Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] [be] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Third World countries , in particular , where governments are seeking efficient ways of adopting scientific and technological know-how , the characteristics of English as an international language already give it considerable advantage over others in the commercial competition to ‘ sell ’ such language training . |
| 2 | Although physicists are having some difficulty in deciding what are the fundamental particles of which matter and energy are composed , they seem to agree that there are fundamental particles . |
| 3 | However , once divisions are given some independence they may make decisions that are not in the best interests of the group as a whole . |
| 4 | Certainly there is fighting and delinquency at seaside resorts and elsewhere , but if teenagers were seeking real violence then the casualties would be enormous . |
| 5 | If animals are given Pavlovian conditioning with a compound CS consisting of separable components , the amount of strength gained by one of these components after a given number of training trials will be less than would be acquired if that component had been trained alone . |
| 6 | If targets are to have any meaning then they must be neither too easy nor too hard . |
| 7 | Or how , if governments are to use movable exchange-rates to keep their economies competitive , the Community as a whole can avoid a race to devalue that merely fuels inflation . |
| 8 | If workers are to supply more labour they may require a reward in the form of a higher real wage rate in order to compensate them for the higher marginal disutility of employment . |
| 9 | If changes are to command public support , Londoners must play an active part in shaping their local service mix to meet needs which they have helped identify . |
| 10 | The resemblance could be particularly close if breeders were installing some trait that allowed the crop to thrive in a new habitat , or one that shielded it from parasites or diseases . |
| 11 | If investors are expecting inflationary pressures in the future , the yield curve will be rising , while if they are anticipating disinflationary pressures , the yield curve will be falling . |
| 12 | If governors are to make good decisions on meeting special needs their approach must be equally systematic . |
| 13 | What is required in history , if girls are to have equal opportunity with boys in school , is both a full investigation and exposure of women 's past — recorded and documented in special women 's history books — plus an integration of women and their contribution to history within existing accounts . |
| 14 | How do we do it if teachers are taking legitimate action ? |
| 15 | We are told , for example , that if teachers are made accountable standards will be raised . |
| 16 | But if teachers are to take such decisions they need to have access to these ideas . |
| 17 | However , if linguists are to convince practising teachers and the providers of pre- and in-service courses , they must explicitly examine and justify this belief . |
| 18 | If children are to develop effective communication skills ( in speaking , listening , reading and writing ) , it is vital that they acquire the ability to produce cohesive devices , such as verb-phrase anaphora , appropriately . |
| 19 | The identification of the cause of discomfort is critical if nurses are to promote patient ease and comfort . |
| 20 | Surely if nurses are to become educated professionals , nursing libraries need to be well-stocked with books , journals , reports and video recordings of higher education level standards . |
| 21 | In addition , if women were to enter public life and achieve positions of power there they would constitute a personal challenge to the men who had hitherto had it their own way . |
| 22 | If students are to exercise personal judgements , they have to be given a measure of personal responsibility for their work . |
| 23 | And if others are producing smaller amounts of goods that people actually want to buy , fine . |
| 24 | Education , and the participation of the community are crucial if schemes are to have any chance of success . |
| 25 | In addition , 67% of the companies surveyed had never arranged free counselling for women experiencing problems with the menopause ; 71% had never reduced the workload for menopausal women ; and 69% of personnel departments said they ‘ would not be aware ’ if employees were experiencing menopausal problems . |
| 26 | They believe it will sell because , if consumers are boycotting tropical hardwoods stocked by DIY stores , there is no reason why they should condone burning them on the barbecue . |
| 27 | The conclusions were challenged by Mr Joe Rich , chairman of the British Dental Association 's General Dental Services Committee , who said it was ‘ probably true ’ that more teeth were being extracted because dentists were seeing more patients . |
| 28 | Because positivists were seeking general theories of behaviour to explain crime , they also required ‘ crime ’ to be a universal , objective category of behaviour . |
| 29 | He was outstanding in our Cup games , because players are allowed more space against higher-division teams . |
| 30 | Because students are taking two qualifications at one , it is very important to provide them with easily-understood information at appropriate stages of the programme . |