken with a Belgian accent , understand French French . |
| 6 | ‘ And four of those bloody years I spend in a bloody prison-camp — if you 'll pardon the expression . |
| 7 | The University of Edinburgh is essentially a university within a city , unlike many British universities which operate in a large ‘ single-campus ’ area . |
| 8 | ‘ The political stance adopted by a class at any given time will be i part a function of the structure of the political system as whole and the concrete possibilities which exist in a specific situation for the application of various kinds of class alliances ’ ( Roxborough 1979 : 82 ) . |
| 9 | Under the Bill introduced by Abse , these controls were not only maintained but extended , so that , in addition to the Army Act , section 66 , it would be possible to take proceedings under section 64 , with reference to ‘ officers who behave in a scandalous manner ’ ; or under section 69 of the Air Force Act , with reference to air force discipline . |
| 10 | He wanted to emphasize the new play 's connection with The Family Reunion : once again he was to deal with characters who live in a worn-out society , and have lost their way . |
| 11 | We shall go on improving education and training to guarantee that all our children have the basic knowledge and skills they need in a modern economy . |
| 12 | Rank Xerox also talks to non-competitors who excel in a particular function . |
| 13 | Economic considerations are mediated through the minds of human beings who live in a social world , which means that the impact of economics is crucially conditioned by ideology — a notion which has been explored and expanded by the Marxist theorists to whom we now turn . |
| 14 | Besides , the forms of the incentives themselves come in a bewildering array . |
| 15 | In Statement B this story line is applied to the police force to suggest that the young white working-class men who enter the force are to a large extent preselected , and irrespective of recruitment and training policies are likely to be authoritarian personality types who flourish in a para-military environment and ‘ have a hang-up about race ’ . |
| 16 | The path and the valley are actually a trap created by a flock of Harpies who nest in a small cave hidden among the rocks . |
| 17 | and they want two extra extensions you see in a certain area , we obviously do n't know that |