Example sentences of "[be] [det] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Messages are clearer , misunderstandings are fewer when communication systems have a minimum of ‘ filters ’ . |
| 2 | Objects of this nature in the sludge ridden book of definitions are not even craft , are less than craft , are merely ethnic . |
| 3 | For the whole economy the social cost of monopoly power is obtained by adding together the deadweight burden triangles such as ACB for all industries in which marginal cost and marginal revenue are less than price and social marginal benefit . |
| 4 | Such costs are less than go-at -it alone costs , but are at least sufficient to cover the added costs of supplying the additional group or units of demand . |
| 5 | Of course , the good ideas are more than skin deep . |
| 6 | Man and creation are more than flesh and rock . |
| 7 | One common feature of professions is the claim that their services are more than business transactions and that this aspect of the delivery of professional services justifies in the public interest monopolies that would not be acceptable in the ordinary industrial and commercial arena . |
| 8 | ‘ I though we had already established that Steve and I are more than business partners . ’ |
| 9 | The lower slabs are so low angled that few of the routes are more than Diff to V. Diff . |
| 10 | This point helps to explain why there do not appear to have been many actual dismissals for pilferage ( we assume that we would have been told if there had been an abnormally high incidence of these ) , but we would still have expected there to be some if pilferage has been common , particularly since store security is not under Fred 's control . |
| 11 | I do n't think you 've got that right somehow , there 's no way , that retirement pension will be less than Income Benefit , it 's always a bit more . |
| 12 | If we assume , instead , that the poorest in the locality benefits ( though not fully ) from the cuts in central tax , a higher output will be chosen as a result of the cut in taxes , though this will be less than output OX 2 , the output that would be chosen if an equivalent lump-sum grant had been received . |
| 13 | Any savings to be made by switching to the new system are now likely to be less than forecast . |
| 14 | Explain why unc must be less than unity and why the current density must be limited to J. Estimate values for the dimensions h1 , h2 so that each section of the steel core shall be subject to approximately the same maximum flux density . |
| 15 | In particular , the estimator of β may be less than unity . |
| 16 | Income elasticities of demand for food tend to be less than unity , can we differentiate agricultural products ? |
| 17 | The incremental cost of implementing either regimen ( US$0.08 per dose for OPV and US$0.35–0.50 per dose for IPV ) is similar to or lower than the cost of mass vaccination campaigns ( US$0.68–3.60 per dose ) , and would also be less than expansion of the routine immunisation schedule to provide even more doses . |
| 18 | As a result , the amount of the proceeds deemed to relate to the debt will be less than par value . |
| 19 | ‘ My chances of making an honest marriage or even of keeping up my business would be less than dust without the good will of my neighbours . |
| 20 | This column , however , would be less than human were it not to exult in the humiliation of the pollsters in last week 's election . |
| 21 | It must be more than propaganda though ? |
| 22 | Nevertheless there is a problem about the status of many of his theories and propositions if , and when , they claim to be more than speculation . |
| 23 | Finally , in respect of the Wandjina , it appears to be more than chance that the word ‘ Wandjina ’ — sometimes spelled ‘ Wondjina ’ — can be formed from two Sanskrit words , ‘ Vand ’ and ‘ Jina ’ . |
| 24 | Only Athenian citizens could profit by allotments of land as ‘ cleruchs ’ ( literally , ‘ allotment-holders ’ ) and it may be more than chance that the qualifications for Athenian citizenship are more closely defined at just this moment ( 451 ) : citizen descent was now required on both sides ( Ath . |
| 25 | Since birth weight ( and viability ) in the teens increases dramatically with rising age and , inasmuch as higher parity among women under age 20 also meant higher maternal age in that age class , decreasing infant mortality in this age group by birth order may be more than chance variation . |
| 26 | We have seen how many animal groups diversified during the Ordovician ; the rapid evolution of nautiloid cephalopods at the same time may be more than coincidence . |
| 27 | Curiously , in being less than art , the new ‘ cutting-edge ’ art has turned out to be more than art . |
| 28 | Basically Goldman thinks Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and Intel Corp 's Pentium are going to be more than Sun can handle , hurting Sun 's ability to improve earnings on a sustained basis over the next year or so and impeding its gains in market share . |
| 29 | Both Salomon Brothers Inc and more importantly Goldman Sachs & Co have moved Sun Microsystems Inc shares off their recommended buy lists : basically Goldman thinks Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and Intel Corp 's Pentium are going to be more than Sun can handle , hurting its ability to improve earnings on a sustained basis over the next year or so and impeding its gains in market share ; Goldman believes Sun 's financial model may need to change more quickly than the company can realise ; the long-term judgment is based on Goldman 's view of Sun 's business as 80% to 85% client side where it thinks Windows , especially NT , will dominate in client-server systems , even where high-performance client products are needed . |
| 30 | Ca n't say I agree with all their figures … good as he is I do n't think kelly is worth that sort of money at such an early age … certainly should n't be more than dorigo . |