Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [verb] is [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The reason for this , continued James , is that ‘ the exact combination of ideals realized and ideals disappointed which each decision creates is always a universe without precedent , and for which no adequate previous rule exists ’ .
2 That sheep dip is singularly disagreeable to a golden eagle is one reason for its rarity .
3 Thus , whilst not discounting the possibility of a long-standing personality trait , the appeal for imaginative empathy with which this chapter began is also its ending .
4 The absolute love of books which this shop engenders is hugely joyous .
5 However , because of their own fear or disgust and the general lack of understanding of addictive disease , this reluctance to moralise is frequently forgotten where alcoholism or drug addiction are concerned .
6 The type of analysis which this approach produces is necessarily somewhat different from that produced by other approaches .
7 Another church to visit is near at hand .
8 Another reason cited is more plausible : the contribution the business makes to corporate overheads and the way it is entwined with the company 's other operations makes it difficult to detach from more profitable bits of the company .
9 And another thing to do is just make sure these caps are still straight , there 's some on the left get pulled out when we
10 Another way to intervene is silently , simply listening to what they are saying , and watching what they are writing .
11 In this way practising is hardly a burden , but something that gives a feedback of energy .
12 How this network operates is most easily explained by means of the phasor diagram presented in figure 8.12(b) .
13 Yet the implied volatility of such peseta puts is only two percentage points greater than that of at-the-money puts .
14 The process by which such behaviour arises is often called kin selection .
15 The way such people behave is quite unbelievable .
16 The bewildering lack of certainty and clarity in the law which these cases illustrate is clearly undesirable for victims and may deter some from pursuing a complaint .
17 From just how deep these plumes rise is still not resolved .
18 The processes that occur when these plates meet is now thought to form the basis of all the planet 's tectonic processes — from the formation of continents and mountain chains to the making of ocean deeps , island arcs , volcanoes and earthquakes .
19 This term is derived from the fact that the way in which these circuits operate is roughly analogous to buckets of water being passed along a human chain ( as in the old method of fire fighting ) .
20 Select committees have had substantial coverage , but all the evidence suggests — and this is my own impression , having served or attended many committees over the years and now seeing them on television — that , with a few minor modifications , the ways these committees work is little changed .
21 By destroying these wastes Rechem is significantly helping to prevent further pollution of the local and world environment .
22 The length of time for these processes to occur is very short ( up to 6 seconds ) .
23 The nose , or , more familiarly , trunk that these creatures developed is perhaps the most amazing and versatile organ in the entire animal kingdom .
24 ‘ The prize these men seek is indeed remarkable .
25 What many islanders claim is less poetic , but more to the point .
26 Service of an originating process out of England and Wales is permissible without the leave of the court provided that each claim made is either : ( 1 ) a claim which , by virtue of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 , the court has power to hear and determine , made in proceedings to which the following conditions apply : ( a ) no proceedings between the parties concerning the same cause of action are pending in the courts of any other part of the United Kingdom or of any other Convention territory , and ( b ) either : ( i ) the defendant is domiciled in any part of the United Kingdom or in any other Convention territory , or the proceedings begun by the originating process are proceedings to which art 16 of Sched 1 or of Sched 4 to the 1982 Act refer , or ( ii ) the defendant is a party to an agreement conferring jurisdiction to which art 17 of the said Sched 1 or Sched 4 applies .
27 But what was clear is that editors , believing that the play was about the intrinsically moral Brutus , could not accept a feigning Brutus and so explained away , or repressed , the scene where that role playing is most formally represented .
28 The highly successful relocation of the BLS has been well documented elsewhere and construction of their new museum around the former goods shed is steadily proceeding with the steel framework erected and the concrete floor and pit being prepared .
29 The extent of evidence gathering will need to be sufficient to ensure that each statement made is factually correct and that the valuation opinion is properly supported .
30 Any effect discovered is merely consistent with these assumptions ; it does not prove that they are true .
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