Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one delegate to the discussion put it ‘ The women still do n't understand what the real world is like when it comes to their commercial value but at least they 've realised for the time being that they have bitten off more than they can chew . ’ |
| 2 | Competing for the record are and , who have also chosen anti-fouling from International 's VC Systems range for their UK-based catamaran Enza . |
| 3 | Next thing they got through the grapevine was that the journey was off . |
| 4 | " The one thing we regret about the move is that we ca n't still get HTV . |
| 5 | The reason given for the ban was that Professor Saburo Ienaga , a noted historian , had refused to strike out a reference in his book to bacteriological and other experiments carried out on Chinese prisoners of war by the now-defunct Imperial Army . |
| 6 | After all , the main reason I asked for an assistant was because of the danger of an epidemic of polio . |
| 7 | The reason vitamin D was regarded as a vitamin is because it is found in our food , and this is important for those who do not receive adequate exposure to sunlight — for example , the house-bound elderly . |
| 8 | One reason why Mr Smith is regarded as the front-runner is that he has already secured the support of key trade union leaders , including John Edmonds of the GMB general workers ' union and Gavin Laird of the engineers . |
| 9 | The only announcement given after the meeting was that Mr Peterken 's position was under discussion within the board . |
| 10 | One point which the SCA Polo Committee will discuss for the future is whether junior and youth players should be put under extra pressure in a penalty situation or whether games should be played to the first goal . |
| 11 | The first thing someone familiar with Christine Brooke-Rose 's fiction notices about the novel is that it reads almost like conventional science fiction . |
| 12 | The prescribed element is , in effect , frozen for the time being and should not be paid by the employer . |
| 13 | The main reason for ceasing to work for the project was that the project itself had no suitable work to offer . |
| 14 | If you move straight from chapter 5 to chapter 8 you will get a stark contrast between two theories of justification , and all you need to know for the moment is that I take the intervening chapters to provide a reason against any form of foundationalism . |
| 15 | A further line of argument which may be pursued against the declaration is that , according to Catholic theology , the power of orders lies in the soul , which is the same for both sexes , and not the body . |
| 16 | The essential principle which lies behind the Code is that the professional librarian 's prime duty is to facilitate access to materials and information in order to meet the requirement of the client , irrespective of the librarian 's personal interests and views on the content of the material and the client 's requirement . |
| 17 | The conclusion I drew from the chart is that , if it demonstrated that St Johann im Pongau has a better system of queue prevention than Meribel has , there is clearly something wrong with the demonstration . |
| 18 | And I think what that emphasises in the constitution is that the founding fathers , who devised the constitution , saw the congress as the central organ of American government and they saw the presidency as an appendage . |
| 19 | The modules included in the pack are as follows : Hasler AG 's automated facsimile hardware and software that enables end users to send and receive messages directly from their workstations ; Advanced Graphical Environments Inc 's X Server software that integrates Windows , MS-DOS and X Window applications on 80386 and 80486 personal computers ; Planar Systems Inc 's and Unicord Inc 's Unix terminal integration software that enables MS-DOS and Windows 3-based personal computers to be integrated into Unix environments ; Novell 's LAN Workplace for MS-DOS that enables personal computer users to link to other local area network users or remote hosts ; Locus Computing Corp 's personal computer interface for resource sharing between MS-DOS , Windows , Mac and Unix users ; Schasiepen GmbH 's Netprint for shared access to a central printer on a network ; a TCP/IP boot prom — enabling MS-DOS and standard TCP/IP network software to be booted from a network server — and Ethernet board for diskless , networked workstations ; and Unicorn security software for controlling access , activity logging and reporting . |
| 20 | The only time I 've ever frozen in an exam was when I 'd gone for three exams solid without kip , one after the other , and I just brain and the other ones were a real struggle and I had to graft my marks out of solid granite y'know I was chiselling away . |
| 21 | ‘ The question to be considered in every case is whether the land in its existing state , taking into account operations and uses for which planning permission … is not required , is ‘ incapable of reasonably beneficial use ’ … |
| 22 | The minor irritation on returning to the car is that it is directly in front of you as you descend to the north , but there is nowhere to cross the river . |
| 23 | The big advantage WindowWorks has over the competition is that it supports OLE . |
| 24 | What is , what is happening at the moment is although they ca n't afford the money for the full , for the full treatment they are making an allocation of money to improve matters round , round that area , which will be er , cos I , I told them that some of the pensioners were , w walking round by the bankment , it 's pouring of rain , which is perfectly true and that er the engineer should go round and see for himself and plus the fact how many of these people ever travel by bus , or do they always go by car , no , and also I brought up about bus shelters and all those sort of things , but any way , there will be some improvements for the bus station in the future . |
| 25 | One of the major problems of investment trust shares trading at a discount is that the company becomes a relatively attractive proposition for predators , particularly other financial institutions wishing to buy a ready-made diversified portfolio of assets ( at a discount ) . |
| 26 | What really matters at the moment is that the rugby pot keeps itself on the boil , so that it wo n't need too much of a boost from the fickle flames of European International rugby , when it returns in the New Year , to reactivate the interest of the casual followers uncovered by the World Cup . |
| 27 | One issue clarified by the bill is that ‘ NHS contracts ’ , the contracts between purchasing health authorities or GPs and service-providing hospitals , will not be legally binding and will confer no contractual rights or liabilities . |
| 28 | The final matter considered by the judge was whether the appellant had established the necessary animus possidendi in relation to the premises . |
| 29 | I propose that a useful point to be considered by the doctor is whether a treatment would be clinically indicated for a private patient with unlimited personal resources . |
| 30 | One of the attractions of swearing for a child is that it seems a grown-up thing to do . |