Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] is " in BNC.

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1 Stirling 's decision not to continue writer in residence is ill-advised
2 The easiest method of producing hydrogen from water is by means of electrolysis .
3 In one article Whitty declared that , ‘ There is … a fair amount of prima facie evidence that the success of the political education movement in mobilising support from politicians is associated with their belief that it could assist in preserving the status quo and in bolstering respect for it . ’
4 a plaintiff accepting money in court is not automatically entitled to cost of pursuing other defendants since costs of action refer only to costs against a specific party.the plaintiff may ask the court to exercise its discretion e.g if defendants liability is joint .
5 Accordingly , using force without threat is robbery , only because there must be menaces in blackmail .
6 The band of bleating chorus from Scotland is present , with its regular melody , played on the strings of our hearts , about how bad things are north of the border .
7 In the preface of his book of etchings 78 Studies ( 1809 ) he says ‘ He has always considered fidelity of imitation is the first improvement in the fine arts . ’
8 The survey based on interviews with 79 social services departments concludes action on abuse is often unco-ordinated and unrecorded .
9 The Classic Wallpaper Trimming Wheel by Harris is a nifty little gadget , specially designed to trim positioned wallpaper neatly and efficiently .
10 To meet force with force is successful only if the defender is as strong as the attacker .
11 An essential part of acquiring fluency in English is learning to produce connected speech without gaps between words , and this is the practical importance of linking .
12 For most of us , though , gaining recognition from others is to some extent dependent on our confidence in letting others know who we are and what we 're about .
13 But women at the Rape Crisis centre … say rape by strangers is rare … the most common attacker is likely to be someone the owmen knows and trusts .
14 care should be taken with apostrophes and alike ( compare Bloggs ' and Smith 's ) so that the search and replace exercise on decoding is as easy as possible ; and
15 Thus to consider a professional-client relationship when relating professionalism to teaching is made even more difficult since it is impossible to view this relationship in personal terms .
16 If substituted service by advertisement is required , a draft of the advertisement must be submitted to the district judge to settle .
17 The more general applicability to sociolinguistic analysis of a method which is sensitive both to the phonetically complex and linguistically constrained character of variation is illustrated in tables 6.9 and 6.10 .
18 Although the obligation to provide instruction about maintenance is to be limited only to the first occupier , it is likely that subsequent purchasers will require the information to be passed on every time the property is sold .
19 Inbound rate of descent is based on the assumption of reaching 0ft at the threshold .
20 Mothers who 're campaigning to keep it open say demand for places is growing , but the school has been refused permission to expand .
21 The only reason you want custody of Kirsty is so you can get your hands on her inheritance .
22 It should be noted that process modelling of modules is offered in parallel with not instead of the normal DC lifecycle .
23 The amount of new music being published might suggest that commissioning people to write music for worship is unnecessary , particularly given the expense which may be involved .
24 When payroll on line to Chessington full use of software packages to provide information on computer is envisaged .
25 The most frequently occurring vowel in English is , which is always associated with weak syllables .
26 Its unsuitability therefore for gaining understanding of religion is becoming more widely appreciated .
27 Keeping track of attendance is no easy matter for schools .
28 Public and press interest in restoration is certainly at a high point at present but in many cases a little knowledge seems to be a dangerous thing .
29 ‘ Labour 's supposed conversion to multilateralism is no more than a confidence trick to try to make Labour electable .
30 Another factor which may influence return to work is the amount of benefit in comparison with level of earnings .
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