Example sentences of "be [det] [conj] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This type of base tends to feel very firm as there are few or no springs . |
| 2 | One is intensive arable as in the Fens , New Holland in Lincolnshire , and on much of the chalk ; there are few or no hedges or trees , but open country with no sense of enclosure or division . |
| 3 | There are a number of species which occur in this way and hence define communities in a rather trivial sense , since there are few or no associates . |
| 4 | The neutrino also carries with it a large transverse energy but the particle 's properties are such that the experiments at CERN can not detect it and it escapes the apparatus unseen . |
| 5 | We have sought to concentrate assistance with prescription charges on those whose incomes are such that the charges cause a problem . |
| 6 | Some of the activities and resources are such that the parties engage or wish to engage in them or possess them only because of the conflict . |
| 7 | If drivers had to pay all these costs , they would be discouraged from making journeys where the benefits of travelling are less than the costs . |
| 8 | The ‘ depth ’ of the lines is equally as important as the positioning and it should be such that the arms can almost be extended when hooked in . |
| 9 | The response of the system should be such that the users are not required to wait during text manipulation . |
| 10 | In some cases , the dilution of the equity may be such that the directors and their supporters no longer own a controlling interest in the offeror . |
| 11 | The length of the board should be greater than 3.60m unless the user is a slight lady or a child , in which case the length and volume can be less than the figures quoted above . |
| 12 | Then the differences proved to be less than the similarities , and the same is likely to emerge with care management , ’ he says . |
| 13 | After three months they would be entitled to the statutory minimum wage in Germany , but this would still be less than the wages taken home by Germans working on the same site . |
| 14 | Apart from a few independents and a handful of dissidents the only candidates among whom the elector can choose will be those that the parties have seen fit to put before him . |
| 15 | This is impossible to answer , but he does suggest that it is likely to be more than the planners currently recommend . |
| 16 | And , and they 've got erm , well they must be more than the Portacabins , but I mean they 've got erm places there though |
| 17 | For example , much of the foregoing discussion was making the point that soil erosion was important to many small producers in steep-sloped and/or semi-arid areas and it may have seemed that these people were the only ones to cause and suffer from the effects of soil erosion ; also that there were few or no cases where successful adaptations and advances in agricultural technology had occurred . |
| 18 | It was noted that the localiser deflection sensitivity of the No. 1 VOR was set too high and the flag alarm settings on both the localiser and the glideslope were such that the flags would not appear even when the signals were unusable . |
| 19 | A new beer store , some kitchen improvements a new central heating system and considerable redecorations were completed in 1982 and to cope with the new handicapping scheme along came an Apple computer at a cost of £3,000 ( 1985 ) , its importance being such that the by-laws published in March 1986 included the rule that every male competitor 's computer number was to be written on his card ! |
| 20 | That is pretty high praise ; and though there are some obvious exceptions , they were fewer as the years went by . |
| 21 | The flak and fighter defences were all that the crews had feared they would be . |
| 22 | The agreement was for consultancy which records show were less than the sums of money involved . |
| 23 | Is that when the teachers have walked out |
| 24 | Is that because the conditions underground were better than you 'd expected ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Is that where the newly-weds have found sanctuary ? |
| 26 | ‘ It 's that or the torpedoes . ’ |
| 27 | Some people from up the lane which , you know there 's some and the women were alright , do n't get me |
| 28 | There 's a very large amount of clothing which is new in the last twenty years , because the technology of producing leather is such that the skins can be split thinner and still retain their strength . |
| 29 | The climate of the British Isles is such that the inhabitants enjoy , but are not subordinate to , the power of the sun . |
| 30 | On the other hand , if the government holds b constant , then the behaviour of the equilibrium path is such that the equilibria P 1 and P 2 are locally stable , but Q 1 and Q 2 are locally unstable . |