Example sentences of "[noun] and [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reflects a clear preference for an offence-based rather than an offender-based tariff and is in line with the proposals contained in the White Paper ( Home Office , 1990a : para. 2.19 ) . |
| 2 | An electrode-bearing stylus is used to read the signals and is in contact with the surface of the disc . |
| 3 | Her mother has two other little kids and is on welfare — $231 ( about £l44 ) a month . |
| 4 | ‘ The aim of soil geography is to record and explain the development and distribution of soils on the earth 's surface It is a branch of learning which lies between soil science and geography and is of particular importance to both subjects … soil studies are one means of integrating large parts of physical geography in a way which is of immediate relevance to mankind and in this way gives coherence to geography as a whole . ’ |
| 5 | Now , through the ‘ Choices ’ programme which is operating in three districts and is to be extended considerably this year , we are offering more and more staff the chance for career counselling and support from JS in improving skills and gaining qualifications . |
| 6 | Preferences bring us to Regan who is rightfully critical of the counter-intuitive implications of Frey 's blanket denials of beliefs , desires , perceptions , emotions , and so on to animals and is at great pains to stress their similarities of behaviour to that of human beings . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the Flory-Huggins theory forms the cornerstone of polymer solution thermodynamics and is worth considering further . |
| 8 | Every lawyer in the team is a supervisor for another lawyer and is in turn supervised , although not by the same lawyer . |
| 9 | This is an additional cost for one or more of the parties and is in itself a reason for ensuring that disputes are resolved wherever possible before referring to a third party for resolution . |
| 10 | This inhibition occurs at concentrations of 5ASA and N-acetyl 5ASA found in the rectal lumen of patients taking therapeutic doses of 5ASA containing compounds and is of the same magnitude as the reduction in IFN γ induced HLA-DR expression . |
| 11 | Lloyd rode his first winner in this country at Newmarket last Friday and is in England for seven weeks . |
| 12 | This is a game I came across in the United States and is for older children aged seven and upwards . |
| 13 | Now this was , really , rather a low-key introduction to a whole new way of life that at the moment is sweeping through the United States and is on our doorstep . |
| 14 | The acceptance of the first of the three premises , that the god to be worshipped is not to be identified with the power which is assumed to have created the universe , will bring about a change from long established practice and is of great importance . |
| 15 | in favour er in his pursuit of er deregulation in scrapping all regulations er er about fraud , attempts to stop fraud , controls on fraud and is like this , is deregulation going to be a fraudsters fun day ? |
| 16 | The novel has a contemporary setting and is about people who meet for an extraordinary dinner party . |
| 17 | Since I accept his primary submission I do not find it necessary to consider his other options , but I observe that in every case they would involve the court in a far more creative exercise in framing the law , which I doubt we would be entitled to undertake , than by holding as I would do that a corporate public authority has no right to sue for the tort of defamation and is to be left , if necessary , to such other rights as it may have , in particular the right to sue for malicious falsehood . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , Intel vociferously denied to Unigram last week suggestions circulated on the InterNet by GE 's research and development Center in New York that it 's hit a brick wall with its P5 design , is not getting the yields and is on a crash redesign course that would delay the parts until the end of next year . |
| 19 | The application and exploitation of technical advances is seen as a central feature of competitive performance in industry and is of crucial importance to economic survival and growth . |
| 20 | Thus in the case of job H the early start time is not 10 , which is the early finish time of preceding job G , but 15 which is the early finish of F and is on the critical path . |
| 21 | Thus in the case of job H the early start time is not 10 , which is the early finish time of preceding job G , but 15 which is the early finish of F and is on the critical path . |
| 22 | He is thinking long term and is in an all-powerful position as the man in charge of the review . |
| 23 | Terry Phelan was also in the side and is on the verge of a £2.5 million move . |
| 24 | Can anybody tell me how long it will be until A is on this side and is on that side ? |
| 25 | As one who believes that life exists from the moment of conception and is in the image of Christ , I support the petition and am opposed to anything that damages life in the way in which this pill is alleged to do . |
| 26 | Illmitz is such a village and is in the heart of the Seewinkel area , providing an ideal base for our course . |
| 27 | She is still involved in charity work and is on the committee of the South West Durham Macmillan Nurses hospice appeal and is also involved with the NSPCC . |
| 28 | The Torts ( Interference with Goods ) Act 1977 has made some simplification by abolishing one head of liability but it is only a piecemeal attempt to deal with certain deficiencies in the common law and is in no way a code governing interference with goods . |
| 29 | The church of All Saints stands in a hollow and is of great historic interest , dating from the 12th century . |
| 30 | The town , sprawling along the side of Lake Managua , has only a handful of buildings over one storey and is without any identifiable centre . |