Example sentences of "[noun pl] [am/are] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In common with the Minister from the Scottish Office , the Minister rightly says that the institutions are best equipped to know the needs of their students .
2 These institutions are simply coping with low pass rates in the matriculation exam , an immediate manifestation of a broader problem of apartheid education which they can do nothing to solve .
3 Banks , insurance companies and other financial institutions are already offering comparable services .
4 For this purpose , nine institutions are currently recognized and approved by the DES : Birmingham , Brighton , Bristol , Leeds , Leicester , Liverpool , Middlesex and Manchester Polytechnics and the former Cardiff College of Art , now merged into the South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education .
5 Again , however , one wonders how far this was mere rhetoric in the original or mere gesture in the repetition ; although it may have some influence on the ‘ mission statements ’ that some institutions are now struggling to formulate .
6 About 600 institutions are now included in the ‘ UK Banking Sector ’ .
7 All institutions are now known as ‘ authorized institutions ’ , and the use of the word ‘ bank ’ was restricted to those institutions which had a paid-up capital of at least f5m , but in all other respects the 1981 classification remained .
8 Yet it is arguable that it is the central question about any political system whether the decision making process , the institutions and the political culture which obtains , confer a sufficient degree of authority on the decisions themselves and upon those in power that those same institutions are still respected even if , in individual cases , the decisions themselves are not ; for lack of authority within a system and the respect this conveys can have catastrophic results .
9 Some children brought up in institutions are so damaged by these experiences that they can not live in a family where they have to respond to others ' feelings and may escape into work in an institutional setting .
10 In this context , it should be noted that the rapid demolition of the colleges of education which followed was made possible by a unique regulator placed in the hands of the Secretary of State ; unlike the universities which are protected by a degree of autonomy and the polytechnics which are subject to a variety of controls and influences , overall teacher-training numbers and their distribution between individual institutions are directly controlled by the DES .
11 Competition on interest rates has squeezed Tessa profit margins to around 0.4% gross , against the 1.3% to 1.4% usual on other banking products , according to S&P executive director Ian Lindsey , who points out that a number of institutions are consistently paying rates above the level of money market rates .
12 What is absolutely essential is that the integrity of each of the religions are properly preserved when they are taught .
13 Suffice it here to note that I do not mean that all religions are really saying the same thing ; that differences do not matter , that they all have basically the same origins , or fulfil the same functions .
14 As the clues trickle out and the town 's secrets are slowly unmasked , Lynch luxuriates over the images onscreen , focusing on tiny details a motorcycle reflected in the pupil of Laura 's eye in an old home video ; a cryptic letter ‘ R ’ dug out from underneath her fingernail in a morgue whose fluorescent lights flicker nervously that makes the show such a visual delight .
15 At the same time , the critic will learn from this figure that , since the secrets are never disclosed , and since the absent essence only operates when it is absent , he should not force his text to produce a single interpretative meaning .
16 And above all , watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places .
17 This does n't always work and older beginners are soon put off by this attitude .
18 Beginners are therefore instructed in the blocking capabilities of the art first , though in effect , of course , defensive movements also have an attacking function .
19 At all centres we complete your logbooks at the end of the holiday , and most beginners are happily sailing on their own by the second week .
20 Many modern reproduction period ornaments are well made and often based on high-quality originals .
21 Vacancies are generally advertised in The Times .
22 Second , the role of the Careers Officer will be important in ensuring that Compact vacancies are properly communicated to young people , and in monitoring Compact jobs to ensure that they offer employed status , quality training and career progression .
23 Despite everything , a lot of burglaries are still carried out via the front door .
24 ‘ Did you know that in New York a significant number of burglaries are now perpetrated by women ? ’
25 Extensive descriptions of the mines are quaintly supplied :
26 The red iron mines are therefore to close .
27 Mines are then laid to prevent the embankments from attack .
28 Non-union mines are then persuaded by pickets to close down ( technically illegally ) to improve the strike 's effectiveness .
29 At Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire the remarkable follies are now vested in the Fitzwilliam Amenity Trust which has restored the spectacular mausoleum built by John Carr and opened it to the public .
30 The lunatics are now running the asylum . ’
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