Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that it may be redirected towards other ends is shown by the way in which labor difficulties become unpopular during war when employers and employees unite against a common foe ’ |
| 2 | A comfortable position for writing when work needs to be undertaken at close range is in some respects more difficult to achieve than it is for reading . |
| 3 | To suppose that technical vocabulary Per se is ‘ jargon ’ , the warbling of birds , is simply foolish : and to suppose that popular ‘ science-writing ’ should be stripped of technical terms is to misconstrue the nature of the craft . |
| 4 | If this proposition is valid , our insistence that companies should be regarded as social enterprises is undermined . |
| 5 | Erm I think we feel quite strongly that that erm er the the emphasis that should be placed on environmental considerations is is considerable . |
| 6 | Conclusive evidence that the bare and to infinitives can not be treated as meaningless variants is provided however by Jespersen 's observation that there are some cases where both forms can occur in the same context . |
| 7 | Simply to hope that such things will be taught through other subjects is not satisfactory for a planning document even at the discussion stage . |
| 8 | The sequence of rifted margin evolution to be expected from passive rifting is illustrated schematically in Figure 4.18 . |
| 9 | A previous Comair Dak which may be rebuilt to flying condition is ZS-EKK , which is steeped in African heritage . |
| 10 | Most important , the formal statistical reasoning that can be applied to a-priori hypotheses is strictly invalid for exploratory analysis . |
| 11 | The reason azeotropic mixtures can not be separated by fractional distillation is that they have maximum or minimum boiling points . |
| 12 | The notion that there is a realm of public or political authority which can and should be separated from economic relationships is a pervasive one throughout Western political thought . |
| 13 | Just how these habitual patterns are to be internalized for easy access is another matter : direct inducement by repetitive drill may well not be the best way , in which case the thing to do is to think of other techniques . |
| 14 | Easily Accessible : There is lots of walking to be done as New Capernwray is only half an hour from both the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales and the immediate area has much unspoilt countryside to explore . |
| 15 | Products will be manufactured at Advanced Micro 's previously announced sub-0.5-micron facility which is being built in Austin , Texas . |
| 16 | The degree of " humanity " to be attributed to professional colleagues is closely linked to the " taste and tact " exhibited in their scholarship . |
| 17 | Yet the advice to surgeons about ways in which transmission of these viruses might be avoided during operative procedures is deficient in that it fails to mention techniques of monitoring any breaches in the integrity of the barrier between the patient and surgeon . |
| 18 | Consideration of the properties of biological environments that are to be interfaced with synthetic polymers is very important . |
| 19 | One final point to be remembered about contributory negligence is that it differs in effect from a finding of negligence . |
| 20 | Only if all new investment in the firm has to be financed from retained earnings is it possible for an increase in dividends to reduce net investment and thereby reduce the ability of the firm to deliver real income in the future . |
| 21 | The simplest dynamical question that can be posed for curved space–time is to ask what the motion of a test body is in free fall , i.e. under gravitational forces alone . |
| 22 | The kind of non-randomness that can be generated by simple sieving is roughly equivalent to opening a combination lock with one one dial : it is easy to open it by sheer luck . |
| 23 | ‘ This is a very serious question about the methods of funding the expansion of higher education and to say that we are seriously interested in the proposal that fees should be charged at full cost is not going to increase or widen access . |
| 24 | She wo n't take any rent — says the fact that I will be in the house and that the outbuildings will be put to good use is enough . |
| 25 | The second initiative that should be taken by central government is to shape its purchasing policy so that government contracts are increasingly placed in areas of high unemployment . |
| 26 | Secondly , the argument that the term ‘ judicial ’ was used to ensure that only those bodies suited to adjudicative procedures should be subjected to natural justice is not generally sound . |
| 27 | With this in mind , there is a project at one site in the Cotswolds where a population of badgers known to be infected with bovine TB is being left alone to see what happens to the badgers and also to herds of cattle in the area . |
| 28 | The conflict between actively fashioning language and allowing oneself to be constructed by conventional systems is provisionally resolved by valorizing submissiveness as Christian humility , but present are the basic elements of a dilemma which is to remain with Brooke-Rose for several decades . |
| 29 | ONE of the most graphic accounts of the horrors and practicalities of war to be published in recent years is The Imperial War Museum Book of The First World War . |
| 30 | The historical sources tend to be accepted unless there is evidence to the contrary , by which process much of what can be read about Anglo-Saxon England is based on uncorroborated historical evidence written down hundreds of years after the events they describe . |