Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [be] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parricide probably occurred in different parts of the globe , where groups were at the first stage in the evolution of Homo sapiens , It is probable that the killing was done , although Freud is not insistent on the point , if the horror of the actual deed has been faced emotionally and the resistance to the idea that it was a deed is not based on emotional resistances . |
| 2 | Indeed , he confirmed yesterday that he would not be coaching Scotland at the forthcoming World Championships in Birmingham ( where Scotland are in the same group as Australia ) . |
| 3 | Kenya Asians are now working hard in the darkness and grime of British cities , where Patel is among the commonest names in the telephone directory . |
| 4 | On growth , the Labour party ignores the evidence of independent forecasters that , on top of the substantial growth rates that we have achieved in the 1980s , our growth rate will be just as good as the G7 average and faster than Germany 's in the second half of next year . |
| 5 | My question is : Have Strach and White swapped back , so Strach is on the left and White on the right ? |
| 6 | ‘ He 's a better prospect than Gazza was at the same age , ’ said McDermott after the 19-year-old tormented Cambridge . |
| 7 | Now Kennedy had a dilemma although Cuba was in the Caribbean , and although the United States had the biggest navy in the world , and the biggest airforce and was easily able to exterminate Cuba if it wa if it wished to , it was vulnerable , however , in other areas , in particular it was vulnerable in Berlin and it was vulnerable in Indo-China . |
| 8 | Now Kennedy had a dilemma although Cuba was in the Caribbean , and although the United States had the biggest navy in the world , and the biggest airforce and was easily able to exterminate Cuba if it wa if it wished to , it was vulnerable , however , in other areas , in particular it was vulnerable in Berlin and it was vulnerable in Indo-China . |
| 9 | Hence , although Cramlington is in the outer ring and has a distinctive industrial zone of some importance , the actual development of its owner-occupied locations was close to that of inner-ring locations like Westerhope ( see Banim , 1987 ) . |
| 10 | More boys than girls are in the lowest mathematics sets although quite a number obtained fairly high test scores on the GT4 test . |
| 11 | The greater proportion of boys in the sample reflected more high scoring boys than girls being in the lower mathematics sets in the schools working with the project . |
| 12 | Although Japan was for the first time in a dominant position vis-à-vis China , the problem of disputed influence in Korea remained . |
| 13 | Although Villedommange is of the same échelle as its neighbouring premiers crus , its highest vineyards , which do not adjoin a dense mass of forest and are thus free from the ill-effects of transpiration , produce grapes of a superior quality . |
| 14 | Once Clive was in the hypnotic state on this occasion , I asked him to visualize going up to someone he knew slightly , taking a few deep breaths and then asking them a simple question — ‘ Could you please tell me the time ? ’ or ‘ Do you know the way to such-and-such a street ? ’ |
| 15 | Although Jerry was of the same height , he was much fairer than I , with very attractive blue eyes , he was slighter of build , and had a much sweeter disposition . |
| 16 | I looked at the buttons next to the fruit stall because what I usually do I go and get the fruit and vegetables , if Jim 's on the right shift he takes them home , otherwise I buy them while it 's quieter , the man keeps them for me , I go straight across the leisure centre to soft clay cos it 's only open on Wednesdays and then on the way back one of them walks |
| 17 | We had crowd-flow blockages , insufficient refreshment facilities , no VIP entrance , no security check until people were in the main auditorium , and no way to get backstage except by walking right through the main meeting , up the stairs onto the stage and out through the back — with everybody watching ! |
| 18 | If subordinates are of the right ‘ quality ’ , superiors will be prepared to trust them more ; |
| 19 | If storage is at the mean maximum temperature and humidity , this will give some exaggeration of actual market conditions , the extent of which will depend on diurnal and seasonal variations occurring in the market in question . |
| 20 | Just over fifty years later a second Montevideo Congress produced a revised Convention , that on International Procedural Law of 19 March 1940 , To the existing text of what became Article 11 were added two further sentences , one requiring that letters rogatory be translated into the language of the state of destination and the other dispensing with the requirement of legalisation provided transmission was through the diplomatic ( or , in their absence , consular ) agents of the state of origin . |
| 21 | If Bully was in the front garden when she set out for Pack Meeting , he would leap the gate and bound up to her , putting his great front paws against her chest , and barking at her . |
| 22 | So , if RC is in the Right hand half of the dial , that is , between 0° and 90° or between 090° and 180° , then bring the Rc onto 090°. 4 . |
| 23 | ‘ He would be in the England squad if Newcastle were in the Premier League and we 'll put both those things right next season . |
| 24 | Taken together these properties mean that if A is in the same class , or category , as B , B is in the same category as A , and that if A and B are in the same category , and B and C , then A and C are in the same class . |
| 25 | I ask if rum was in the original recipe and she says , no , and I say that 's what stops the cake standing firm and has made it melt all over the place , and she says , ‘ It 's gon na do the same to you , ’ and we laugh like we 're kids . |
| 26 | It is , however , because religion is about the archaic heritage of humanity , and involves relations with parent figures , particularly the father , that one would expect emotional reactions to the subject ; either religion is the most important part of life , and immune to scientific investigation for that reason , or it is too trivial to be worth a working scientist 's time . |
| 27 | She took the torch , using it freely now because speed was of the first importance , and stealth of none at all , and went on down the slippery path towards the thick box hedge , behind which the invisible red roof hung , representing help and companionship . |
| 28 | I was gon na say because Peter is with the three year |
| 29 | The ratio of hydrogen to helium-3 that outgasses would allow computation of the fraction of spontaneous fusion per average water molecule , since hydrogen is in the pristine water whereas helium-3 is produced by any fusion . |
| 30 | She is trying to figure out why she is here in the kitchen preparing the Sunday lunch while William is on the Common with the Sunday papers and their child . |