Example sentences of "[verb] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whatever achievements policemen can claim , the ability to communicate is certainly not one of them ’ , said Sir Robert Mark in his 1973 Dimbleby Lecture . |
| 2 | ‘ A lot of people think blindness must be worse than deafness but not being able to communicate is really maddening . ’ |
| 3 | Bonemeal is a good base which lasts several years , and can be spread at the rate of about 180–240 g per sq m ( 6–8 oz per sq yd ) , and garden compost into which wood ashes have been mixed is particularly helpful on such soils . |
| 4 | And what they will be trying to catch is just 70 very big carp dominated by a monster 36lb specimen . |
| 5 | Inside the mouse 's body , of course , the poison that made it so easy to catch is still present and can cause serious damage to the unfortunate cat . |
| 6 | And in the general fever for branding schemes OSF is also introducing its own programme for vendors to badge their products ‘ OSF certified ’ . |
| 7 | A court that tries to decide as Parliament would have wished is more likely to be right than a court that follows the words believing it was not what Parliament intended . |
| 8 | Even if the software designed is genuinely original and useful , there is a danger that scholars become hooked on the production of software . |
| 9 | They boss is just gon na keep sending messages until one finally gets through . |
| 10 | Even dowsing is obliquely referred to in the official reports as ‘ probing with metal rods ’ ! |
| 11 | Some gardeners will do anything to win prizes ( marrows filled with lead shot to add weight , for instance ) , but there 's one show where cheating is positively encouraged . |
| 12 | The breakdown of trust which they effect is graphically represented by Shakespeare , first by the way in which the king 's sons , fleeing the country , are suspected to have been his killers ; second , in the scene where Macduff , who has finally fled Scotland ( his wife and children are murdered by Macbeth in his absence ) , is confronted and tested by Malcolm . |
| 13 | Cooling is usually done by passing the gas through pipes . |
| 14 | There is enough area there to call for a two-person crew , so launching is rarely a problem . |
| 15 | With the water high up on the beach the sea is very choppy and launching is very difficult because the waves break viciously on the steep upper slopes of the beach which is frequently a shingle ridge . |
| 16 | Launching is very difficult . |
| 17 | The specific question that Aspect , together with jean Dalibard and Gérard Roger , has attacked is commonly known as the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox , the essence of which runs as follows . |
| 18 | ADDS is also previewing a 3270/X programme that provides an X-Window migration path for IBM 3270 terminal users moving to NCR 's System 3000 Unix line . |
| 19 | For example , when you use a flight simulator , the map of the world over which you fly is often stored as a separate data file . |
| 20 | Since expectations are difficult to predict , the amount by which V will fall is also difficult to predict : |
| 21 | Elsewhere hunt is usually welcome . |
| 22 | So process is normally talk talked about group socialisation . |
| 23 | Answer guide : When the earnings process is substantially complete and payment is reasonably certain . |
| 24 | Answer guide : Although the students have met the realization principle before it is important that the treatment of this is highlighted in the discussion which should revolve around the question of the point at which the earnings process is substantially complete . |
| 25 | And for a first course all you will need is either the broth from the pot-au-feu , which will have a very fine flavour and which you can thicken if you like with a little rice — there should be enough for seven or eight people — or perhaps a dish of mussels , or a light fish soup . |
| 26 | The material being drilled is effectively broken up by the drill bit , and the rotary action of the drill bit is primarily to remove debris from the hole . |
| 27 | How they are cracked is almost the least interesting part of the walnut story . |
| 28 | Regulating doctors ' qualifications , their premises , and the care they provide is clearly a starting point . |
| 29 | The interest earned is normally paid at the end of the period to the respective parties in proportion to the amount of the retention received by them . |
| 30 | Preferably targets should be set for individuals where the bonus earned is directly related to personal effort . |