Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] is [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anything Royal Portrush choose to do is done well , and McGimpsey would be first to say that the famous Dunluce course is in superb shape . |
| 2 | The relation between this point and high tide level is of considerable importance in the interpretation of raised beaches and old high level marine-cut terraces . |
| 3 | As in South Africa itself , the authorities had increased spending on education over the last few years , so that qualified teachers are fairly well paid , and except in the poorest regions , school building stock is in reasonable repair . |
| 4 | Are they aware that the South Park fencing is in urgent need of repair or replacement ? |
| 5 | The two and a half million pound building is in stark contrast to the old skin hospital which was based in a former Tuberculosis ward and a couple of temporary buildings . |
| 6 | This research programme is of fundamental importance for higher education . |
| 7 | The time-honoured method has been by urine testing , but with the renal threshold in the not so elderly being of the order of 10 mmol/1 glycosuria is only going to occur when the blood glucose is in double figures . |
| 8 | Equity entry is of crucial concern to the large numbers of trained and talented drama school finalists seeking to enter the business every year . |
| 9 | The Bund future is in direct competition with LIFFE 's identical contract . |
| 10 | According to several participants , the prevailing ignorance of New Testament scholarship is in large part the fault of the churches themselves and of the ecclesiastical establishment . |
| 11 | The bastard double cut side is suitable for rough-sharpening the edges on spades , hoes , mower blades and axes , and the single second cut side is for fine sharpening the edges on these tools , as well as knives and scissors . |
| 12 | Since its foundation it has emphasised that the profit potential in exporting will be enhanced if export management is in trained hands . |
| 13 | Although solute dependent sodium absorption via the cotransport mechanism is of major therapeutic importance during diarrhoeal states , sodium is mainly absorbed from the jejunum through other passive processes such as electroneutral sodium chloride absorption and solvent drag . |
| 14 | The body 's natural reaction to reduced blood volume is to con-strict peripheral blood vessels which leads to pale , cold and often clammy skin . |
| 15 | The days when a vegetarian was looked upon as someone odd , even a freak , are now long past and today those whose eating preference is for non-meat products are not only respected , but , perhaps more importantly , actively catered for in shops , restaurants and other food outlets . |
| 16 | Quota sampling is like stratified sampling , but with an important variation . |
| 17 | The engine with constant speed prop is of conventional Lycoming origin , and standard King instruments and extras provide a full IFR panel . |
| 18 | The majority of investment expenditure is on fixed capital formation rather than inventories and it is to this that we now turn . |
| 19 | While the complexity of the patterns of segregation suggest that Barron and Norris ' work is oversimplified , their focus on processes in the labour market is of great value . |
| 20 | He appears unworried by fears expressed then and more recently that milk consumption is in long-term decline . |
| 21 | A libel trial is in large parts intensely soporific , if you are not on the receiving end . |
| 22 | The subclass composition of an IgG response is of biological significance because of the striking isotype related differences with regard to binding and activation of complement , promotion of phagocytosis , and mediation of antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity . |
| 23 | However , if the response to the HIV-1 major neutralisation determinant or to p24 core protein is of major interst , serum is better . |
| 24 | Close proximity to the body sides , the roof and the front screen makes it feel crowded , but there is actually plenty of legroom , and like the Calibra , a roomy footwell with space to rest the left foot ( though do n't forget the test car is in left-hand-drive form ) . |
| 25 | Of the diagnostic statistics reported for ( 2.2 ) , the RESET test statistic is of particular importance in that it fails to provide any evidence that relevant higher moments of the explanatory variables have been omitted from the equation . |
| 26 | The dairy type is from Flemish cows to Flemish and Danish Red bulls , while the beefier dual-purpose type is from Flemish cows to Belgian Red bulls . |
| 27 | ‘ The ice fall is in dreadful condition . |
| 28 | The simplest dynamical question that can be posed for curved space–time is to ask what the motion of a test body is in free fall , i.e. under gravitational forces alone . |
| 29 | Relating support proportionately to the severity of handicap , it may be suggested , is a nonsense in agricultural terms but the object of the LFA Directive is to stern rural depopulation and conserve the countryside by supporting farming . |
| 30 | From left : the curved P20 pruning knife features a carbon steel blade ( £11.99 ) , as does the P11 budding knife ( £10.99 ) ; the S4 pruning knife is in stainless steel and comes with shackle and strap and its own mini-sharpening steel ( £12.99 ) . |