Example sentences of "[noun pl] [Wh pn] [vb base] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | The couple are totally accepted by Linda 's middle-aged parents who live in a terraced house in Darlington . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Rank Xerox also talks to non-competitors who excel in a particular function . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 ’ . |
9 | 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 . |