Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun sg] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SynOptics Communications Inc has announced an order from the Unipart Group of Companies for its System 3000 intelligent hubs , which will be used to spearhead the latter 's migration from IBM Corp mainframe systems to personal computer local networks : the order comes via network integrator Harris Adacom , and comprises seven System 3000 hubs which will be used to run Token Ring and Ethernet ; the total contract is worth £250,000 , and SynOptics says it won the order ahead of competition from Cabletron and IBM . |
| 2 | Can the Secretary of State tell us , three years after Clapham , what the total cost is of implementing the Hidden recommendations to make our system safer ? |
| 3 | The total burden is about DM60bn . |
| 4 | Although , if it wishes , the House may proceed in a different way , the normal procedure is for a Member wishing to raise a matter of privilege to ask the Speaker for a preliminary ruling . |
| 5 | Although strictly speaking the company is responsible for the cost of materials immediately the order is placed , the normal procedure is for costing to be delayed until the invoice has been checked and approved for payment . |
| 6 | The normal procedure is for one of the debentureholders , on behalf of himself and all other holders to commence a debentureholder 's action , the first step of which will be the appointment of a receiver . |
| 7 | This jurisdiction is not often used — the normal procedure is for the Attorney-General to bring proceedings for contempt once the trial has concluded . |
| 8 | The normal pattern is for the initial expansionist phase to give way to a marginal state , which eventually leads through recession to the residual phase . |
| 9 | The three years in which the public sector was in surplus and repaying outstanding debt may be seen as exceptional ; the normal pattern is for the government to be a net seller of debt . |
| 10 | To avoid such problems , where a consent is needed , the normal practice is for the sale agreement to provide that the vendor will hold the benefit of such contract on trust for the purchaser and pay any sums which the vendor receives after completion to the purchaser immediately upon receipt ( see clause 8.2(a) of the standard sale agreement — Appendix III ) . |
| 11 | The High Altar was carved by M. V. Jäckel and J. K. Liška painted the fine Stigmata of St Francis here , and also the Finding of the True Cross on the altar to the N. The Assumption of the Virgin on the right-hand altar is by Willmann , and it is his Expulsion from the Temple over the W door . |
| 12 | Thus the full-time worker is in fact working for less than 200% of the total time . |
| 13 | Accordingly , if the interim government is to be treated as the Government of Somalia , it must be able to show that it is exercising administrative control over the territory of the Republic . |
| 14 | Earnings followed to 7.31p and the interim dividend is to be 2.15p ( 1.8p ) . |
| 15 | The interim dividend is up 10.6% to 7.3p . |
| 16 | In January the OECD 's annual report declared : " The short-term outlook is for a continuation of disappointing trends . " |
| 17 | Nor is it very daring in the monolithic two-party system of the USA , where the narrow choice is between two rich , conservative ( in a wide sense ) white men , to offer allegiance to one or the other . |
| 18 | Now the declared objective is to ‘ free ’ Kuwait and to destroy the military capacity of Iraq . |
| 19 | There is a sense of effort trying to vanquish inertia here , as though physical movements were difficult for him ; but the prevailing impression is of a man who found comfort and relief in an ordered and disciplined life . |
| 20 | The cluster is believed to be 11.6kpc away , at galactic latitude b=+9.7° , and its distance above the galactic plane is about 2kpc . |
| 21 | The divine spirit is at work not only in the consciences but also in the minds of humanity , and the careful study of the texts is a part of that . |
| 22 | As soon as we can after the next election , we must consider how we are able to carry out those essential functions if the European union is to be democratically accountable . |
| 23 | THE European parliament is at odds with the Commission and member states over the draft directive covering working conditions for employees sent to another EC country under contract to provide a specific service . |
| 24 | The motion which I am anxious to put before the full plenary session of the European Parliament is in fact a motion to ban lead from petrol completely , not merely to reduce it as stated in the article . , |
| 25 | The prospect for the rest of the European Community is of a France politically paralysed at a time when important decisions have to be made — whether on European integration or the future of world trading under GATT . |
| 26 | In Pelkmans and Winters ( 1988 ) , and Padoa-Schioppa ( 1987 ) , there is discussion of the importance of appropriate institutional and legal frameworks in the areas of competition , regional , social , and technology policies if the European market is to be beneficial to all parties . |
| 27 | In 1988 , fines of Ecu2.5m were handed down on PVC and of Ecu3.5m on low-density polyethylene ; the PVC penalties were overturned on appeal and the European Commission is in its turn appealing ; an appeal on LDPE awaits decision . |
| 28 | The European Commission is in dispute with the German Government over the level of their production subsidies , but I assure my hon. Friend that imports from Germany are minimal and that the real competition for the British coal mining industry comes from other fuels . |
| 29 | When the introspective mood is upon them , as it is today , the Greeks will add that being special is not all fun . |
| 30 | The topographical environment is of great significance for the story but it is not ordered in a straightforward way according to the canons of empirical geography and empirical zoology . |