Example sentences of "[det] is [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of female homosexuals , the difficulty lesbian mothers have in retaining the custody of their children when this is contested by the children 's father is further evidence that lesbian sexuality is not accepted on a par with heterosexuality . |
| 2 | No , it was n't transport related , I knew that my , my group , because everybody was placed in a certain group by age and , er I knew that I was due to go and I thought oh well this is hanging around you sort of wanted to get on with it . |
| 3 | This is recorded as normal vision . |
| 4 | Rolle suggests that this is begun in thought of the four last things : death , for " we lyve bot in a poynt " in " uncertente of owre endyng " ; judgement , when we account for our use of time " and ilk tyme we thynk not on God , we may cownt it als we have tynt " ( 4.95.19 – 22 , 38 – 9 ) ; heaven , the joy which is " mare any may tell " ; and hell , where also is burning in fire ( 4.96.46 – 7 , 54 ) . |
| 5 | This is supported by evidence that hospital stays and admission rates are lower in HMOs than under fee-for-service systems ( Petchey , 1987 ) . |
| 6 | This is supported by Dodson 's ( 1973 ) work , although he concluded that so little water movement was needed to transport small animal bone that in fact transported assemblages are little use for palaeoecological reconstruction . |
| 7 | It is therefore believed that the unconformity does not correspond exactly to the base of the Westphalian D but falls within the Westphalian C. This is supported by regional stratigraphic relationships ( Ramsbottom et al . |
| 8 | Now denoting the nominal demand for money by MD , we can write in functional form : unc A simplified version of this function can be obtained by using real national income ( Y ) as an indicator of total wealth and by assuming that h is constant and that the function is homogeneous of the first degree in P. We can then write the real demand for money as : unc Monetarists generally believe the demand for money to be fairly unresponsive to interest rate changes ( and this is supported by empirical evidence ) . |
| 9 | In addition , member states are allowed to exempt from the notification requirement what are termed ‘ professional dealers in securities ’ if they do not use the securities acquired to interfere in the company 's management ; the expression ‘ professional dealers in securities ’ may be confined to market makers ( as under the 1985 Companies Act ) but the expression does seem wide enough to include own account dealers as well and this is supported by the fact that the exemption applies even to professional dealers who are not members of a stock exchange , provided that they are authorised or supervised by a competent authority ( an investment bank , for example ) . |
| 10 | This is supported by Wordsworth 's defence of his choice of the common people as subject matter — ‘ Low and rustic life was generally chosen , because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity … ’ |
| 11 | This is supported by the morphology of the postcrania , which is more similar in Dryopithecus fontani to the living great apes and humans than that seen in any other fossil hominoid . |
| 12 | This is supported by the large range of so-called ‘ Motto beakers ’ produced in the Rhineland , and especially at Trier where they are known as Spruchbecher . |
| 13 | The conclusion to be drawn is that monotony is clearly associated with work dissatisfaction , and this is supported by the large number of housewives who mentioned monotony spontaneously at various points in the interview . |
| 14 | This is supported by the few studies specifically of rural areas ; Moseley and Townroe ( 1973 ) found that immigrant firms in East Anglia retained most of their original linkages outside the region , and Hodge and Whitby ( 1979 ) , in a study of the eastern Scottish Borders , found that few in-migrant firms had important local linkages . |
| 15 | In our caricature , this is supported by the following incident . |
| 16 | Although responders may be biased towards independent , articulate individuals in employment , unemployed people may have had more time to reply , and this is supported by a higher response rate among women , who had a lower employment rate . |
| 17 | This is supported by General Condition 2 of the Engineering and Computer Policies which sets out the action to be taken by the Policyholder on the happening of any event which may give rise to a claim . |
| 18 | This is supported by our study with human volunteers , in which an excess of dietary phosphate did not prevnet the protective effects of supplemental dietary calcium on solubility and lytic activity of luminal surfactants . |
| 19 | This is supported by our observation that sulphate reduction rates and sulphide production in faeces of the three responders increased when sulphate was supplemented to the diet , while methanogenesis became substantially reduced . |
| 20 | This is supported by a commitment to developing a culture which enables people working at all levels of the business to understand and commit to a central mission , and to share common values and principles . |
| 21 | As far as up to date development plans is concerned , this is supported by all sections of the community and need not be dwelt upon . |
| 22 | The effects of TPA on intact HGT-1 cells are therefore likely to be mediated by effects on the activity of the adenylate cyclase system , and this is supported by the direct effect of TPA on histamine stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in the isolated membrane fraction . |
| 23 | This is supported by our observation that the G cell and parietal cell densities were negatively correlated . |
| 24 | This is supported by reference to three key features ( p. 114ff. ) , summarised below : Alternating decasyllabic verse is " lighter " in terms of its overall structure ; this shows up in the high degree of promotion of underlyingly unstressed function words to relative stressed status . |
| 25 | And this is supported by recently-appointed Employment Minister David Hunt 's statement in which he said British Government backing is unconditional . |
| 26 | This is supported in the air , level with the girl , by several balloons . |
| 27 | This is bordered by a continental slope which inclines at an angle of around 3–6° towards the ocean basin and which is separated from it by a continental rise ( Fig. 2.5 ) . |
| 28 | Lord Denning has gone further than any other judge in demonstrating a willingness to require legal representation even where this is prohibited by the procedural rules governing the body in question . |
| 29 | This is analysed in the notes to the accounts as salary £503,000 ( v £443,000 ) and incentive compensation £492,000 ( v £203,000 ) . |
| 30 | This is grown in the Coteaux du Languedoc , the hillier part of the unfashionable Midi . |