Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Add to this the fact that our universities and practically all our major cultural institutions are run by English people , and that many of the executive posts in local government and other organisations are occupied by them , and it will be clear that Scotland is rapidly being colonised , indeed being turned into an extension of England . |
| 2 | Elections in the United States take place every two years ( more frequently if one includes state and local elections ) and , as part of the checks and balances built into the process by the constitution , different institutions are elected for different tenures . |
| 3 | A surprising fact is that 65 per cent of the UK is supplied with hard water , a situation which means that a high proportion of hotels , restaurants and other institutions are faced with hard water problems which are costing them hard earned revenue . |
| 4 | As for the second , it has long been recognised that successful institutions are distinguished by clear aims . |
| 5 | Members of academic , research and other government institutions are divided into two separate scientific communities-the natural and social between which there is little effective cooperation and a lot of envy , disdain and competition for scarce resources . |
| 6 | Antineutrons are expected by some particle physicists , who believe on theoretical grounds that neutrons could change into antineutrons on their way from the Sun to the Earth . |
| 7 | I know that , legally , a person must be qualified to call him/herself a nurse , but all nursing and health care assistant vacancies are classified as nursing posts . |
| 8 | Steel-casting companies in Spain which in Britain would have been bankrupted are continuing to offer steel-castings at artificially low prices , and indeed inefficient capacity and production is not only being maintained but is even being purposely created ; while in France the producers of steel-castings are benefiting from soft loans from mostly state-owned banks . |
| 9 | Some two thirds to three quarters of all solved burglaries are committed by young men under the age of 21 . |
| 10 | It 's estimated that 80% of burglaries are committed by casual opportunists , and in three out of ten thefts the burglar does n't have to use force to gain entry — open windows and unlocked doors make life very easy for him . |
| 11 | Fire fighting problems of high-bay warehouses are characterised by large amounts of fuel , arranged in a cellular manner to facilitate deposit and retrieval . |
| 12 | This arrangement gives tremendous rhythmical force and point to full chords of this kind on the wind and brass , especially when chords of three notes are given to each string group ( except of course , the double basses ) . |
| 13 | Most bank notes are printed on special paper that makes forgery more or less impossible , although with the passage of time , new notes have to be issued to replace worn-out and frayed paper notes . |
| 14 | When notes are repeated in successive chords they lose their power and become weak . |
| 15 | First , notes are scribbled on large sheets of poor quality paper . |
| 16 | The second phrase comprises only eight different notes , but this is because the parts are close together in a small area , and some notes are used by two different instruments . |
| 17 | However , as there are only six notes in the system it is obvious that in four-part harmony without octave doublings only two notes can remain unused in each chord , and in five-part harmony only one note ; in six-part harmony all notes are used in each chord , even though the registers change . |
| 18 | The Acts are arranged in chronological order under the heading , so the Children Act 1975 is found near the end of the group . |
| 19 | New acts are attracted by First Division managers because we are visible and our addresses are in Music Week . |
| 20 | Is the agreement clear on the difference between a policy ( eg providing depreciation over the estimated useful life , providing for doubtful debts ) and the application of that policy ( eg plant has a lifetime of 8 years , doubtful debts are provided in full ) ? |
| 21 | Tubercle bacilli are included in this table , in a single line , without information about the strain used and whether it was virulent or not . |
| 22 | The pollution inspectorate , which is expected to oversee the process , is currently understaffed and personnel are suffering from low morale . |
| 23 | The interactions are represented by integer-spin fields that do not obey the Pauli exclusion principle . |
| 24 | The residues identified as playing a key role in ICAM-1/LFA-1 interactions are conserved in ICAM-3 , although other subtle differences may affect interaction with LFA-1 . |
| 25 | The role of the carboxy-terminal helix face in operator binding was unclear , but we demonstrate that recognition of operator sequences occurs through side chains in the β -strand motif and that dimer-dimer interactions are required for effective repression . |
| 26 | One possibility is that conversational interactions are structured in such a way that they provide additional support for the induction of grammatical generalisations . |
| 27 | No one is quite certain who invented Fair Isle knitting patterns , or the steps of the maypole dance where ribbons are woven round each other . |
| 28 | You may not be able to measure the results exactly but at least the appraisal discussions are based on some known criteria , rather than likes and dislikes |
| 29 | ‘ We wish to stress that our discussions are proceeding on amicable terms and there will be further visits to Darlington Civic Theatre . ’ |
| 30 | Many of the discussions are couched in educational jargon that effectively excludes many ‘ jobbing doctors ’ who do so much of the teaching . |