Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] is " in BNC.
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| 31 | Libraries in general have an image of unparticularized worthiness and sobriety , and many young librarians have an admirable messianic zeal about them , a firm belief that what their library has is good for people and that membership lists and issue figures must be pushed up for their own sake . |
| 32 | Their impulse to rule is neither analysed nor questioned . |
| 33 | The Coroner who will hold the inquest into the deaths , has agreed to sit with a jury … which relatives and their lawyers claim is vital . |
| 34 | What their rides offer is an opportunity to enter a movie , to penetrate a spectacle of which one has always been , precisely , a mere spectator . |
| 35 | Thus unit rectangular pulse is and its Laplace transform is or Treating the unit square-wave signal of figure 11.5(c) similarly , it is representable as where T is the period . |
| 36 | Consequently its Laplace transform is or The unit impulse function is infinite for an infinitesimal time as indicated in figure 11.5(d) and its integral over all time is unity . |
| 37 | The problems vehicle owners face trying to keep their property secure is a worry in the face of increasing criminal sophistication . |
| 38 | As a reward for its services doubt is distinguished as ‘ critical ’ , ‘ systematic ’ and ‘ rational ’ . |
| 39 | Well Sue was Sue erm over the road was telling me erm the money her boys give is a hundred pound a month . |
| 40 | Whether companies would carry out their threat to emigrate is debatable , with the huge costs that it would entail . |
| 41 | Its ability to adapt is , however , inextricably bound up with its financial underpinnings and , as the next section points out , these do not provide very secure foundations for facing the future . |
| 42 | Since the Crown Court is a superior court , its power to punish is limited only by the maximum penalty set for the offence by an Act of Parliament . |
| 43 | Not if what his sister says is true . ’ |
| 44 | NIGEL MANSELL insists his decision to quit is final , despite the outcry from the world champion 's fans and the concern of the Renault-Williams sponsors |
| 45 | One thing Margaret Thatcher asked him to concentrate on in his Whitehall travels is the quality of departments ' planning machinery . |
| 46 | Mr Clinton occasionally lost his temper , but through all the flak he showed remarkable staying power , which his supporters say is a mark of his fitness to occupy the White House 's Oval Office . |
| 47 | ‘ You may have the best relationship in the world but if you do not provide your account manager with the ammunition to fight your corner then all his boss sees is a problem account . ’ |
| 48 | What his work lacks is weight and substance , that underlying moral seriousness that informs the comedies of ( say ) Woody Allen . |
| 49 | He may apply to the court if his right to redeem is disputed . |
| 50 | Whereas it is n't his place to apologize is it ? |
| 51 | Let us assume the player is unsure where to begin ; he knows only that his chord playing is below par and wishes to improve it . |
| 52 | A ‘ Brownie ’ or friendly spirit haunts the island , and his consent to land is normally sought . |
| 53 | But the possibility of them convinces me that his discretion to refuse is not absolute or unfettered . |
| 54 | If a man may publish anything which 12 of his countrymen think is not blameable , it is impossible that the Crown or the Ministry should exert any stringent control over writings in the press … |
| 55 | The prospectus for the Nineties with which his book concludes is a thoughtful text which could with benefit be read by anyone interested in foreign affairs . |
| 56 | This is the premise on which Andy Selters has written what his publishers claims is the ‘ only book devoted to understanding glaciers and how to cross them ’ . |
| 57 | Stavrogin ca n't , and in our definitive text does n't , claim to be a decent man or to have any other thing to be ; all his letter indicates is a deathlike mime or sleepwalk within behaviour patterns determined by upbringing , class , and kind . |
| 58 | The Lord Chief Justice may on occasion put forward the views of the higher judiciary on the more important issues relating to the criminal law or sentencing in the course of a bill 's progress , although his ability to attend is limited by the demands of his court . |
| 59 | But our readiness to act is clear , and our willingness to deliver is illustrated by our early success with our half of the original commitments . |
| 60 | The last thing your sister wants is an unwilling husband . ’ |