Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 As one disease is conquered or controlled , others appear , particularly those caused by viruses , and finding cures or methods of immunisation is a lengthy exercise .
2 They have been fighting a real war , a race war , a class war , a war over resources and territory , a war in which real children die every day , a war nobody can win because no territory is conquered and the body counts do not mean victory .
3 And she has got the courage to look at that million people , which takes courage , and look at the thousand which she is helping and saying , no love is never wasted .
4 ‘ She thinks that she is helping and encouraging me . ’
5 Second , it is virtually impossible to determine exactly how much Grampian produced whisky is exported because much of it is blended and/or bottled elsewhere .
6 The Lord Chief Justice , Lord Lane , who at one time rejected an appeal against the conviction of the Birmingham Six , is to retire and be replaced by Lord Justice Taylor .
7 It should also be remembered that anyone , married or single , who is maintaining or accommodating a dependent relative over 65 ( or a mother or mother-in-law on her own ) is entitled to claim a tax allowance .
8 The Marr technique of painting is to go and visit the subject , where she makes copious notes on eye colour and other little idiosyncrasies that will help catch the soul of the dog .
9 I will write again as soon as Ferdinando hears he is to go and when I do you must prepare Oreste for the change Ellen so that it is not sprung on him .
10 I think if you feel like that , the great thing is to go and punch a cushion — let off steam somehow or other But , if possible , do n't let it off on your carer !
11 By November it has usually been decided where the money is to go and a presentation evening is arranged .
12 Anger is common reaction , and one way to help overcome this distress is to go and discuss what happened with your vet .
13 Generally , the only way to find something out is to go and see the individual concerned ; however , appointments can not be made when the phone refuses to work .
14 Here the philosophy is to go and find the clients in a range of sectors which have a compatible style and approach leaving the other clients to seek their executive search needs elsewhere .
15 The best and most reliable way to get good information — there is no comparison — is to go and see roses actually growing .
16 Sir Jack Brabham says he 's never been so excited about a new motor car and the challenge is to go and take on the best
17 Beauracrats , teachers and pupils say the only way parents can judge a school is to go and take a look at it
18 Oh mostly that really , supposedly going to America in February the sixth and the doctor , she said to the doctor what 's the matter and he said you 're really , really run down then he said to her what I suggest you do is to go and buy some cartons of fresh orange juice , a jar of honey and some natural live yoghurt and she 's ate it all , now she 's got diarrhoea ca n't win can ya ?
19 What I am seeking to do is to go and support Conservative candidates up and down the country and I 'm supporting many of them during this local election campaign .
20 It 's a word which everyone is using and it 's almost like confetti .
21 If there is anyone out there who is using or can advise on joining two touring canoes to make a low tech catamaran in the Wharram tradition , enabling sailing to estuaries and creeks , dismantling and then exploring the local rivers ?
22 During the transfer to your resort , they will answer your questions and later , at a welcome meeting , will tell you all you need to know about your location ; including what there is to see and do .
23 Like this it is at once a moment of knowledge ( " to understand reality is to see and understand things in their connectedness and their interpretation , one to the other " ) and moment of praxis ( synthesis ) whose material embodiment is the process of modelling ( forming : here both in terms of cognitive modelling , including the modeling of meaning and the extension of this modelling , with all its reciprocal interactions ) .
24 The second is the principle of integrity in adjudication : it asks those responsible for deciding what the law is to see and enforce it as coherent in that way .
25 ‘ It 'll be some time before she 's traced and identified anyway .
26 At the receiver , the signal is demodulated and the information — the voice - extracted .
27 When using this option to introduce new media items , you must tell LIFESPAN what state it is in , selecting either 1 , to reserve the code for an item not yet initialised , or 2 , to indicate that the item is initialised and can be used .
28 The witness of an insult , or the victim of it , will feel that his dignity is impugned and regarded as a matter for contempt by the person whose conduct he witnesses .
29 Sensory loss frequently occurs with motor loss ; the patient is paralysed and it compounds the problem of maintaining a safe environment .
30 The actress lives with her mother , a psychotherapist , and her father , a retired banker who is paralysed and partially blind .
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