Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In man and other species , there is accumulating evidence that gastrin stimulates acid secretion by releasing histamine . |
| 2 | There is accumulating evidence that the action of IGF-I in target tissues is modulated by insulin like growth factor binding proteins ( IGFBP ) but there is a lack of published data in children with Crohn 's disease . |
| 3 | Comprehension depends upon rapid work recognition , for if the reader is devoting time and attention to the individual words , then the relationships between words will not be appreciated and the integration of word meanings will not be calculated . |
| 4 | If it turns out that your teenager is using drugs and has problems , you have something very painful to face . |
| 5 | The metaphor does not in itself debase the theatre , and although Shakespeare is using plays and actors to present insincerity or hypocrisy that does not make him or them corrupt : the medium is not the same as the message . |
| 6 | The UK Department of Trade & Industry on Monday licensed a new transatlantic telephone operator on Monday , and the company has now begun operating : Swiftcall Ltd is using lines that it leases from Mercury Communications Ltd with calls to be delivered in the US by Sprint Corp , and will charge between 25 pence and 28 pence a minute plus tax , with a sign-on fee of £1,000 for companies , £50 for residential subscribers , the fee to be set against call charges until it runs out ; Swiftcall founder Tom McCabe told the paper that even at 30% capacity , he could reach annual turnover of £10m and make a substantial profit ; he plans a £2m investment in the first three years and will run the service with a staff of four from the World Trade Centre , near the Tower of London . |
| 7 | The pirate station , which ran aground last November , is using equipment and records donated by listeners . |
| 8 | Subtract -20 as a penalty from any character whose player specifically states that his character is using Bluff or some similar skill ; Thadeus favours the straightforward approach and strongly dislikes people who behave otherwise . |
| 9 | If , for example , a firm with its headquarters in London is running manufacturing plants in the UK , Third World countries and elsewhere , if it is using parts and even designs originating abroad , if its shares are owned by people and institutions of all nationalities and are bought and sold on the New York Stock Exchange as much as in London , why should its output and its profits be counted as part of the United Kingdom economy ? |
| 10 | He is using wisdom and er his wisdom of life or knowledge of like perhaps rather than wisdom . |
| 11 | But if the couple is using planning and only have one child , then 100 colones is enough to survive on . |
| 12 | you have all heard rumours about who is using clenbuteriol and when someone is caught farmers will say : ‘ It 's about time the Department caught up with him ’ . |
| 13 | He is using middleweight and light-heavyweight sparring partners in an attempt to make Cooney work faster , but in the session I watched he was not quick enough . |
| 14 | He is using middleweight and light-heavyweight sparring partners in an attempt to make Cooney work faster , but in the session I watched he was not quick enough . |
| 15 | Marx 's contribution is to see ideology as having its origins in the social relations characteristic of the mode of production and not the result of prejudice in the individual . |
| 16 | The first step is to see things as others do . |
| 17 | However , a more realistic approach is to see trips as forming a chain , linking activities through the day . |
| 18 | For example , a pupil who is mastering literacy and numeracy with few difficulties will spend a considerable amount of time in the ordinary classroom , but another may need a good deal of specialised help and be at a stage of going to only one or two lessons daily in the fully integrated situation . |
| 19 | And she 's bringing Alia and Adem to play with you We 're just going to Beckenham because we have to go to a shop there . |
| 20 | Often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child 's intended meaning or elaborated so that new but related information is added . |
| 21 | Sometimes the insured risks are stated to be : fire and such other risks as the Landlord may from time to time deem it desirable to insure against This is clearly inadequate as there is an interrelationship between the insurance clause , the tenant 's repairing covenant and the proviso for suspension of rent . |
| 22 | The more permanent way to reduce limitation , however , is to increase capacity — that is to invest time and effort in learning the skills that the job requires so that it can be done more smoothly , more confidently and more speedily . |
| 23 | The aim of the Enterprise Development Fund grant scheme is to support projects that will contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the enterprise initiative at Napier . |
| 24 | Nobody is suggesting marriage and fourteen children . |
| 25 | The teacher 's business is to induce learning and the techniques that are used have to work to that end . |
| 26 | He is transforming lives that are suffering from the corruption of the world , just like that widow and her sons . |
| 27 | Therefore , whether the organization is pursuing profit or aiming to break even , the difference between costs and revenues is a measure of performance . |
| 28 | Dr Rafaelo is seeing mothers and babies every week , you know . ’ |
| 29 | They know that to compare that game to next Sunday 's contest is to compare chalk and cheese . |
| 30 | ‘ My function , Mr. Gerrard , is to report facts as I find them . |