Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [prep] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The administration of the remedy is like dropping a pebble into the water 's edge , the ripples/waves resulting will depending on their homœopathicity cancel out the energy disturbance of the disease . |
| 2 | Rather than confront the exchange 's Byzantine politics again to try to revive the merger talks , a nascent derivatives association is considering starting a brand-new options market , possibly under LIFFE 's arm — or even with the European Options Exchange . |
| 3 | 736 and so firmly reiterated in Makanjuola v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is by invoking the decision of the Court of Appeal in Peach v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [ 1986 ] Q.B . |
| 4 | The only way in which the European Community can work in the future is by linking the concept of the free market with that strong collective provision . |
| 5 | In pondering these options , the key point to bear in mind is that the only way a society can get a rich future is by engineering a rich economy . |
| 6 | A good place to start your research is by buying a copy of the book Careers Working Outdoors by Judith Humphries published by Kogan Page , priced £5.99 . |
| 7 | The way Easterbrook 's hypothesis has been applied to memory research is by making a distinction between central and peripheral information associated with the arousing item . |
| 8 | The emphasis in this chapter is on identifying the needs and problems of the potential buyer and presenting a product or service as a means of fulfilling that need or solving that problem . |
| 9 | This chapter is about determining the norms of usage that characterize real speech communities and about the relevance of this to determining the direction of change within the communities . |
| 10 | This chapter is about selecting a home , but that does not mean that it is valueless if you already have a home . |
| 11 | Eating is about making choices ; healthy eating is about making the right choices . |
| 12 | You 're not likely to need anything really formal , but a soft casual jacket in linen , a linen/viscose mix or super lightweight wool is worth taking a long . |
| 13 | The simplest way of testing an advertisement 's sales effect is by using a direct response ad . |
| 14 | I have read with considerable concern the remarks which suggest that the Institution is considering discontinuing the free supply of the journal to Life Governors . |
| 15 | One of my first memories as a young boy is of capturing a small bird and carrying it around the village inside my shirt pocket . |
| 16 | A poem is good because of its emotional content and the feeling of the poet which is placed in the symbols of words , and the true joy of poetry is in feeling the same emotions as the poet . |
| 17 | A lot of behavioural work is about manipulating the consequences , okay ? |
| 18 | For some this is true ; but I would contend that the best way to develop performance work is by using the whole group approach . |
| 19 | In addition to selling paintings through different galleries and open exhibitions and using various publicity devices to attract private commissions , another good way of selling a quantity of work is by having a solo exhibition . |
| 20 | The skill is in obtaining the facts and interpreting them . |
| 21 | As far as the former is concerned we decide to find out where the electron is by shining a beam of light onto it and taking a look through a microscope . |
| 22 | The error is in taking the polynomial to be a structural representation of the system , but the basic underlying fallacy remains . |
| 23 | A CROWN court judge is considering recommending the deportation of a man convicted of deception . |
| 24 | Apparently , the institute is considering building a pilot plant , but little is known about its proposals , and clearly we are a long way from that becoming a viable alternative to present-day technology . |
| 25 | Middlesbrough pensioners already pay £5 a year towards their passes and there the council is considering increasing the charge . |
| 26 | The Borough Council is considering closing the aviaries to save money . |
| 27 | During the course of the meeting it became clear that the council is considering withdrawing the bill for a second time in the hope of being able to adopt a new parliamentary order-making procedure under the 1992 Transport and Public Works Act , which may come into force in the next parliamentary session . |
| 28 | Odd-Knut tells us that to ask a Lapp that question is like asking an Englishman how much money he has in the bank . |
| 29 | The focus is on managing the effects of interdependence by the construction of institutions , formal and informal . |
| 30 | In this the focus is upon improving the capacity to make open and honest relationships . |