Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] is [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is one in which a repertory with a large a cappella element is cultivated on a daily basis by men and ( usually ) boys , all of them relatively young , who hold positions in a cathedral or chapel ( often for a relatively short time ) for which there is much competition . |
| 2 | Positive decisions can be taken from January onwards but , especially for fields for which there is much pressure to enter , decisions are commonly held over until July when the student 's whole Stage I record is known . |
| 3 | For the sake of completeness , we will give an example of melody in which there is neither repetition , of however small a component , nor evidence of any constructive factor . |
| 4 | In Latvia , a rigid system prevails with the court sending a prisoner to one of four different types of regime , from which there is little chance of being moved . |
| 5 | For systems in which there is little variation of both load torque and distance of travel it may be appropriate to operate with a fixed switching angle , so as to minimise the controller costs . |
| 6 | Neumann 's hanging on to a limited and personalized notion of what constitutes an Allegretto leads him to assume many things for which there is little foundation . |
| 7 | For many years there have been worries over the increasing monopolisation of British industry , as evidenced by increased levels of both aggregate and market concentration , and for which there is little doubt that merger activity has , at times , been a major causal factor ( see e.g. HMSO 1978 , Hughes 1989 ) . |
| 8 | Durkheim distinguishes between simple , pre-industrial societies in which there is little division of labour ( sometimes referred to as Gemeinschaft societies ) and more advanced ( Gesellschaft ) societies in which people perform specialized jobs . |
| 9 | In view of this , it is prepared , on occasions , to buy particular stocks for which there is little demand otherwise ; for instance , the Bank was a net purchaser of index-linked stocks during certain periods in 1990 when demand for these stocks was low . |
| 10 | The justification for an involvement in partnership can readily be found on philosophical grounds about which there is little dispute . |
| 11 | In reality , the training centres are a place of occupation , usually involving work which is menial and unfulfilling , and from which there is little throughput into employment elsewhere . |
| 12 | Security of IT in a bank is therefore of paramount importance , and in this example it is principally the integrity of its systems about which there is most concern . |
| 13 | For example , management training , which figured prominently as a topic for which there is most need of external course provision has been noted as being very suitable for courses run by own local authority central training units : ‘ Training courses designed to teach managerial techniques can be aimed at candidates from all kinds of professions and different departments , and it will be extremely beneficial for library staff to mix with colleagues from other departments and disciplines . ‘ |
| 14 | Equally it may depend on the social factors that may have determined the decoration used ; the earlier brooches may be designed to satisfy a society in which there is less variation in social identity than later . |
| 15 | In this case , though the term ‘ power ’ is used to describe acts ' , there are important areas outside the realms of ‘ acts ’ which are also associated with power but at out which there is less certainty . |
| 16 | Produce pieces of writing in which there is a rudimentary attempt to present simple subject matter in a structured way , eg by means of a title and paragraphs or verses ; in which sentence punctuation ( capital letters , full stops , question marks and exclamation marks ) is generally accurately used ; and in which there is some evidence of an ability to set out and punctuate any direct speech in a way that makes meaning clear to the reader . |
| 17 | A second sequence ( model ‘ W ’ , Fig. 2 b ) was generated by supposing that flux is reversed in the Northern Hemisphere first , which may occur if core flow carries flux across the Equator beneath the Atlantic ( for which there is some evidence in core-field maps ) and eliminates lobe 1 either by carrying flux directly from 4 to 1 , or by carrying one of a pair generated in the south Atlantic northwestwards to lobe 1 , leaving the reversed patch on the Pacific rim . |
| 18 | The personnel present at this session ( about which there is some doubt ) reads like a who 's who of jazz : Parker ( alto sax ) , Miles Davis , Dizzy Gillespie ( trumpets ) , Sadik Hakim and/or Bud Powell ( piano ) , Curly Russell ( double bass ) and Max Roach ( drums ) . |
| 19 | Systems of animal ‘ communication ’ are held to be mere signalling systems , systems for which there is some doubt as to the meaningfulness of the messages contained therein as opposed to their characteristic causal efficacy in evoking or triggering certain responses . |
| 20 | Linking rewards to share price movements overcomes the latter problem , but whether it will instil a more forward-looking perspective depends on how well stock prices reflect a company 's future prospects , a matter on which there is some doubt . |
| 21 | One approach would be to create separate offences to cover many of the situations in which violence occurs , and to single out those situations in which there is some element of aggravation , such as attacks on law-enforcement officers . |
| 22 | In the first case , democracy is conceived only as a means for selecting political leaders , and not as a regime in which there is some kind of direct rule by the people . |
| 23 | Should the scope of a Convention be limited to transactions in which there is some connection with a Contracting State , and if so , what should be the connecting factor ? |
| 24 | Staff development is an area in which there is some discrepancy between the views of school staff and health board staff . |
| 25 | I mean un unless you make the control room blast proof , which is maybe a thing to be looked in to in the future and then again they 're speaking about making the accommodation module separate from the platform itself which is another thing , but I mean that 's all to be looked at . |
| 26 | What we do need is the equivalent of what we 've got in the documents which I 've given to you which is some sort of allowance for every bit of control of the thing . |
| 27 | In itself there is little harm in this , but I have noticed that it is very easy for the quest to become obsessional . |
| 28 | Many of you , I know , believe Smott 's substitution after four minutes was because he was out of his depth , but I can assure you it is all part of my master plan which I am painstakingly developing on a game-by-game basis . |
| 29 | Oh god , mind you it is all relative is n't it ? |
| 30 | And that in fact what we already have in this county is a balance of policies which substantially favour environmental protection and this is just a means of adding another one which is another hurdle for any department to erm to actually er meet . |