Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Erm in my experience it 's quite normal for erm a period after the close of the enquiry to be erm given to erm the planning authority or authorities to on other matters which are outstanding at the close of the enquiry , whether it 's two weeks , whether it 's whether it 's very very common , it 's it 's reasonable that the authority should have that opportunity to .
2 ‘ Others , including myself , believe that non-punitive but truly compensatory damages awarded by the courts of the United Kingdom are preferable to the exorbitance of emotionally-driven jury awards , ’ he said .
3 This would help me in ensuring that project staff are alert to the need to establish links when new initiatives are being considered .
4 For June 1990 to June 1991 , gravity increases occur at all stations but are largest at the summit .
5 The spinelets are largest in the centre of the disk becoming shorter and more rugose towards the edge .
6 The spinelets are largest in the centre of the disk .
7 There is substantial evidence showing that the chances of surviving to old age are lower among the manual than non-manual groups and that this also applies , though to a lesser extent , to the number of years people live beyond retirement .
8 Powerlessness as a broad-based variable of disease risk is supported by research in poverty versus non-poverty areas ( Haan et al , 1987 ) ; by occupational setting studies where people have worse heart disease rates if they are lower in the hierarchy ( Rose and Marmot , 1981 ) , or have high work demands in combination with low levels of decision-making control ( Karasek and Theorell , 1990 ) ; and by the stress literature which indicates an association between chronic stress and various physical , behavioural , and psychological health problems ( Kasl and Cooper , 1987 ) .
9 But this is a private language ; no one else could learn it , because the experiences by appeal to which the terms in it get their meaning are private to the speaker .
10 One answer is that unions also provide other goods which are private to the extent that they are available only to union members .
11 They include information on how to proceed if you are dissatisfied with the way a lawyer has handled your case or the diagnosis/treatment given by a doctor .
12 To ask the Secretary of State for Health what remedies are available to NHS patients or their families to use if they are dissatisfied with the treatment given in NHS hospitals .
13 because people are dissatisfied with the treatment and they 're paying for that treatment and they 're dissatisfied , so you always get complaints whether you pay or not
14 If they are dissatisfied with the school or education authority , they will be able to call in the Education Standards Commission and get action taken .
15 There will also be parents who are dissatisfied with the school which their children currently attend and will be looking for an alternative .
16 However , the sex of the fetus will be known in numerous situations of antenatal diagnosis other than for sex-linked diseases , and it now seems that some women seek abortions merely because they are dissatisfied with the sex of the fetus .
17 ‘ I scarcely know whether these remarks are intended as the mere superfluous assertion of an abstract right , or whether they are intended to imply a covert threat , that if the petitioners are dissatisfied with the answer to their application , they may resort to the extreme course of closing that useful place of veterinary education .
18 Although Essex finally agreed to provide Thomas with special teaching in a state school , his parents are dissatisfied with the quality of tuition on offer and have appealed for help from Mr Clarke , Education Secretary .
19 However , local authorities have a local appeals procedure under which officers may appeal if they are dissatisfied with the authority 's decision as to whether it is necessary to move home or if they are dissatisfied with any of the authority 's decisions in relation to the application of the relocation provisions .
20 And can a parent become involved if they are dissatisfied with the homework programme of the school ?
21 The second reason why conventional maps are unsuitable for the answering of the types of queries mentioned above is that the human eye and brain can not take in the amounts of information that would be present in the overlays and in the accompanying tables of figures and statistics .
22 Only after it is decided that company collection agencies are unsuitable for the job should outside agencies be contracted to fill in the gaps .
23 The tables on the South side of the Library are unsuitable for the consultation of colour illustrated books , and for leather bound books , until UV screening can be applied to the windows .
24 The figures in this series are complete for the period covered by this book apart from a short gap between 1403 and 1411 .
25 Few companies have taken an interest in biological insecticides such as Bacillus thuringiensis ( its spores or toxin ) or the baculoviruses , because of lack of protection by patent and difficulties in producing formulations that are stable in the field .
26 But you are right about the image .
27 Both points of view are right if they are right for the person concerned .
28 ‘ On the other hand I think all the conditions are right for the challenge to be successful . ’
29 However , before taking this step , the organisation should consider whether these people are right for the job .
30 I am dissatisfied with the way in which the House deals with secondary legislation .
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