Example sentences of "[subord] [art] [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They therefore accepted views of early kinship which represented it as a system where women were superior to men , where sex was unrestricted , and where the private and isolation of the group formed by parents and children was replaced by the commonality of a much larger undivided group . |
| 2 | But when organizations grow to a level where it is impossible for all the members to know each other , where the division of work between individuals and groups becomes more strict , where communications are restricted by physical and administrative distances and boundaries — in such a situation the need for an idea-handling system arises even in an organization where the cultural and climate conditions support creativity and innovation . |
| 3 | In a market-orientated society , where every good or service has its price , the low-pay ‘ price tag ’ attached to some workers sums up in their eyes the low value placed on them by society . |
| 4 | Where a relative or friend of a person in custody inquires as to his whereabouts , that person should normally be told unless the detainee objects or unless any of the factors , noted above , justifying delay , apply . |
| 5 | It is believed that ozone depletion in the Arctic appears less severe than the Antarctic because air currents in the northern hemisphere produce fresh supplies of ozone-rich air into the region and allow the ozone levels to be restored . |
| 6 | Professional investment analysts and advisers are sometimes attracted to the OTC market like bees to the proverbial honeypot , and significantly seem no more interested in figures and ratios than the common or garden punter . |
| 7 | Official monthly statistics , based upon those claiming social security benefits , suggest that women 's unemployment has at times risen at a much faster rate than men 's , although the absolute and percentage numbers for men remain higher . |
| 8 | Reduction of such insect populations will in turn reduce the fish population , which depends on a diversified , rather than a straightened and uniform , channel . |
| 9 | As a party , the Republicans , in electoral terms , remain weak below the presidential level and Reagan 's victory in 1980 can now be seen as largely a personal rather than an ideological or party triumph . |
| 10 | Buildings of essentially simple design , conforming to the different regional traditions , predominated and clearly provided the domestic and workshop accommodation for the bulk of the population . |
| 11 | There will be other forms of contingency strategy , where home care spending — perhaps up to one-third of the overall allocation — is deliberately held back until the residential and nursing home spend settles down into a recognisable pattern . |
| 12 | On such trials , subjects respond more quickly if the prime and target are related than unrelated , presumably reflecting a spread of semantic activation within the cognitive system . |
| 13 | Lorton leafed through the rest of the bundle , wondering if the hurt and humiliation would ever stop . |
| 14 | If the foreign and defence policy-makers may be accused of insufficient attention to the economic aspects of their policies , it is far from clear that the economic arguments were pressed in a manner most likely to bring about a re-assessment of overseas commitments . |
| 15 | Presumably , if the military or industry changed their minds about the utility of this approach they could withdraw from it . |
| 16 | Mention , if no more than mention , may be made of the following . |
| 17 | She wandered aimlessly along until a red and silver taxi cruised past . |
| 18 | On the other hand , if an individual or organization already owns a share on which options may be purchased , and a liability is expected to rise within the near future which can only be met by the sale of the shares , the cash flow from that sale may be secured by the purchase of put options . |
| 19 | In the early years of the regime it was necessary to rely on the ‘ retained cadres ’ from the Nationalist government because the working and peasant classes , though loyal politically , could not produce people of sufficient literacy to staff the bureaucracy . |
| 20 | When the itching does begin it is probably because an allergic or sensitivity reaction has been set up . |
| 21 | For visualization this is , in fact , quite a useful model , since the sliding and bending of the cooked spaghetti as it traverses the mass of its neighbours models quite well the behaviour of real chains , particularly in the tunnel or tube models of polymers of de Gennes , Edwards and others ( Figure 1.1 ) . |
| 22 | The effect of this extended limitation is that , even where the next friend has started proceedings during the disability , the court will not strike them out for want of prosecution , since the minor or patient could start new proceedings when the disability ceases : Tolley v Morris [ 1979 ] 1 All ER 71 . |
| 23 | The tribe was divided in 1957 , after the British and French dismantled their empires in Africa . |
| 24 | My father preferred and still prefers to screw up his eyes and lean forward should he need to see whether the pink or blue is about to be potted . |
| 25 | My father preferred to screw up his eyes and lean forward should he need to see whether the pink or blue was about to be potted . |
| 26 | From January until July 1992 , whilst the debt campaign is running down and before the 1992 and Trade campaign is under way , there will be some emphasis on the environment . |
| 27 | Whether a top-down or bottom-up approach is used , this categorization , though useful in creating a structure , often obscures similarities between items that have been placed in separate categories . |
| 28 | It is not a geographical accident of birth that determines whether an individual or group is going to be rich or poor , but a question of class location . |
| 29 | Moreover , there may well be reluctance or bad feeling when the operative or gang is obliged to undertake work without bonus . |
| 30 | The door swung open again and a blond man as muscled as the first and cleanshaven in white T-shirt and faded jeans paused casually at the kerb , looked right then left and walked after the bearded man . |