Example sentences of "[verb] [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Dividend stripping is to some extent considered legitimate tax planning by the Inland Revenue , provided it is done within the confines of s176 and provided also that reserves out of which to pay a dividend are not " artificially " created . |
| 62 | The picture thus sketched is in strong contrast to the popular view of housewives as a leisured class . |
| 63 | * Finally , another place for presuppositions to hide is in a clause which sets the scene in a sentence ; an example is the TEMPORAL CLAUSE , as in the following example : When Blake saw his first angels he was sitting in his garden . |
| 64 | One project being actively considered is on household wealth and inheritance . |
| 65 | One possibility being considered is for solar power to be used to pump downstream water back up to the main reservoir , so restoring the head of water needed to generate hydro-electric power . |
| 66 | And the appropriate way in which this matter should be considered is through the local plan when you are considering a much er more limited range of possible sites for the new settlement . |
| 67 | The bacteria destroys flesh , so what you smell is in fact rotting flesh . |
| 68 | One of the first-time buyer discounts that Martin should consider is from Abbey National . |
| 69 | The BHF says the best way to slim is by losing just over 1lb a week , reducing energy intake to 1000 calories a day , cutting down on fat and alcohol and eating only moderate salt . |
| 70 | That it is inconceivable that after this number of centuries man still believes that ultimately the only way in which problems are solved is by blowing the other chap 's head off , which is so lunatic now . |
| 71 | I do n't think the arrears , when they , when it occurred is on the report |
| 72 | The extent to which this should be viewed as a utilitarian calculus of some kind , or whether a more dignitarian approach should be pursued is of considerable importance . |
| 73 | If law is to be used as ‘ an instrument for casting an alternative political vote by exposing the decision making process to contending views of public necessity ’ ( Lewis and Harden , 1982 , p. 68 ) , the most obvious way in which such an aim might be pursued is through the development of a test case strategy . |
| 74 | The fact that the sentences of ( 35 ) would be marginal or outright unacceptable if to be were omitted is in itself a datum worth taking into account , along with the further fact that to be can also be inserted into the statement forms in ( 33 ) . |
| 75 | The model recommended is in four parts . |
| 76 | We are determined to make it work — the last thing I want is to be a laughing stock among local farmers if I fail . ’ |
| 77 | Richard Nelson , Director of Market Research Services at Campbell Soups All consumers want is to be told what is happening to their food , how safe it is and what is its quality … |
| 78 | Rightly or wrongly , what chairmen want is to narrow ownership back into the hands of rich individuals . |
| 79 | The last thing most of these people want is to be given reasons for changing their minds . |
| 80 | ‘ Manners , she says — but all you want is to belt across country for a couple of miles . |
| 81 | If you find that the property you want is to be sold at Auction , remember that a lot of time , effort and fees can be expended prior to an Auction and there is no guarantee that you will be successful in purchasing the property . |
| 82 | ‘ What I want is to be in charge of myself , to decide what I will or will not do . ’ |
| 83 | ‘ All I want is to be able to go out and play with my friends , ’ she says . |
| 84 | ‘ It 's so wonderful — all I want is to be with her and I get terribly possessive . |
| 85 | ‘ He ca n't hold my grandmother 's misguided behaviour against me when all I want is to be part of the family , to know I belong . ’ |
| 86 | What you want is to be able to answer a few sensible questions uniquely identifying you , the trouble is there 's probably a repertoire of only ten of those questions , you 're going to get asked three or four of them , but those questions , your date of birth , your telephone number , the er address of your bank and so on and so forth , if you 're a private detective you can get those , you can have them on a sheet of paper and you can pretend to be whoever you like . |
| 87 | You do n't work for money , the haves conceded , all you want is to be near us in order to become us . |
| 88 | Er the reason want referring because has n't commenced it 's considered er view and the last thing we want is to be in business actually doing is enclosing on St Albans and anything that St Albans does n't actually want . |
| 89 | What we want is to be working here . |
| 90 | ‘ What members really want is to be got going again and not just towed off to a garage . |