Example sentences of "[noun pl] is [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think of the five other roads as leaving at various times on a clock face ; as already pointed out , all movement on roundabouts is in a clockwise direction . |
| 2 | In Bath ( Chris Patten , party chairman , majority 1,412 ) the biggest chunk of homes is in the top band . |
| 3 | For example , the first vowel in the following English words is of a different quality when it is stressed than when it is unstressed : convert , progress , transfer . |
| 4 | However , EPHOS is not expected to impinge upon the UK 's own GOSIP profile , ‘ EPHOS is at a higher level , ’ according to the UK 's Central Computing and Telecommunications Agency , although it admits that ‘ they may merge in the future , but we 're talking about four or five years . ’ |
| 5 | While none of these pictures is of the first rank , some are of interest : Paris Bordone 's ‘ A Courtesan ’ ; Pietro Marescalchi 's ‘ Madonna and Child enthroned , with Saints James the Greater and Prosdocimus ’ of 1564 and Michele Giambono 's ‘ Madonna and Child enthroned ’ . |
| 6 | One of their main demands is for a greater say in policy-making and legislation governing Northern Ireland . |
| 7 | The draught on street corners is like a tropical breeze . |
| 8 | It is unusual for two reasons : he used the powdered bone of the toad with drawing oils and substances instead of with jading substances as most horsemen in Suffolk did ; again , the description of the actual ritual of getting with all the attendant circumstances is of the deepest interest . |
| 9 | One of the articles is about the abstract artist Sol LeWitt , who was in Krauss 's opinion misinterpreted by three critics as serving ‘ as triumphant illustration of the powers of human reason . |
| 10 | For example , the International Committee of the Red Cross has an interest in monitoring the application of the Geneva Conventions and Protocols , and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is in a similar situation with respect to the Refugee Conventions . |
| 11 | Labanowski is on an eight-week tour , and regrettably last night was the only Ipswich performance — coincidentally , All Fools Day , which was exactly the right spirit . |
| 12 | The most usual way of predicting future service needs is by the forward projection of current prevalence data to the predicted age structure of the population in the future . |
| 13 | Clearly , controlling such organisations is beyond the regulatory capacity of national governments . |
| 14 | This data , together with the data on productivity described below , suggests that the research work carried out in the geology departments of these universities is of a lower standard than that of the other Scottish universities . |
| 15 | This data , together with the data on productivity described below , suggests that the research work carried out in the geology departments of these universities is of a lower standard than that of the other Scottish universities . |
| 16 | But since the universities also have a central part to play in this determination , co-operation between Government and universities is of the greatest importance . |
| 17 | This official would be to public law rather what the Director of Public Prosecutions is to the criminal law . |
| 18 | While welcoming my right hon. Friend 's reply , may I ask him to accept that the best training for Royal Navy reservists is with the regular Navy and will he give that priority in the coming operations for the Royal Naval Reserve ? |
| 19 | It finds an answer in many places in the larger narrative , and one of those places is in the dark comedy of the two chapters immediately following our chosen passage . |
| 20 | The general trend in the last four years is towards a growing deficit . |
| 21 | Quite why food and diet have become of such interest in recent years is for the social historian to discuss , but there is no doubt about the present popularity of culinary herbs . |
| 22 | The air in most buildings is at a lower pressure than the surrounding air . |
| 23 | The pay of nurses , firemen and ambulancemen is below the national average . |
| 24 | ( 5 ) Informational resources , so that the group or individual who has these resources is in a powerful position . |
| 25 | One of the most enduring memories is of the Labour Government having to go to the International Monetary Fund , ‘ cap in hand ’ , to ask for a loan to prop up the UK 's sagging economy . |
| 26 | Registration and selection of cattle is on a national basis and there is also a fully automated cattle information system . |
| 27 | In fact , what we have witnessed has been the spectacle of governments running so hard to get away from this concept that they have been unable to hear the voice of the British business community , pleading that the interest it would like the government to show in its affairs is of a different nature altogether . |
| 28 | That theory holds that the possession of social decision-making power by companies is legitimate ( that is , there are good reasons for regarding its possession as justified ) only if this state of affairs is in the public interest . |
| 29 | It would seem sensible to link risk with possession rather than with ownership , because the person in possession of the goods is in the best position to see that they come to no harm . |
| 30 | In many cases the necessity for a contemnor to be informed of his rights is of the highest importance . |