Example sentences of "[adj] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A Marine is worth ten ordinary soldiers , Valence , ’ Tundrish quickly continued . |
| 2 | And the only way of making sure they do n't unless it 's completely clear is to be in a a safe positive lane on your way through the roundabout . |
| 3 | Another firm distinction which both Ashton and MacMillan make clear is between the dances of youth and age or innocence and experience . |
| 4 | But what does seem clear is on the one hand the absence of any straightforward link between sexual activity per se and social morality ; and on the other , the inability and sometimes unwillingness of the ecclesiastical authorities to enforce stricter single standards . |
| 5 | The panel is still considering the divisional schools library service erm the , they 're very clear is at to whether these costs to the library is a fixed cost or a variable cost or perhaps even more to the point that it will need to reach the cost of libraries are fixed and variable and the differing views both within the panel and schools about that and the panel is continuing deliberating research . |
| 6 | An example where this is very clear is in the City . |
| 7 | Danvers , Massachusetts-based PictureTel Corp is cutting prices on its M-8000 bridge product family : it says it will offer a fully H.320 version of its M-8000 Multipoint Bridge starting at $45,000 for the M-8600 with three ports : the M-8600 is for customers with only a few videoconferencing systems and limited requirements for linking a large number of sites on the same call ; the H.320 standards-compliant version will ship in the autumn . |
| 8 | This is across Buckinghamshire on two legs ! |
| 9 | This is via Northrop Frye 's now-famous book , the Anatomy of Criticism ( 1957 ) , a work which never mentions The Lord of the Rings , but nevertheless creates a literary place for it with Sibylline accuracy . |
| 10 | Additionally an optical output is provided ; as supplied , this is via the standard Toslink connector but an AT&T output is available for an additional premium . |
| 11 | To imagine this is to be aware that the aggressive term which I have applied to Amis 's novelistic method , ‘ ventriloquism ’ , has the drawback of suggesting that when an author throws his voice , the character who receives it will necessarily be found to be inanimate , a dummy . |
| 12 | The physical mark of this is to be seen in the indentation between the upper lip and the nose . |
| 13 | This is to the benefit of both parties . |
| 14 | When he has tovarisch say , ‘ Nothing I build ’ , this is to be understood not allegorically but literally : working of stone , either architecturally or sculpturally , was for Pound the register of culture — a conviction which he shared in his lifetime with few except the British art-critic whom he knew and esteemed , Adrian Stokes . |
| 15 | Though its accounts of individual poems are as searching as anything in Davie 's earlier books ( we owe Carcanet a debt : this is to be the first in a uniform edition of Davie 's work ) , Under Briggflatts is also a mordant and compelling history of the social climates to which these poems were a response . |
| 16 | This is to be the party 's platform for the elections to republican and local soviets early next year . |
| 17 | This is to be the party 's platform for the elections to republican and local soviets early next year . |
| 18 | Turkey with Mexican Mole Pepper Sauce is based on a classic dish , eaten throughout Mexico , of turkey cooked in a fried chilli sauce — this is to Mexicans what curry is to Indians . |
| 19 | This is to be distinguished from bribing , where the treat is offered up-front or mixed with the meal as a lure to entice the dog to eat . |
| 20 | They do n't know at the time , but this is to be the biggest event of the unusually hot British summer . |
| 21 | It is in fact the commercially provided infrastructure that is most lacking , and many people live a long way from a shop , although this is to some extent made up for by mobile shops . |
| 22 | The client gets help for day-to-day problems , but the price he pays for this is to be the landlord 's follower , to do his bidding and accept his view of the world . |
| 23 | As a result , there is a continued shortage of residential care facilities for the full-time residence of mentally handicapped people which is perpetuating the need for mental handicap hospitals to house them , even though it is recognised by all parties that this is to be avoided at all costs . |
| 24 | All this is to be found even in the lower classes . |
| 25 | Eloquent testimony of this is to be found in John Gay 's magnificent photographs of London terminals , depicting , for instance , the forest of columns , arches , and metallic tracery supporting the roof of Liverpool Street Station and the perfect form and line of Brunel 's ‘ all interior , all roofed-in ’ Paddington , achievements that could leave only the most die-hard curmudgeon unmoved . |
| 26 | Internally , the only significant architectural feature was the two-storey entrance hall , and this is to be retained . |
| 27 | This is to 468 yards with a ridge and bunkers on the dog-leg . |
| 28 | The earliest extant account of this is to be found in the Works and Days of Hesiod ( c.700 BC ) , who sought to account thereby for man 's present condition and , in particular , for his need to work . |
| 29 | How this is to be done , and what ye all have to do , I will leave in the hands of the Bishop Don Hieronymo , and Alvar Fañez , and Pero Bermudez . |
| 30 | If this is to be done , despite the number who are brought up in other religions , it is reasonable to do it largely through the medium of Christianity , simply because Christianity exists as an institution in this country , and is by no means dead . |