Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [vb -s] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few geniuses seems so untouched , in a fashion-ridden world , by the fashions of the moment . |
| 2 | The food in some areas has more regional character than others but there are fine meals to be had if you ask around . |
| 3 | To have faced only one Mrs Gould in eleven and a half years shows how much , not how little , television let Mrs Thatcher get away with . |
| 4 | But a little reflexion on such cases shows clearly that , whatever might be the element restricted by the adjective , it can not be the subject of the clause . |
| 5 | Moving together on the rope in such conditions offers very little security because the leader has no decent footing on which to hold a slip . |
| 6 | Present-day stateless societies are not necessarily representative of all , or even most , of the earliest human communities , many of which may have had from the beginning some differentiation of political functions based upon age or gender ; and in any event enquiry into such questions remains largely speculative . |
| 7 | The experiences and perceived interests of these groups varies so much that generalisations about the middle class ' become crude and misleading . |
| 8 | The patterning of relationships between individuals in these groups needs much further study . |
| 9 | The contrast between Poland and the GDR in these respects illustrates how telling such nuances can be . |
| 10 | Thus Moore 's methodology points inevitably to his main ethical conclusion , which is that nothing , or at least very little , is to any great degree good except for cases of personal affection and the enjoyment of beautiful objects and that everything in life which does not come under these heads has barely any value apart from whatever it may have as a means of promoting these great goods . |
| 11 | The fact that these two industries pay extremely well — average weekly wages in the chemical industry are $146 and in the refining business $128 — means that every job in these sectors creates about nine other jobs . |
| 12 | Implementing these models requires much further study but these results point to the importance of ideology ( in this case , possible misunderstandings of the principle of normalization ) as well as skills among the staff group as factors influencing staff performance . |
| 13 | Each of these matters requires more detailed consideration . |
| 14 | Mr Paterson is neither psychologist nor novelist , and the personality that dominates these pages remains strangely elusive . |
| 15 | The electrical potential on the surface of the tissue formed by these fibres becomes extremely high . |
| 16 | Each of these systems involves quite different risks and responsibilities for the employer , contractor and surveyor who may be involved in the design and/or management of the project . |
| 17 | Quite apart from the emotive language of ‘ turning out ’ ( and related expressions , beloved of Wilson , such as ‘ fodder for industry ’ ) , the whole tone of these remarks seems extraordinarily remote from the way we are accustomed to think today . |
| 18 | We must insist that sociological analysis at all scales explores how these relations combine with one another . |
| 19 | Er T V costs are thirty seconds of on all channels costs approximately two hundred and ten thousand pounds . |
| 20 | Since the enumeration of all subjects generates excessively long schedules , in practice the listing of subjects must be selective ( even if relatively long schedules are acceptable ) . |
| 21 | On the other hand , as a culture becomes richer and more complex , involving many more artistic techniques developed to a high degree of specialization , the social distance of many practices becomes much greater , and there is a virtually inevitable if always complex set of divisions between participants and spectators in the various arts . |
| 22 | Arlott 's punctuation of those events remains as evocative as the half-remembered smell of linseed oil on willow . |
| 23 | A combination of lax discipline and hostile attitudes on the part of both parents encourages very aggressive and poorly controlled behaviour in their offspring . |