Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the strictures imposed and the tough economic climate , William Grant & Sons is constantly investing in the future . |
| 2 | It is important to realize that when the speaker uses an ethical statement to express an attitude , the hearer who agrees or dissents is not agreeing to , or dissenting from , any claim to the effect that the speaker has the attitude . |
| 3 | Thus , the introduction of inventory ordering by retailers from wholesalers or manufacturers is not introduced — though this is a rapidly growing application for viewdata . |
| 4 | Anything goes in pantoland ; a curious place where grown men dress up as dames , Australian soap stars flock to these shores and the old adage about never working with children or animals is brutally ignored . |
| 5 | The answer put by proponents of the British approach is that the effect of publications or performances is rarely to incite directly whether to crime or anything else . |
| 6 | The question of the origin of the designer or designers is much canvassed but does not seem to me , in the present state of our knowledge , susceptible of even provisional or doubtful answers . |
| 7 | While a back scrub or massage can be done at home , getting rid of spots or blackheads is best left to the professionals . |
| 8 | The former Soviet Republic of Turkmenistan is planning several projects to modernise its telecommunications system and agreement has been reached with Turkey for the installation of a 200-line telex exchange , and NEC Corp and Mitsui & Co are working to modernise existing telecommunications in the country ; the Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications is also looking into buying in payphones that will be able to handle international calls . |
| 9 | In other harem-forming species the takeover by another male or males is commonly followed by either the killing or complete ejection of the old owner and by the slaughter of babies and infants ( Hrdy 1974 ) . |
| 10 | However , under the Roads ( Scotland ) Act 1984 , riding of bicycles on footways associated with road carriageways or footpaths is not allowed . |
| 11 | A woman who feels ignored all evening because her husband is preoccupied with his own thoughts or interests is not going to be interested in love-making when she goes to bed . |
| 12 | It is enough to recall that Ricardo 's labour theory of value , on which it depends , is generally held to be fallacious in its assertion that the price of goods or services is solely determined by the amount of socially necessary labour required to produce or provide them , and so ignores the cost of other inputs and the effect of demand . |
| 13 | Now , obviously , you know , yo getting the menopause out into the open so that everyone can talk about it , exchange information that that it 's not seen as a as a taboo or something to be particularly fearful of by men or women is n't going to be much good if it just makes everybody worry for er , for for the first half of o o o of their lives and , and then gibber through the second half ! |
| 14 | A retaining wall of loose bricks or stones is then spread across the border between the pool proper and the bog garden , and the latter filled with a mixture of equal parts coarse peat and soil laid over a layer of gravel . |
| 15 | Pulling from pain or nerves is closely associated with tenseness — readers should refer to one of my previous articles on problems for helpful suggestions . |
| 16 | Of the Information and Technology Department by British Aerospace , and that thanks is not used from Apex , it 's also from M S S at or acknowledged it was your efforts and not their that brought that conference about . |
| 17 | Most places of religious worship ask that confetti is not throw inside the grounds and photography during the service is often not permitted . |
| 18 | On the other hand , there is a strong case to be made that Aquinas is not setting out to provide proofs of God 's existence . |
| 19 | Carroll insists that EDS is not pursuing a ‘ have it all ’ strategy . |
| 20 | It is not for nothing that scabies is commonly known as the itch . |
| 21 | Harris reports that UPS is already following this policy in Germany , and says it could spread to the U.K. The German vans use off-the-shelf diesel engines and gearboxes . |
| 22 | The cost of removing the fallen trees which have caused damage to the Building and/or Contents is also covered . |
| 23 | The plan of his outward life and activities is succinctly given in the Diary that forms the last third of The Woodland Life . |
| 24 | A period for adjustment of the allegations in Summons and Defences is then allowed , usually for twelve weeks . |
| 25 | The acceptability of wishes and attitudes is not based upon such conformity , though of course they normally lead to the effort to produce it . |
| 26 | The claim that foreign learning engenders insight , tolerance , ‘ wider horizons ’ and better understanding of other peoples and cultures is frequently made as justification for teaching foreign languages as part of general , non-vocational education ( most recently in D.E.S . |
| 27 | Gunningham concluded that the acts only reflected the types of control which were economically convenient to industry , and that ‘ since strict enforcement of more severe legislation would attack the very root of capitalism … then any compromise between alternative policies and views is always struck within an area which does not threaten these interests ’ ( Gunningham 1974 : 83 ) . |
| 28 | A secretariat to co-ordinate the exchange of data and opinions is also proposed . |
| 29 | The Center for Media and Values is best known for its quarterly magazine Media & Values , which has received support from WACC in past years . |
| 30 | The introduction of markets and contracts is obviously going to be fraught with problems for those patient groups who present a multiplicity of different health and social care needs . |