Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [is] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ I just hate categories and sometimes new age can connotate airy-fairy , ridiculous things , whereas the synchro-energiser is based on scientific research . ’ |
| 2 | Garg and Gotlieb have developed a method that is related to interpolation searching , and in which the algorithm is based on an analysis of the key sequence , rather than on a presupposition such as the effectiveness of any particular procedure — say mid-square or division . |
| 3 | The heuristic component of the algorithm is given by some estimate h(N) which is a guess at the cost of a cheapest path from N to a goal . |
| 4 | The algorithm is implemented in the program yacorder and is used for positioning contigs which do not contain any mapped probes and so can not be positioned directly . |
| 5 | Each component of the partition is a cluster , and the algorithm is intended to find clusters which are as far apart as possible . |
| 6 | In Fig. 8.1. the algorithm is misled into taking the leftmost path because its actual cost , 3 , is less than the estimate , 4 , ( though not the actual cost , 2 ) of the correct , rightmost path . |
| 7 | The algorithm is used both for originally arranging the array , and to check whether a particular value is present . |
| 8 | The algorithm is supplied with a heuristic function , called f , and it chooses nodes from OPEN in order of their f values . |
| 9 | and the algorithm is guided just by the cost so far , g(n) . |
| 10 | The algorithm is modified , since only some set of the higher probability letters are selected as candidates to be chosen between , instead of choosing between all possible candidates . |
| 11 | The algorithm is described by Walker . |
| 12 | The tag is picked up at the end of a track and the synonym will also , on average , be at or near the end of a track , not in the middle . |
| 13 | There 's always a bad moment , Howard knows , after the porter 's unlocked your room , switched everything on , drawn the curtains , and gone away again with a huge tip because you had only a folder of fresh banknotes in your pocket , when you sit down helplessly and think , well , here we are , this is it , I 've arrived . |
| 14 | The use that may be made of the occurrence or non-occurrence of a reinvestigation by the defence is bound to be problematic . |
| 15 | It has been suggested that the defence is limited to the ‘ mischievous , deliberate and conscious act of a stranger , ’ and therefore excludes his negligent acts . |
| 16 | The defence is called " fair comment " — a misnomer , because it in fact defends unfair comment , so long as that comment is honest : " Every latitude must be given to opinion and to prejudice , and then an ordinary set of men with ordinary judgment must say [ not whether they agree with it , but ] whether any fair man would have made such a comment … |
| 17 | The defence is expected to summarise its case tomorrow — the final day of this trial at the Palais de Justice in Paris |
| 18 | The defence is confined to absence of supply , for example where the goods are stolen from the manufacturer or scrapped by him . |
| 19 | If the defence is used by a drug manufacturer where a new drug has caused damage to users , then provided he can show that laboratory tests showed no defects , he would be justified in marketing the drug while testing is still under way . |
| 20 | If any question arises as to this , the defence is entitled , and is under a duty , to invite the trial judge to exercise the discretionary power given to him by section 17 of the Evidence Act , which corresponds exactly to section 5 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1865 ( 28 & 29 Vict. c. 18 ) and provides : |
| 21 | It is of course taken for granted that the loading is such that always so that the response is given by equations ( 8.11 ) ( 8.13 ) . |
| 22 | In achaete flies , the prepattern forms normally , but the cells locally do not respond , presumably because some gene needed for the response is changed . |
| 23 | Moscovitch found support for his proposition in the fact that split-brain patients sometimes begin to write with the left hand what is clearly a correct response to a stimulus seen in the left visual field , but that then the left hemisphere takes over control and the response is finished incorrectly since the left half of the brain has not seen the stimulus ( Levy , Mebes and Sperry , 1971 ) . |
| 24 | The response is encrypted as it is sent , and responses come back faster than pre-PROFS . |
| 25 | I 'm aware that our backs are up against the wall as regards time because the response is meant to be in by Friday erm I do n't think actually that this is the the paper that Vince is presenting , although in fact , surely raises issues , I do n't think it is actually response as it stands , I think it is a paper which raises items of issues for this committee to consider , I do n't think in itself it serves as a response . |
| 26 | The income is charged to tax under Sch D , Case III . |
| 27 | Countries , particularly developing countries , need the income , and unless the income is replaced by the international community they must seek the economic worth of their resources . |
| 28 | Higher rate taxpayers face a liability to an extra 15% tax if the income is withdrawn , but it is possible to roll up the interest and take it in a year when the investor is only a basic rate taxpayer . |
| 29 | Special rules apply to fresh sources of income : broadly , in the early years the income is assessed on an actual basis . |
| 30 | The income is used to pay the interest on the loan ( the loan must be a " debt for money lent ( to the client ) outside the United Kingdom : TA 1988 , s65(b) ( d ) " ) so the constructive remittance provisions in s65 will not apply . |