Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [am/are] [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consideration is paid because the purchasers and sub-licensees are entitled to exercise these rights . |
| 2 | Given the steeper wage profiles in large firms it is not surprising to find intense competition for employment in these firms and employers are able to select those with the highest qualifications . |
| 3 | SF incoherence has been adopted by mainstream writers — from Borges to Rushdie , Doris Lessing to Woody Allen — as literacy and literary competence has developed and spread , and readers are prepared to accept more incoherence in texts and make more effort to resolve meanings . |
| 4 | And mothers are supposed to sink all their hopes ambitions in the one child . |
| 5 | Colts and stallions are likely to make this face after smelling urine , but other horses occasionally do it too . |
| 6 | Marxists and feminists are inclined to see this familiar fact as a form of exploitation , and the current fashion is to be particularly scornful of the honour that is supposed to accrue to the unpaid housewife . |
| 7 | But plans are afoot to raise more cash from new programme sales . |
| 8 | Given the sight distances actually available , speeds should be restricted to about 8 km/h , but cars are unlikely to travel this slowly unless physical measures are put in place . |
| 9 | But punters are unlikely to get much value for the grey in this competitive 25runner handicap and , as Daru had to be ridden out for his last two victories , he is worth opposing . |