Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the context , this ‘ very lax attitude ’ seems to be measured against circumstances ( such as late Old English or the present day ) in which there is a uniform standard of spelling : thus , what this really means is that in Early ME there was no uniform standard , and indeed Scragg adds that these scribes had ‘ no conception of a spelling standard ’ . |
| 2 | He supposes that some frogs are sitting on the coping stones of a circular lily pond . |
| 3 | Now why I mean do you think it matters that these things are so that these things are so , that these things which we thought were in , you know private to you , and not available to other people so easily , why do you think it matters that they actually are apparently in return for mo payment , are available to anyone ? |
| 4 | Every police force emphasises that all officers carry warrent cards and should produce them when asked . |
| 5 | a ‘ cross-curricular ’ view focuses on the school : it emphasises that all teachers ( of English and of other subjects ) have a responsibility to help children with the language demands of different subjects on the school curriculum : otherwise areas of the curriculum may be closed to them . |
| 6 | Dignan points to increasing state intervention and changing forms of law , and emphasises that these developments can no longer be understood by reference to traditional theory . |
| 7 | Indeed the 1986 UK Act specifies that all mammals , with the exception of birds and farm animals , are ‘ to be obtained only from designated breeding or supplying establishments ’ ( Schedule 2 ) . |
| 8 | Although Leapor accepts that many women are guilty of inconstancy and immoderate behaviour , she nonetheless holds out the prospect of transformation . |
| 9 | Mott accepts that all hoteliers are governed by cost but emphasises that , as with most purchases , you get what you pay for . |
| 10 | Yet he accepts that these countries need small , defensively equipped armies that could make a potential attacker think twice . |
| 11 | In this regard the Council accepts that these responsibilities include the provision of : |
| 12 | It is vital to the understanding of company needs that those engineers responsible for design , development and manufacture make direct contact with the world of the user and the competitor in sufficient depth to have valid views on the market as it affects their tasks . |
| 13 | But Dr Haritos-Fatouros , Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Thessalonika , concludes that such feelings of shared humanity are often not strong enough to override our obedience to authority . |
| 14 | Indeed there were no significant accuracy differences between driving instructors and 13-year-olds with no driving experience ; he concludes that such judgments are based on general experience about the nature of moving objects . |
| 15 | Dearlove ( 1973 , p. 15 ) shows both arguments to be largely false , and concludes that such studies consisted of ‘ unsupported hunches based on partial research ’ , leading to a definite exaggeration of both central control and uniformity of service provision . |
| 16 | He concludes that these systems show a number of deficiencies in dealing with UDC numbers unless written with UDC in mind . |
| 17 | After examining what happened in practice , Cumin concludes that these expectations were not ‘ based upon actuality ’ ( p. 58 ) . |
| 18 | Mansfield rightly concludes that most Arabs would like to live in a more tolerant society under efficient modern governments . |
| 19 | For example , the extensive theory of review holds that all errors of law are jurisdictional . |
| 20 | Just lies and more lies . ’ |
| 21 | Again , the answer lies in the firm sharp warning but take notice of the difference in the warning given before guidance starts and those warnings given before the other methods are used . |
| 22 | Where marine action is relatively stronger deltas tend to be cuspate with concave outlines in plan , for example the Tiber , though one wonders whether these differences in plan might not be due primarily to the frequency and location of distributaries : the Tiber has only one . |
| 23 | For one thing , he says , in a few years , applications for Unix and mid-range systems will require major rewrites as these environments change or become redundant . |
| 24 | If I were playing tennis , I would put the ball back in the hon. Gentleman 's court by asking whether he thinks that those claims are genuine because they have been put through someone 's letter box and because they ask the recipient to sign the form and post it back . |
| 25 | Ken Smith , electronics director of the Scottish Development Agency , thinks that these firms have helped to promote the growth of other electronics firms in the region and the fact that they are foreign-owned is unimportant . |
| 26 | Hilgard thinks that these procedures cause the normal ‘ monitor ’ of reality to retreat into the background and allow another part of consciousness , temporarily ‘ split off ’ from the reality monitor , to become active independently . |
| 27 | Well , I 'm not sure that 's correct , but anyway Mill thinks that these ideas local participation of jury service are ways of getting people involved at the highest practical level of participation . |
| 28 | She thinks that more images of Black and Asian girls in the media would help to change some of the racist ideas and stereotypes that exist . |
| 29 | He postulates that such particles spend most of their time in a non-material or etheric state , momentarily leaping into the physical plane like a salmon leaping fleetingly into view above the water surface . |
| 30 | A surety covenants that those things shall be done or not done as the case may be . |