Example sentences of "[noun sg] it is [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ … ] However the problem with regulation , as US experience testifies , is that the regulatory agency can become captured by the political interests of the industry it is regulating and fail to act as the guardian of consumers ' interests . |
| 2 | According to him , there is a strict dualism between mind , whose essence it is to think and perceive , and material , unthinking , extended body . |
| 3 | Do you suppose there 's anything about a minister 's private life , particularly a minister in that Department , which is n't known to those people whose business it is to discover and document this kind of potential scandal ? |
| 4 | But , to the contrary , Singer finds that in much of post-war British life it is applauded and rewarded . |
| 5 | Germany is at last waking up to the what has been clear to outsiders for the past year or so , that there is going to be no quick fix to the recession it is facing and that it will be long and grinding : this week the BDI industrial federation admitted that the downturn could develop into Germany 's worst recession since the end of World War II , saying that the western German economy will continue to decline , and the fall will be deeper than previously thought , so that in important sectors such as the capital goods industry the downturn will represent a new post-war record ; the body blames weak foreign demand for German goods , the now over-valued mark and rising costs for German industry and now admits it is the result of structural problems that will have long-term economic effects . |
| 6 | ‘ I have been in this game a lifetime and wonder in what direction it is going and where it will all end up . |
| 7 | A major prerequisite to successful information systems is therefore finding out what the organisation is about , what direction it is going and what information is required to support these goals . |
| 8 | Thinking is essentially an internal activity although of course it is stimulated and aided by interaction with the external world including other people . |
| 9 | Attribute data is most often obtained in computer-readable form direct from agencies whose function it is to collect and distribute such data . |
| 10 | Adolescence is accepted as a time to explore and experiment and find some sense of identity , and yet when this includes sexuality it is condemned and denied . |
| 11 | Even where knowledge appears the same though , there is often a difference in the way it is applied and understood . |
| 12 | All that has changed is the nature and volume of data , and the way it is created and accessed . |
| 13 | In the way it is grown and gathered , in cane or beet , sugar contains an appreciable content of dietary fibre , but this is stripped away completely in the refining process to leave no fibre at all in the sugar we buy in packets or consume in cakes , biscuits or drinks . |
| 14 | However , because the success of a policy depends so heavily on the way it is devised and implemented , and because the experience of PNP raises such serious questions about the Authority 's role in this regard , it is clear that a review of Authority practices and procedures , as they affect primary education in the city , is now merited . |
| 15 | Its toes are strong enough to hold it on the bark , no matter which way it is facing and it hops about in all directions with sure-footed nimbleness . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ We do not think that there should be any change in the law but there is a definite shift in the way it is interpreted and these guidelines reflect that movement towards a more compassionate interpretation of the law . |
| 17 | It should also offer living experience of the life of faith — in the way it is organised and in the relationship of those who work and learn there , in its approach to pastoral care and guidance , liturgy , extra-curricular work , to discipline and to a concern and appropriate approach for those with special needs . |
| 18 | As for online catalogues , subject access is limited by the structure of the MARC record and the way it is indexed and searched . |
| 19 | Manchester University 's Computing Centre will soon boast the largest single computational node in the UK when it replaces its VP1200 supercomputer with a VPX240/10 machine from Fujitsu Systems Business ( Europe ) : it is the first Fujitsu VPX machine to be sold in the UK since launch last year 's launch and features one scalar processor , one 2.5GFLOPS vector processor , 1Gb main memory , 1Gb of secondary memory ; it is four times faster than the five-year-old system it is replacing and will be used for computational fluid dynamics and engineering research ; delivery is planned for July ; no price was given . |
| 20 | The FTC is also regarded as being reluctant to pursue high-tech companies because by the time it is brought and the issues resolved , the market has moved on . |
| 21 | It is , therefore , essential to calibrate the instrument each time it is used and this process will require a reasonably close-tolerance non-electrolytic capacitor of 1µF . |
| 22 | ( c ) Registration Section 8 of the 1983 Act thrusts upon various local authorities the duty to appoint a ‘ registration officer ’ whose task it is to prepare and publish each year a register of electors in his area ( ibid , s.9 ) . |