Example sentences of "these [noun pl] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The manufacture of faience objects was another highly specialized craft closely associated with temple worship ; many of these objects have a religious significance and were probably made for cult use .
2 Older , and more knowing , Virgin hands , seasoned veterans of countless swimming-pool duckings , kept their distance ; but as a way of fostering a sense of belonging among staff these outings proved a powerful catalyst .
3 On the one hand these taxes represent a significant revenue source for the government , and on the other , they also generate a substantial stimulus to reduced consumption .
4 These satellites have a mean orbital height of 705 km and pass over all points between 82°N and 82°S at least once every 16 days .
5 Each of these cases merits a separate welfare analysis .
6 The low proportion with an acquittal outcome probably reflects that the vast majority of these cases involve a guilty plea .
7 These cases represent an understandable but not always comforting compromise within the framework of the EC Treaty .
8 It is intended to establish a number of management strategies that are commonly followed by farmers in the Green Belt and from an analysis of these strategies to develop a broader perspective on the relations between land occupancy and land management that is applicable to other farming situations .
9 These meetings had a constitutional if non-statutory status and their use by abolitionists , far from opening the democratic floodgates , put the authority of precedent and the county elites behind them .
10 Each of these artists enjoys a firm reputation in this country but wider international success has been elusive .
11 An increasing number of these artists have an incurable malady .
12 As everywhere else in the world , changing these attitudes requires a long campaign of education .
13 Further , the lack of visible staff-room integration serves to reinforce alienistic attitudes because it can be taken as evidence that these attitudes have a firm base in reality .
14 If these attitudes authorise a restrictive approach to the interpretation of statutes which , more broadly construed , would threaten fundamental values , they might equally justify rejection of statutes whose infringement of such values was sufficiently grave .
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16 These values include a macho version of masculinity and an embracing of violence .
17 These investments played an important part in enabling the enlarged Wood-Way operation to continue its growth throughout the year .
18 These investments played an important part in enabling the enlarged Wood-Way operation to continue its growth during the year , despite a downturn in offshore drilling .
19 These authorities control a huge slice of public spending such as social services , education , fire and the police .
20 SURREY apart , these clubs had a reasonable year in 1991 and remain profitable , although the margin on their activities is wafer thin .
21 Not really radical , these groups formed a centrist section of the CPSU .
22 We know that each of these groups contained a small minority of emigres , and that the Cossack Cavalry Corps in addition contained nearly 1000 Germans who , under the 1929 Geneva Convention on PoWs , should have been repatriated to Germany .
23 For example , in 1980 the British government consulted no fewer than 500 groups in drafting its legislation based upon the Finniston Report on Engineering , even though many of these groups had a negligible impact upon the government , sixteen of them are regarded by Richardson and Jordan as key' groups .
24 As the war neared its end , with the imminent prospect of a complete victory for Tito 's forces , all these groups had a common interest to escape and preferably to surrender to the non-Communist allies in Italy or Austria .
25 Within a broadly Marxian framework , these groups encompass a wide range of positions , many of which have only a very tenuous connection with Soviet doctrine .
26 ‘ it is difficult to see how these ( organisation ) problems can be solved efficiently without restoring responsible autonomy to primary groups throughout the system and ensuring that each of these groups has a satisfying sub-whole as its work task , and some scope for flexibility in work-pace .
27 It is argued that these groups have a vested interest in distorting reality to ensure that America always appears to be under threat so that they can force the president and Congress to finance the lavish and unnecessary programmes which they desire .
28 These groups have an acknowledged and often flourishing traditional linguistic culture , which is easily understood as arising from their particular history as geographically and socially segregated communities , and not from ‘ natural ’ , ahistorical difference .
29 These indices have an international reputation and require constant supervision and maintenance to ensure that they satisfactorily reflect market developments .
30 Each of these activities offers a newsworthy vehicle for furthering your objectives vis-a-vis your various target audiences .
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