Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [conj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 One is whether binary oppositions exist in language to be discovered , or whether they are constructed as a convenient method of analysing language .
2 One is if local elements are arranged in parallel with independent access to the output mechanisms .
3 It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round .
4 Whatever lucky chances there were and miraculous escapes , all through history there have been despoliations , deprivations , tearings asunder , deaths and devastations , and among those to whom nothing is restored must be people around us , people we see .
5 All the craftsmen took a real pride in their work , receiving only one shilling and threepence an hour but still realising how much better off they were than previous generations .
6 well over , over a period , it 's and other things too but they sa they said that murals and proggie mats are involved in it .
7 Well , well , over , over a period it 's and other things too but this this set of murals and are involved in it .
8 It is because certain groups are held to exemplify the working of these laws that their structural positions or social attributes are held to possess a special explanatory power , or to equip them with a special ‘ totalizing ’ consciousness .
9 It is because carbon-based molecules are necessary for the kind of life that we find on Earth , and because those molecules are of necessity complex , that life itself is fragile .
10 It is because primary schools are difficult to classify in any but the most general terms that the phrase ‘ mixed methods ’ is used to describe the practices found in the great majority of them .
11 It is because evil spirits do not fit — have no logical place or space — into the modern scientific world-view .
12 It is because organisational members see their authority as legitimate that they are prepared to obey .
13 If one seeks to understand the way in which politics is gradually dragged into the gutter , it is because hon. Members come out with such a simplistic approach .
14 ( It is because Christian feminists see such an incongruity that they want to adapt or reinterpret the myth . )
15 It is because human societies pursue values that their study falls within the province of history rather than biology .
16 If this sort of account is true to the facts , then it is a consideration against any factual connection of the type Minsky envisaged between conscious access and ‘ reprogramming or debugging ’ , at least it is if lower-level translations normally exist as ( undebuggable ) compilations .
17 Partly this was due to cost , but mainly it was because French cathedrals are so vast and so lofty , with high vaults of great span , that a steeple became too great an engineering hazard .
18 He stayed right where he was until good manners forced her to offer to make him a drink too .
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