Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] is [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great deal of skill , imagination and effort goes into the design of a new programming language and the development of new languages will be encouraged if some form of protection is afforded to them . |
| 2 | Further , the Webbs ' gross failure of comprehension is complemented by their advocacy of an apparatus of state and municipal ownership , and of a bureaucratic management such as might have been deliberately designed not to maximise those chances . |
| 3 | That tigers have a sense of smell is demonstrated by their ability to detect the scent-mark of other tigers and particularly of females in season . |
| 4 | A given work of literature is related for them to literature in general , and not to the personality of its author . |
| 5 | The water is nearly gone from a local river and of course is filtered before it passes through the tower , fish as fry or eggs inevitably get through , craving in the warm oxygen rich pond under the tower . |
| 6 | Now , the most famous little girl from the world of fiction is starring in her own exhibition this week . |
| 7 | Loss of esteem is signalled by his derisive laughter and loss of security is the words ‘ You 're fired ’ . |
| 8 | The inherent danger of conceiving of art in purely personal terms is that the commonality of experience is robbed of its political value . |
| 9 | ‘ I have always tried to live in an ivory tower , but a tide of shit is beating at its walls , threatening to undermine it . ’ |
| 10 | It also rejected the Crown 's argument that the issue of consent should be left to the jury — in the same way as the question of dishonesty is left to them in theft cases — but its actual decision comes fairly close to this position . |
| 11 | The legitimizing effect of ideology is tied to its production by the dominating class . |
| 12 | ‘ Ideas ’ or ‘ representations ’ do not have a spiritual existence , their existence is material and the materiality of ideology is marked by its existence in ‘ apparatuses ’ and ‘ practices ’ . |
| 13 | Some of the ambivalence shown by recipient countries towards aid is explained by its utility as a means of freeing local resources to finance projects which otherwise might get squeezed out , but which might have important political attractions . |
| 14 | This consistency of sound effectively means that your choice of instrument is determined by your preference for number of strings or , maybe more likely , price . |
| 15 | There can be no doubt that for many women fear of loss is built into us by the way we 've been reared . |
| 16 | There are two ways of testing , one is the ‘ instant ’ test where a pin prick of blood is taken from your finger and a small desk-top analyser instantly reads the amount of cholesterol . |
| 17 | A graphic description of drowning is followed by his translation to the " kingdom of perpetual night " . |
| 18 | In every question needing assessment a standard or scale of reference is required by which you can measure relative success , failure or achievement . |
| 19 | Penalosa 's lack of mobility is counter-balanced by his southpaw stance and hard punch . |
| 20 | The sheer pleasure of enjoying the fun of exercise is reflected in our mental well-being . |
| 21 | An avenue open to persons aggrieved , who feel they have suffered injustice because of maladministration is to ask for their complaints to be looked into by either the Local Commissioner or the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration . |
| 22 | In this essay , I first discuss what level of intelligence is assumed in our theories , and what level is revealed by our observations . |
| 23 | A great deal of work is done in our schools , and we must not underestimate it . |
| 24 | Regarding staff becoming involved , initial discussions tend to involve senior staff but once the programme of work is signed up it will involve staff at all levels . |
| 25 | Instead , a particular style of dance is used through which the performers play strongly defined characters who express not only social status in a particular community but also moods , emotions and actions , which are alien to the calm spaciousness of classical dance . |
| 26 | Like provocation , this form of manslaughter is given to someone who has malice aforethought . |
| 27 | The Meldola medal of the Institute of Chemistry is named after him . |
| 28 | By the philosophers I am named Mercurius , he said there , my spouse is the gold ; I am the old dragon found everywhere on the globe of the earth , father and mother , young and old , very strong and very weak … often the order of nature is peversed in me . |
| 29 | From a letter to Francesco Gonzaga , written in 1622 and published by A. Luzio , in which among others a self-portrait of Tintoretto is offered to him , Pittalunga argues that the Paris picture may have been the one mentioned and which formed part of Rubens 's estate . |
| 30 | At the same time , however , little of consequence is ascribed to him . |