Example sentences of "[noun] is [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have very few batteries then its range is limited , if you have a lot of batteries then the weight of the load is too great , so much work and research is being devoted at the moment to the development of alternative batteries . |
| 2 | The message to shoppers is be wary about cheap items for sale … and to traders do n't deal in fakes … the penalties are high . |
| 3 | ‘ I think Mr Sheblee is being unreasonable in not accepting the revised price . ’ |
| 4 | It has been done repeatedly since and very likely , in some corner of the ocean , an Arab dhow is being undergirded at this moment . |
| 5 | If you suspect your inner critic is being accurate in an attack , ask yourself what you can do to make amends . |
| 6 | In another class , a boy is being cross-examined on complaints by both girls and boys in the class that he has been groping them ; it emerges through class discussion that this has been going on for two years . |
| 7 | Erm so in in broad terms the master plan is is unchanged in concept but we think improved in detail the is the other thing at each end erm represents on the left hand side er , what is currently Honey Hill I believe the name may be changed in due course erm and those behind me here are the houses on the Fern Hill side and then , although some of you will have difficulty seeing it at the moment , at the bottom there are detailed drawings showing the internal arrangement of the houses and flats and , and detailed drawings of the elevations with dimensions , so one can have a have a bit of a feel for the the sort of space standards that we 've aimed at , but there are in fact , furniture plans shown on the drawings . |
| 8 | It may be that er a child is being ill-treated in some way er by somebody , and we can help to decide what to do about that . |
| 9 | Mr is is correct in in saying that er the diagram does n't show er shows it on that line which clearly was the line was the comment point for all the inner routes at that time , but as Mr said . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman is being unfair to the North sea supplies industry . |
| 11 | What caused the accident remains a mystery , although a cut in on of the rear tyres was discovered over a week later , but according to Lotus is was impossible to be categoric as to the real cause . |
| 12 | In Gloucestershire the river severn 's level has dropped slightly , but the national rivers authority is being cautious about giving the all clear . |
| 13 | Right , so correlation is is different from causation . |
| 14 | Now it seemed to me that was n't a very erm reasonable balance and er comparing that with the with the Secretary of State 's recent pronouncements where he talks about local planning authorities needing to breathe fresh life into the countryside through their development plans and I want local planning authorities in rural areas to give the need to diversify the rural economy as much priority priority in their thinking as protecting the countryside and the two go hand in hand , and comparing those two er points I I would I would put to North Yorkshire the question , Do they think that the explanatory memorandum is is consistent with that er policy statement from the Secretary of State ? |
| 15 | NCR Corp is being cautious about giving COSE its endorsement . |
| 16 | NCR Corp is being cautious about giving the Common Open Software Environment its endorsement . |
| 17 | This power may be used , for example , where there is likely to be a delay in allocating the case to a named guardian on the panel or where the guardian is being dilatory in appointing a solicitor . |
| 18 | Which is why Great Britain 's National Indoor Arena is being purpose-built in Birmingham to offer the very finest sports facilities . |
| 19 | The remainder of this thesis is is devoted to that problem . |
| 20 | The existence of power structures within the family can not be ignored when it is clear that the power of one party is being used to the detriment of another . |