Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] is [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The display territory must be at least as large as the floor area of your tank — and so yours undoubtedly supposes that any female who visits him is ready to spawn . |
| 2 | Through a week long campaign on both Max-Am and RFM stations it is possible to reach a large audience in the Lothians . |
| 3 | By focusing on wage profiles it is possible to show contrasts between different segments of the labour market . |
| 4 | For the two bodies to be declared as interfering it is sufficient to find only that any surface of one body has an intersection with any of the surfaces of the second , within their boundaries ( including holes ) . |
| 5 | To discover arbitrage possibilities in the FT-SE 100 index it is necessary to keep track of the prices of the 100 shares in the index i.e. £S , as well as the present value of the expected dividends before delivery for each of these 100 shares , i.e. £D , for each of the three available delivery dates . |
| 6 | To ensure that the benefits of IT are maximised it is necessary to specify , at the beginning of each project , the quality of the information system in terms of parameters such as : social acceptability relevance to the needs of clients friendliness to the user reliability modifiability robustness efficiency . |
| 7 | After the new dpc has been installed it is essential to remove all the old plaster from the affected areas and replace it with a special waterproof plaster developed for the purpose . |
| 8 | To understand what is happening it is crucial to see Marxism not in the guise which it claims for itself — namely a scientific method — but as an ideology — a set of beliefs and ideas which help us interpret the world and provide a basis for action — which is a substitute for the religious vacuum left by the decline of Christianity in the West . |
| 9 | A sideways knitted jumper can be decorated with woven stripes and if these are widely spaced it is possible to use just one ball of fancy weaving yarn . |
| 10 | When a record is added it is necessary to use an overflow area , as the data areas are already full . |
| 11 | Tories say it is essential to win the battle against inflation if they are to reduce the dole queues . |
| 12 | Some teachers say it is useful to have a pact with someone else , preferably another teacher , which allows you to complain in the most dreadful and unreasonable way to each other , in turn , for a fixed period of time like ten minutes . |
| 13 | Some say it is 0.5 microgram per cubic metre . |
| 14 | Acquaintances say it is hard to believe the same charming woman they knew is now a convicted IRA terrorist . |
| 15 | The foal becomes a social animal and part of the herd , and as it matures it is likely to take a similar place in the social hierarchy of the herd as its mother . |
| 16 | For others of the six original problems mentioned it is possible to create stages to effect change in exactly the same way . |
| 17 | Having looked at assessment and verification and the people involved it is appropriate to consider whether or not a process of approval ( sometimes called ‘ validation ’ ) should be developed and applied to organisations wishing to offer particular types of provision . |
| 18 | If the foster mother 's young are a different coat colour from the pups to be fostered it is possible to leave a few natural young with the mother and add those to be fostered . |
| 19 | Raising the suspension will not improve off road driving but will be detrimental to on road driving It is possible to get to most places with a standard vehicle suspension or heavy duty suspension |
| 20 | In the first place it is necessary to recognize the identity that exists between the interests of students ( whether at school or in places of higher education ) and of society . |
| 21 | To comprehend fully the distinction between task and process it is necessary to appreciate the evolutionary stages that groups go through : |
| 22 | Throughout the transaction process it is necessary to ensure that all of the parties are achieving their set responsibilities in accordance with the timetable and that , if not , the timetable is revised as necessary . |
| 23 | Before starting a product-container compatibility test it is essential to ensure that complete detailed specifications for both the product and the primary container concerned have been received . |
| 24 | … To this general test it is necessary to add certain amplifications . |
| 25 | As the law now stands it is legal to grow the mushrooms , and eat them fresh , but illegal to prepare them in any way — even by cooking . |
| 26 | But insiders say he is keen to make it a national obsession . |
| 27 | But after 10 years of bookselling he is keen to retire . |
| 28 | He has also examined the well-publicised cluster of leukaemia cases around the Dounreay nuclear plant and concludes it is likely to have been caused by exposure to incoming oil workers rather than radiation from the plant . |
| 29 | But whatever the future holds it is unlikely to match what has happened in the recent past . |
| 30 | A MOTHER who says she is homeless has been told she will not be rehoused after refusing to move on to an estate . |