Example sentences of "group [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | comparison of subjects within groups and between groups I thought that 's |
| 2 | Each of these will be looked at briefly in this chapter , which will also examine some of the leading public and private pressure groups which help ordinary citizens to obtain redress against unfair trading in goods and services . |
| 3 | Some of the occupational groups which claim professional status lack many of the attributes of professionalism . |
| 4 | There are also differences between various groups which reflect different immigration patterns . |
| 5 | Even among lesbian and gay groups which resisted such institutionalisation , spirited resistance has been drained by lack of perspective , in-fighting , and exhaustion of energy , money and inspiration . |
| 6 | Members of groups which have frequent time limits express significantly less pride in their work … |
| 7 | In the contemporary social sciences the term ‘ elite ’ is now generally applied to functional or occupational groups which have high status in a society , for whatever reason ( Bottomore , 1964 , p. 14 ) . |
| 8 | Chains possessing groups which encourage strong intermolecular attraction thereby stabilizing the alignment . |
| 9 | Parties include a variety of associations from the mass political parties of Western democracies to the whole range of pressure or interest groups which include professional associations , trades unions , the Automobile Association and the RSPCA . |
| 10 | But it so happens , you might say well all these years retired I ca n't be much good at the job , you 'll be interested to know that I give talks to groups which include retiring tax inspectors . |
| 11 | Some taxonomists ( ‘ cladists ’ ) argue that we should only recognize ‘ monophyletic ’ groups : i.e. groups which include all the descendants of some common ancestor . |
| 12 | But the accompanying instruments are constantly varied , and the groups which play introductory sinfonie to the intermedii or double the voices in the madrigals are impressive : Malvezzi 's madrigal ‘ Noi che cantando ’ in the first intermedio is sung by two choirs , the first doubled by lyre , harp , large lute , and ‘ sotto Basso di Viola ’ , the second by lyre , harp , chitarrone , and ‘ Basso di Viola ’ , while in the six-part sinfonia which follows these instruments are joined by 6 lutes ( three large and three small ) , psaltery , ‘ Basso di Viola ’ with three tenor viols , 4 trombones , cornetto , flauto traverso , cetera ( cittern ) , mandola , and a ‘ Sopranino di Viola ’ ( which was played by Striggio ) . |
| 13 | The party is the biggest of the rebel groups which controlled most of Iran 's Kurdish-populated areas after the 1979 Islamic revolution , but government offensives in the early 1980s left them greatly weakened . |
| 14 | Our conferences form into 8 Groups which meet 4 times per year , praying together , planning and exchanging ideas . |
| 15 | Sidney 's Defence of Poetry for instance assumes a hostile critical environment , maintaining that there are important groups who mistrust poetic fictions altogether . |
| 16 | In 1934 the Home Office twice re-drafted a bill banning political uniforms , but concluded that the difficulties involved in definition , and the need to protect the civil liberties of other groups who wore distinctive clothing , together with the expected nit-picking objections of MPs like A.P . |
| 17 | The beliefs are seen as influencing , at least in significant part , the behaviour in which the members of the group engage and which distinguishes them from other groups who hold different beliefs . |
| 18 | Several aspects of the reshuffle , which had been expected for several weeks , were attacked by opposition groups who demanded greater reductions . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , the union is currently controlled by minority , unrepresentative , self interest groups who have little concern for the views of ordinary members and their feelings . |
| 20 | Political decisions emerge from the interaction of groups who have conflicting objectives as well as mutually advantageous bargains to make with each other . |
| 21 | It is also found among religious groups who love one another , but are hostile towards those who are not of the same religious group , or sect , as themselves . |
| 22 | It has long been accepted that people make jokes about what frightens them and that groups who feel oppressed use humour as a way of releasing negative feelings to those in power . |
| 23 | Then there were the enraged gay groups who deemed this screenplay to be politically incorrect , and who disrupted filming by encouraging passing motorists to ‘ honk if you support our boys in the Gulf ’ . |
| 24 | Oh , of course the opposite happens in a group , I mean what happens in groups you know therapeutic groups tend to be like this one , they sit in circles and they , they kind of focus on very often on the leader who often plays a very , very powerful role even if they claim not to . |
| 25 | When work group I met last June to ratify the final draft of their report , the US co-chairman , Claire Harris , did not appear . |
| 26 | Anyway , she said she 'd give me something about it on Sunday at NA [ the Narcotics Anonymous Group which meets weekly at Styal ] . |
| 27 | Greenpeace is an international environmental pressure group which maintains complete independence from all political parties anywhere in the world . |
| 28 | And there was more than a smack of sympathy for terrorism in a call by a leading Fundi for a ‘ broad show of unity ’ with a group which shot dead two policemen during a demonstration at Frankfurt airport . |
| 29 | HPI is a member of the Infolink Group which supplies on-line information relating to high value mobile assets , particularly motor vehicles . |
| 30 | The critic may choose to write about common features in the work of the artists exhibiting ; this may lead to generalisations about the group which take little account of the individual qualities of the artists . |