Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [verb] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This being the case it was seen as essential to set a financial qualification for the franchise that would give the vote to " decent " farmers and shopkeepers whilst excluding the lower social orders who might use their votes to plunder the public purse for their own advantage . |
| 2 | Though agreed between the parties , these proposals were bitterly attacked by some Conservatives as destroying the traditional upper House and by a few Labour members as creating a large new area of patronage for the Prime Minister . |
| 3 | What it does reflect is the willingness of the British government to increase the chances of criminalizing poor , oppressed , and sometimes inadequate individuals whilst leaving the rich corporate executive free to operate within and outside the law . |
| 4 | In terms of the role-mapping model of plural reference , we would suppose that the use of and imposes a constraint which specifies the two individuals as playing the same grammatical role . |
| 5 | Once attention is focused on observation statements as forming the alleged secure basis for science , it can be seen that , contrary to the inductivists ' claim , theory of some kind must precede all observation statements and observation statements are as fallible as the theories they presuppose . |
| 6 | However , the DUP still enjoys better relationships with the paramilitaries than does the Official Unionist Party . |
| 7 | Generally , many advisers recommend index-linked gilts as providing the best net return to 40% taxpayers . |
| 8 | They would , moreover , analyse these factors as reflecting the capitalist social organization of production . |
| 9 | Do they know who lies beside them the long night through , under the overhanging cliffs recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as having the only sunless spot in Britain , summer or winter ? |
| 10 | One must have regard to the potential for legal expenses when determining the ultimate extrajudicial settlement figure in any case . |