Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The knowledge that is discovered using these methods is regarded as objective and factual , i.e. it is correct for all times and all places , and is not going to be different according to who discovers it . |
| 2 | The need to use range-Doppler methods is obviated where radar equipment is carried near to a planet by means of a spacecraft . |
| 3 | The number of wines produced using traditional cultivation methods is increasing and standards governing these are being introduced in several countries . |
| 4 | Assessment is mainly by coursework ; a variety of teaching methods is used and participative learning is encouraged . |
| 5 | Provision of such phase-related signals is described as phase splitting and is widely used in electronics for various purposes . |
| 6 | More and more power in organizations is shared and cooperation rather than physical violence is how work gets done . |
| 7 | But the beach is also marked on the extreme southern tip of Seil where the exposure to the waves is limited and , even more remarkably , in the narrow strait separating Seil from the mainland ( Plate 26 ) . |
| 8 | For this reason , the thorough training of trainers is regarded as very important . |
| 9 | Reliance on such considerations is justified if and to the extent that they enable authorities to reach decisions which , when taken as a whole , better reflect the reasons which apply to the subjects . |
| 10 | A turn-round time of 24 hours for 90 per cent of prescriptions is guaranteed and an extended range of frames offers a greater choice of fashionable designs and colours . |
| 11 | Although information about the roles of heads is argued as being incomplete , particularly if new bases are needed for management training , there seems little doubt that their willingness to help the performance of their colleagues by taking on more of the low-level chores of school life can be misdirected . |
| 12 | Experimentally , a series of concentrations is studied and the results treated according to one or other of the following virial expansions . |
| 13 | On April 1st 1988 Llanthony Warehouse opened as the National Waterways Museum where the fascinating story of the inland waterways is told as never before … |
| 14 | Blurring of professional roles occurs in other care delivery systems , but in a multidisciplinary team approach , overlapping or exchange of roles is planned and co-ordinated . |
| 15 | O. imprudens is included because it has not been figured satisfactorily and as bathyal species its distribution may extend to 1000 m . |
| 16 | Richards created a method of defining vessel shape ( 1982 ) using a fixed set of rules ; the profile of vessels is recorded and normalised to a standard height , a parameter which does not seem to be relevant to the definition of forms . |
| 17 | Children 's grasp of these knotty subjects is monitored and tested through the four Key Stages ( aged 5-7 , 8-11 , 12-14 and 15-16 ) of their educational career . |
| 18 | The development of such further educational and training opportunities is encouraged and engineering employers should ensure that their staff have the time to keep up–to–date in this way . |
| 19 | Features of interaction such as body posture , gesture , preferred distance between speakers , discursive styles , the ways in which politeness is marked or attention to other speakers is signalled , differ widely across cultures . |
| 20 | The use of computers is taught and encouraged . |
| 21 | Of course , the terrible irony of this is shown later , when Eddie betrays his cousins and the truth of his own words is applied as he ruins his life and finally loses it as a result of being disloyal . |
| 22 | In phonological dysgraphia , the spelling of real words is preserved whilst the spelling of non-words is impaired . |
| 23 | At the time of the funeral a set form of words is used and I think it is helpful to look at what sense these words can convey to this majority population who are not regular church attenders . |
| 24 | If the division of labour between branches is conserved and extended within capitalist economies , it can form the principle of a particular kind of social collectivity which cuts across ‘ class ’ lines and inhibits the formation of class based collectivities . |
| 25 | A simple test for woollen rugs is to fold or crease the pile and see how quickly the wool returns to its original shape . |
| 26 | Here , a Monte Carlo based simulation procedure for estimating the impact of error in GIS is proposed and developed . |
| 27 | It is equally important that the authority of the United Nations is upheld and supported wherever it is necessary . |
| 28 | A membership based on the hereditary principle and the patronage that is needed to create life peers is seen as deeply offensive in the context of a democracy . |
| 29 | Conversely , to deny the existence of dragons is to deny that " x is a dragon " can be converted into a knowable proposition ( unless , of course , " dragon " was used metaphorically , as in " Mrs Thatcher is a dragon " ) . |
| 30 | The management of schools is changing and decisions have to be made in the context of a financial framework . |