Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb base] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the objection of principle that this is merely state capitalism I shall consider three further points . |
| 2 | If we take the robust view that it is long run competition which is important , and therefore entry-deterring strategies are to be frowned upon , there is the considerable difficulty of distinguishing ‘ innocent ’ from ‘ strategic ’ behaviour . |
| 3 | Choreographers should understand that counting beats or what is called the measure of the music is not dance rhythm . |
| 4 | General guidance on the firm 's role ( where it is not lead advisor ) in respect of City Code transactions is given in Chapter 9 of the CFM . |
| 5 | One further point is just remember grunge is big fashion so it 's mega bucks . |
| 6 | All we 're gon na do is just revise maths . |
| 7 | Er are you happy with this idea that , that sort of the immediate future in the newly liberated areas is , is just rent reduction , interest rate reduction , consolidate that and then move on ? |
| 8 | it runs everything erm and all you do is just say mouse . |
| 9 | You 've been brought up in a television age and you 've been particularly been brought up in an age of card cartoons and soap operas and in all of those you would er expect to see good being oppressed that 's part of the plot in every cartoon there is a plot in every soap opera , that the good the good people actually end up in difficult situations and the way that results in the cartoons and in the soap operas is usually find revenge or punishment . |
| 10 | If he has used it to swell his bank balance , it will be presumed that , in drawing on that balance , he has drawn out his own money before touching trust money ; if he has made an investment with trust money — even an investment which is itself a breach of trust — that investment is still trust property , to which the trustees ’ creditors have no claim . |
| 11 | The gauntlet was down , the opportunity to talk to arrange a forum , to come together , land owners , local authorities , the hunt 's people , er the interested parties , to come together and look for a decent way of hunting and that way is probably drag hunting and we 're giving you a golden opportunity to start that route . |
| 12 | The best known of these is probably Yeldall Manor in Berkshire . |
| 13 | The smoke is probably unburnt fuel If the carb is a little bit worn it will do this The Solex carb is more prone to this than the later Zenith It may also be slight oil burning which is also very common as the engine starts and only happens for a few seconds This is a ‘ feature ’ of Land Rovers and is not really cause for concern |
| 14 | One of the Gaelic names for poppy is ‘ the sleep plant ’ , which is probably Papaver somniferum because of the acknowledged soporific properties . |
| 15 | Member Les Stubbs , who is also newletter editor of the Birmingham Far East Prisoners-of-War Association , has begun compiling a list of the 3,388 RAF personnel who survived captivity by the Japanese . |
| 16 | Social services director John Ransford , who is also ADSS secretary , says there is less money left for other services . |
| 17 | Sunday is also show day with two centre rings featuring professional entertainers , dog shows , baby shows and a parade of veteran cars . |
| 18 | He 's speaking of this time now and this age when it is now harvest time . |
| 19 | Lawrence is now branch manager of Newcastle , prior to which he was a successful sales manager with the Healthcare division . |
| 20 | It is now travel business legend that Airtours had seen ILG 's demise coming and despatched staff to the most popular resorts in February to talk to hotel owners about the possibility of booking spare space if any other tour operator found itself unable to fulfil its obligations . |
| 21 | Software engineering outfit Dazix is now Intergraph Electronics after the company that bought it two years ago . |
| 22 | Many departments of radiology require a sigmoidoscopy before a barium enema , but this seems to be an unnecessary constraint when the indication for the barium enema is simply iron deficiency and when there are no symptoms of rectal disease . |
| 23 | While crystal ball gazing is an absorbing occupation , for us the question raised is how do education and education managers relate to this scenario ? |
| 24 | A central issue for many linguists is how do syntax and semantic information combine in language systems . |
| 25 | One of the factors in the argument for right hemisphere reading by deep dyslexics is that they are usually able to read words that are highly imageable , that is readily give rise to a visual image , but they are often unable to read words that are highly abstract ( Richardson , 1975 ) . |
| 26 | Climbing quite slowly in total blackness , I eventually reached what I now think of as ‘ the landing ’ ( though it 's quite unlike the landing of my real home , which has a sash window one side and a row of pale blue banisters the other ; this one is barely shoulder width , and blind both sides ) . |
| 27 | This is actually patch group 1 , bank 1 — not eleven , as I first thought . |
| 28 | As a member of the Norfolk training branch she held office as Treasurer for ten years and is currently branch Secretary . |
| 29 | Mr Wright , 42 , who will take up the post in September , is currently finance chief at Wessex regional health authority . |
| 30 | Dawn says the evening look here in Liverpool is definitely OTT glamour verging on full-blown tarty . |