Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] [vb base] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Criminal statistics in all countries have consistently shown that more males than females appear before the courts and are convicted for criminal activities . |
| 2 | Accordingly , if anomalies appear in the results , this is attributed to defects in the experiment rather than to wilfulness on the part of the animals under investigation . |
| 3 | As it is not obvious that fluctuations in the galaxy distribution should exactly match those of the mass density field ( for example , if galaxies form at the peaks of the mass-density field they will be more correlated than the mass ) , we allow the variance of the two distributions to vary on large scales by the square of a bias factor , b , defined as |
| 4 | If ministers appear to the courts to be acting in a way which is arbitrary or unfair ( as in Padfield and Tameside and Laker ) then the limitations will be insisted on . |
| 5 | More generally , the link between the last three sections of this book is Tolkien 's perception , from Pearl and from poems like it , that poetry does not reduce to plain sense ( so far most critics would agree with him ) , but furthermore that this is because words have over the centuries acquired meanings not easily traced in dictionaries , available however to many native speakers , and ( this is where many critics part company ) at times breaking through the immediate intentions of even poetic users . |
| 6 | Because subjects differ between the experiments the correlations calculated here are simply correlations over the 60 films of the mean ratings . |
| 7 | Whereas aphids rely on the ants ' normal aggression against predators , the caterpillar administers an aggression-arousing drug and it seems to slip them something addictively binding as well . |
| 8 | Many are sent north to guard the passes and the isles , while others remain in the cities and settlements as a standing force ready to meet any threat . |
| 9 | Some addicts suffer violent mood swings if they are deprived of their favourite snack food while others pile on the pounds by munching their way through up to 70 bars a week . |
| 10 | As employers respond to the guidelines set out by the UKCC then parity of courses will emerge and budgets for courses will need to be arrived at in response to local situations . |
| 11 | General causal models can not be drawn up when interactions exist between the variables ; the only solution is to draw up a separate causal model for each of the groups for whom the effects of the variables are different . |
| 12 | Secondly , when readers complain about the lives of writers — why did n't he do this ; why did n't he protest to the newspapers about that ; why was n't he more involved in life ? — are n't they really asking a simpler , and vainer , question : why is n't he more like us ? |
| 13 | Sometimes these disputes may be between large private organizations when companies argue about the terms of a commercial contract . |
| 14 | Though economists quarrel about the causes of the 1930s depression as inconclusively as they do about everything else , certain basic features are not in doubt . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , he forsees that over the next two years there may be problems as fleets dispose of the diesels acquired during the last oil-burner boom . |
| 16 | Performance indicators are becoming more sophisticated as managers wrestle with the problems of choosing and monitoring appropriate measures of quality and effectiveness . |
| 17 | In summary , his presentation allows readers to suppose that the Pioneers were wrong in establishing , or attempting to establish , the producers ' societies as bodies separate from the consumers ' societies , and wrong even in seeing them as genuine co-operatives . |
| 18 | As athletes prepare for the Olympics , sporting organisations are looking for big sponsorship deals to pay for the trip to Barcelona . |
| 19 | As students work through the projects in the Student 's Book , they carry out a number of tasks and activities which form the basis for similar projects of their own . |
| 20 | But I think one of the things that men are afraid of is that when women get into the things the attitudes change , as we were saying about bigotry and religion and so on with football , I do n't think that men want that because this is the perfect club they can enjoy and indulge all that , but if women really get into it the thing will change as society does . |
| 21 | They suggest that this causes a vicious circle for women : the fear of violence leads women to greater dependency upon a known male ; dependency makes the woman particularly vulnerable to attack from this male , because he has no fear of retaliation ; when women go to the police about such attacks nothing is done ; consequently many women consider that the police are unhelpful , and this reinforces women 's fear of violence and dependence upon individual male protectors . |