Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But where , on the one hand , the hierarchy of the chivalry is systematically catalogued , from dukes to mere gentlemen , the commonalty is differentiated only to the extent that a passing reference to ‘ the chief of theis folkes , as the substantiall marchauntes , the welthie grasiers and farmers ’ acknowledges the existence of sub-species . |
| 2 | If you have cavity wall insulation as well , the only way you can test for its effects is to go away for a while , to a house without sources of formaldehyde . |
| 3 | The party is to go ahead at the end of August . |
| 4 | THE hunt for a missing Essex teenager who disappeared after visiting a three-day pop festival at Bramshott Common last year is to go nationwide in an attempt to find her . |
| 5 | You see how hard it is to see just from the graph , from a , from |
| 6 | That batch , the most intriguing of all , has included in recent months five members of the Grand Slam squad — Leonard , who is recovering well from a neck operation but must rest , Morris , Pears , Rodber and Heslop . |
| 7 | JULIA SOMERVILLE is recovering well from the removal of a brain tumour . |
| 8 | Siteke Ubial Susey is recovering rapidly from the bullet wound he received during an attack outside his house in Kinshasa in July ( see Action number 162 , page 1 ) . |
| 9 | An example , using a very simple model of the bonding in nickel(II) complexes in which the charge is calculated simply from the electronegativity difference between the central atom ( Ni ) and the attached ligand atom , is illustrated in Fig. 6.8 . |
| 10 | Morrow ( 1980:Part 4 ) takes the subordination of text to purpose and prediction so far as to use the questions to construct the text ( through a series of student activities like speed-reading of parts of the text , reordering , and blank-filling ) while the text itself is hidden away at the back of the book for consumption afterwards . |
| 11 | The red light shows it 's in action , the switch is hidden away inside the car . |
| 12 | I point it out because it is hidden away in a lot of business about freedom of information and other issues about which he is so keen . |
| 13 | It is also how one must determine whether others have acted well or not , so far as externals go , though how far they have acted well in a proper inward sense , that is , how far they have been truly guided by the categorical imperative , rather than by the calculations of self interest , is hidden away in the depths of their being , hidden perhaps even from themselves . |
| 14 | The pressure of the air springs is adjusted constantly by the computer via one inflation solenoid valve per spring and a single deflation valve to maintain body level at all times . |
| 15 | The beast is gazing disconsolately at the ground , its architectural studies abandoned . |
| 16 | When you have found the page , check the latest Cumulative Supplement , which is arranged alphabetically under the titles . |
| 17 | One meeting of all members is arranged annually in the autumn alternating between the four home Countries . |
| 18 | Antoine 's failure to analyse his actions in anything other than a purely technical sense is explained primarily by the tempo of his life dictated by an excessive work load that leaves no time for leisure , for reflection , for self-scrutiny : |
| 19 | As is explained later in the book , despite the high-sounding words with which the Bill was presented to Parliament it is a complete sham . |
| 20 | The problem is compounded further by the fact that software houses are unable to predict what precise configuration is going to be present and so they are forced to provide numerous drivers for peripherals such as displays and printers . |
| 21 | The alternative version has the same two properties together making up a property complex that is applied to the immediately adjacent subject of the sentence ; moreover in both cases the complex as a whole is assigned syntactically to the subject E ; the sole difference is in the matter of which property is taken as " senior " to the other within the bounds of the complex , as in ( 63 ) , and in such a case this will produce an infinitesimal semantic difference : ( 63 ) However this sort of syntactic trading is only possible where the language contains suitable lexical items ; it must have an adverb and verb with the appropriate meanings ; thus , in the absence of an adverb equivalent to after a change and a verb meaning to be orange , for instance , English can not offer such an alternative for ( 64 ) : ( 64 ) in spring , their skin turns orange 5.8 The range of verbs which can occur with postverbal adjectives is in fact quite wide . |
| 22 | Firstly , the Swapo-Democrat emblem is placed just above the Swapo emblem on the ballot paper , meaning that it will be seen first . |
| 23 | Emphasis is placed however on the need for fairness in applying regulations to groups of institutions , given the need to stimulate neutral competitive conditions . |
| 24 | Some of this information is summarized in the present chapter , and emphasis is placed here on the sources of the pellet/scat samples and their specific points of interest . |
| 25 | I suggested that they had more than likely received a stern lecture in lieu of a death sentence ; in the world of Arabs , blame for unsanctioned sex is placed wholly on the shoulders of the female . |
| 26 | The choir is raised high above the crypt in which , according to the early Christian custom , the saint 's tomb is placed immediately underneath the altar in the choir above . |
| 27 | In other words , the distance that a subject is placed away from the host or hostess , plays a major role in behaviour . |
| 28 | If such a tube is placed vertically into a tank of water the level of the water in the tube will rise above that in the tank . |
| 29 | Instead , a layer of doped silicon is placed directly underneath the channel . |
| 30 | These are the Department of Education and Training ( DET ) , responsible for providing education to African children living in ‘ white designated areas ’ ; the departments responsible for education in the so-called ‘ self-governing states ’ or bantustans/homelands ( Kwazulu , Lebowa , Gazankulu , Kangwane , Kwandebele and Qwaqwa ) ; and finally there are Ministries of Education in the so-called ‘ independent states ’ of Transkei , Bophuthatswana , Ciskei and Venda , whose ‘ independence ’ is recognized only by the South African government . |