Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not many children try solvents before the age of 11 , and it seems that the peak age for experimenting is around 13 or 14 years . |
| 2 | The reason for timetabling is not to satisfy the Government and Opposition Front Benches , but to protect the interests of Back Benchers . |
| 3 | All I 've got ta know is like sort of , which ones to press to get |
| 4 | If an order for costs or additional costs is required to be made , the time for applying is when an application is made for payment out of court . |
| 5 | up there , for walking is n't it ? |
| 6 | Horn regrowth after disbudding is far more common in the male goat |
| 7 | The considerably lower activity found in malignant ascites may explain why coagulopathy after shunting is less pronounced in this group of patients . |
| 8 | For not only does it burn off on average up to 100 calories for every 15 minutes of activity , but the raised BMR can continue to burn off calories for several hours after exercising is over . |
| 9 | All I 've got ta do is just disconnect the cable . |
| 10 | If I could artex the wood , it 's a lot easier cos all you 've got ta do is just scrape it and leave it . |
| 11 | Perhaps his best known innovation , audience participation , is now well documented in his most recent publication ( 1981 ) — that we now take audience participation for granted is almost entirely due to the pioneering work of this very able teacher and director . |
| 12 | I have always considered drama training to be based on simple precepts , for acting is not a complicated art . |
| 13 | His style of preaching is clearly seen in his books such as A Call to the Unconverted and The Saint 's Everlasting Rest which were prepared from sermonic material . |
| 14 | But there is nothing to argue about here , as the act of quantifying is not intended to be predictive , explanatory or theoretical : it is a methodological tool that is used by those who wish to make accountable statements about the distribution of linguistic forms in real speech communities in cases where this is not evident without quantification . |
| 15 | The intensity of leaching is probably the major such kinetic control in most weathering environments ( Fig. 6.14 ) . |
| 16 | The intensity of leaching is never uniform throughout an entire weathering profile since the throughput of water normally decreases with depth due to compaction and the downward translocation of fine particles which reduces the size of voids . |
| 17 | The resulting reduction in the intensity of leaching is usually reflected in mineralogical changes with depth ( Fig. 6.15 ) . |
| 18 | The process of seeing is thus a combination of factors , both physiological and psychological . |
| 19 | Again , it seems to follow that the perceptual experiences that observers have in the act of seeing is not uniquely determined by the images on their retinas . |
| 20 | The reason the sensation of seeing is so different from the sensation of hearing and the sensation of smelling is that the brain finds it convenient to use different kinds of internal model of the visual world , the world of sound and the world of smell . |
| 21 | 7 Find out which method of suturing is most commonly used on your ward . |
| 22 | ‘ The hours spend on the road are exhausting , and when you get tired the risk of crashing is very high . ’ |
| 23 | Even if this number could be regarded as reasonably constant throughout the year , it is clear that the group of individuals exposed to the risk of dying is constantly changing . |
| 24 | Although this sounds obvious , it is quite remarkable how many returning nurses remark on the problems of adjustment they encounter once the initial ‘ honeymoon ’ period of returning is over . |
| 25 | The purpose of praying is not prayer , but to delight in God , and commune with him for his own sake . |
| 26 | Daniel affirmed that the power of relisting is not confined to cases where the previous hearing can be characterised as a nullity and that the power can be exercised after the court has issued a final order . |
| 27 | This question also revealed several examples of pupils rounding the number 17 to 20 to obtain an approximate answer , although generally the process of rounding is not appreciated by pupils . |
| 28 | Our kind of loving is n't easy . |
| 29 | Whereas ‘ the true self , in sex , would seek a meeting , would seek to meet the other ’ , this being the ‘ true flow ’ , sexuality today is merely greedy , blind , selfseeking , and ‘ therefore , since the thing sought is the same , the self , the mode of seeking is not very important . |
| 30 | And you 'll remember that that the definition of gating is simply that channels switch between open and closed states , they gate open or closed . |