Example sentences of "this [noun] is [verb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They deposit scent from the tip of their abdomen along the route from the food to the nest , and this trail is followed and added to by other ants as they return with food . |
| 2 | If collective bargaining of this kind is to continue and improve for the benefit of both , it is essential that employees ' organisation should be fully representative . |
| 3 | In the student-centred approach all this variety is used and incorporated into the learning process . |
| 4 | Certainly this freedom is obtained when using graphics terminals or playing computer games with their trackballs and joysticks but how can a serious user benefit ? |
| 5 | The purpose of this study is to determine whether accounting practices need to be adjusted or developed if they are to be of use to firms operating in the highly changeful high technology sectors . |
| 6 | This action is seen as absolving Pilate of guilt for the death of Jesus . |
| 7 | Anger is common reaction , and one way to help overcome this distress is to go and discuss what happened with your vet . |
| 8 | The aim of this research is to try and fill the gap . |
| 9 | The aim of this research is to develop and test principles for the design of mathematics teaching which make use of the results of recent research into pupils ' understanding . |
| 10 | This chapter is organised as follows . |
| 11 | The aim of this chapter is to present and evaluate Oliver Williamson 's theory of the firm . |
| 12 | The purpose of this chapter is to try and clarify these issues by asking : ( a ) what is quality in health care ? ( b ) whose quality are we talking about ? ( c ) how can quality be turned into a reality in the new NHS ? |
| 13 | This uncertainty is magnified when dealing with a disease like dementia where the onset may be highly insidious . |
| 14 | What I intend to do in this column is to explore and explain rhythm in its purest sense — from the point of view of notation , theory and practical application . |
| 15 | The complete team for this exercise is assembled and briefed on the problem by the co-ordinator . |
| 16 | The complete team for this exercise is assembled and briefed on the problem by the co-ordinator . |
| 17 | This weirdo is perceived as poking around dusty old bookshops instead of the gleaming God-have-you-any- conception -what-this-refit-has-just-cost-us sort of outlet and , worse , buys secondhand books , books that have already been sold and therefore attract no income or royalties whatever ; and who might even be willing to pay up to 10 times the original cover price if the damn thing is a first edition , whereas everyone knows that first editions are merely what are given away free , for heaven 's sake , to hacks who seldom review them and — even more galling — to the bloody authors who wrote them in the first place . |
| 18 | This process is aided and abetted by the trend over the past twenty years to encourage the active participation of fathers in the process of childbirth itself . |
| 19 | In the wild this fish is reported as attaining a length of up to 18″ with a weight of 1½lb although this would appear to be the exception as species of about 6″ are more commonly the rule . |
| 20 | The door to this room is closed and locked , and the only way to get in is by getting the key from the ‘ attic ’ above Drachenfels ' master bedroom ( location 53 ) . |
| 21 | ‘ to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another ’ If this point is charged or reported it may be proved by the officer in the case questioning the offender on the lines of : ‘ Did you intend to provoke the Notown football supporters into violence ? |
| 22 | If this point is charged or reported then the accused 's mental state or mens rea should be proved , i.e. an intent to be or an awareness that his conduct may be disorderly . |
| 23 | As this self is debated and discussed , the individualist sometimes seems to be demanding that a ceteris paribus clause should be included in all explanations of social phenomena — a murmured oath of loyalty to the freedom of the will along the lines of ‘ … and the individuals involved could have done otherwise ’ . |
| 24 | In the absence of the left hemisphere , and after section of the corpus callosum , this inhibition is reduced or eliminated . |
| 25 | PREFERRED This module is selected as Preferred . |
| 26 | The prohibitions set out in paragraph 4 above shall take effect as from the date herein and shall be binding upon Norwich Union until such time as this notice is rescinded or varied by the board or is the subject of an order made by the Appeal Tribunal of Lautro . |
| 27 | The aim of this paper is to specify and estimate a model of the behaviour of an unemployed individual which extends previous research in two ways . |
| 28 | This pattern is reversed when knitting the second wing . |
| 29 | If this definition is applied when reviewing surveillance studies the result is that cancers found earlier than eight years from onset or found in left sided colitis or a cancer found at colonoscopy performed for any reason other than surveillance ( such as rectal bleeding ) , can not be regarded as a success . |
| 30 | Your aim in this writing is to penetrate and supervene the way you normally see and construe your surroundings , to discover a new angle of vision . |