Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [verb] [adv] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no doubt that competition from both within and outside the profession will continue to grow , and efficient practice management in all its forms has become as important as technical skill in maintaining and improving profitability . |
| 2 | It has long been clear that IBM Corp 's latest restructuring into 13 somewhat autonomous business units has taken too long and has not gone far enough , and the company has called an extraordinary board meeting for this Tuesday to decide what cuts need to be made to meet 1993 targets . |
| 3 | Hooliganism involving Dutch supporters has become so frequent as to suggest that another blanket ban of a nation 's clubs might be necessary . |
| 4 | In Peking at least , the resurrection of past models and heroes has provoked more giggling than respect , spawning a rash of political jokes . |
| 5 | Since then , imprisoning corporate officials has become less novel but by no means universal . |
| 6 | The truth of that observation can not be determined ; what is beyond question , however , is that violence in our town centres has become so common that it is an expected , almost accepted , feature of urban life . |
| 7 | More palatable to cosmologists would be the possibility that the gas in groups and clusters has become more concentrated than the dark matter . |
| 8 | Rather than bringing about increased skills portability , YTS has proved instrumental in bringing about a sharpening of labour market segmentation , as the conditions surrounding entry to jobs at all levels has become more formalized and rigidified . |
| 9 | ‘ One of my parts is very much on the marketing side and this has actually flourished and the demands on my time for giving talks and presentations all over the world at very high levels has become more demanding than I 've ever known before . ’ |
| 10 | When most public relations was writing press releases and liaising with the media , this experience was invaluable , but as public relations has become more sophisticated and developed its skills and functions , so a journalism background has become less important . |
| 11 | But Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon explains : ‘ Creating turnovers has become so important that players are being coached to strike with the helmet first in the hope it will jar the ball loose . |
| 12 | The role of special educational needs support teachers has become more complex and clearly defined in recent years . |
| 13 | More recently , the demand for fast breeder reactors has seemed less urgent as worldwide supplies of uranium have become more plentiful . |
| 14 | ‘ Action taken to contain operating costs and introduce more selective underwriting procedures has proved increasingly effective and we have reported a substantial recovery in our operating performance for 1992 . |
| 15 | Senescence in industrialized human societies has become so apparent because of the removal of most extrinsic causes of death and lowered fertility ; in the circumstances in which the life history evolved , these would have predominated , and few individuals would have lived long enough to show evidence of ageing . |
| 16 | Stars n Bars has proved so popular that the series will run-on into 1993 , but on a bi-monthly basis , starting in the February 1993 FlyPast . |
| 17 | The question of Mr Brown 's achievements has become more pressing because of a Californian term-limits law ( yes , another initiative ) which will eject him by 1996 from the assembly where he has sat for 27 years . |