Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , the best treatment seems to be to say that stress in words with prefixes is governed by the same rules as those for words without prefixes . |
| 2 | The only way of eliminating further health risks is to stop smoking altogether . |
| 3 | The right of elderly people to take risks is emphasised in the first national guidelines on restraint in residential care and nursing homes . |
| 4 | In particular , an awareness of environmental risks is growing amongst the financial institutions , as well as insurance companies and lawyers . |
| 5 | Hedging exchange rate risks is considered in Chapter 16 . |
| 6 | This spreading of risks is known as risk transformation . |
| 7 | The quality of teaching and research in the Faculty of Arts is underpinned by the excellent research facilities that are available . |
| 8 | He was one of those blessed people who have an itch in their hands to make things which will not be denied and for whom a lack of formal training in the arts is compensated by a hyper-developed sense of ingenious invention . |
| 9 | A £50,000 ‘ windfall ’ from Northern Arts is helping Cleveland Theatre Company carry out an ambitious plan to link up with Billingham 's Forum Theatre . |
| 10 | We will ensure that access to literature , religion and the creative arts is limited to those few children who are capable of appreciating them , and whose parents can afford to pay the extra costs involved . |
| 11 | I mean , what we 're trying to do in the visual arts is to spend what limited money we have to produce a better situation for the visual artist and for the public who gets pleasure and enlightenment from visual arts than exists at the moment , so rather than just prop up the status quo , which is what is would be very easy to do if one just kept the pot boiling so to speak by giving a few grants to artists here and sitting at the centre of a spider 's web in Tunbridge Wells waiting for applications to come in to us and then responding . |
| 12 | Other comparable UK initiatives are taking place : the Royal Society of Arts is sponsoring a Higher Education for Capability programme ; the National Council for Vocational Qualifications , with its ideas on a competency based curriculum , is beginning to turn to higher education ; and the Council for Industry and Higher Education talks of developing the students ' personal transferable skills . |
| 13 | Established in 1985 Red Water Arts is recognised for its work in a variety of community and educational settings using drama , music and a whole range of visual arts . |
| 14 | WREXHAM and District Association for the Arts is to hold a meeting at the town 's library on June 24 to discuss the impact the restructuring of local government will have on arts , culture and recreation locally . |
| 15 | The true aim of the martial arts is to avoid conflict ; it is best summed up in one commentator 's description of aikido as ‘ the honourable art of getting the hell out of the way ’ . |
| 16 | The site of this unsuccessful venture in the black arts is marked today by the few stony fragments of St Andrew 's twelfth-century church above the harbour . |
| 17 | Glass 's interest in the visual arts is reflected in his opera , Einstein on the Beach , written in collaboration with Robert Wilson in 1976 . |
| 18 | Northern Arts is giving the money on top of annual grants from a special Drama Production Fund , money ‘ unclaimed ’ by Newcastle-based Northern Stage after it ceased production while looking for a new artistic director . |
| 19 | For the first time in its 28 year history , the Study Centre for the History of the Fine and Decorative Arts is offering a six week History of Painting Course from May 4 to June 10 . |
| 20 | All you can do with these songs is sing them , and Buddy fails even to manage that with any subtlety . |
| 21 | It is claimed that one of Andrew Lloyd Webber 's songs is playing somewhere in the world every minute of the day . |
| 22 | The message added : ‘ Through your award of the Nobel Peace Prize , the suffering and the struggles of all indigenous peoples is honoured . |
| 23 | our next champ is Simon Wigg from Buckinghamshire … he 's won the world long track title for the fourth time … with a new look … the bike has been aerodynamically designed by grand prix men … and the suit which he wears over the leathers is made of lycra … |
| 24 | One of the country 's top orchid growers is getting ready for a summer show … by hiding his plants away in his garage . |
| 25 | The output of the growers is marshalled by half a dozen highly organised and professional marketers who have taken a huge slice of the market , including the multiples . |
| 26 | If the exchange rate for the two currencies is determined by market forces then the price of Deutschmarks would rise and the price of pounds would fall . |
| 27 | If we want an overall measure of the value of the domestic currency then some weighted average of changes in its exchange value against all other currencies is required . |
| 28 | Now Britain is in the Exchange Rate Mechanism , the risk of exchange rate fluctuation with other ERM currencies is reduced . |
| 29 | Permanent disablement from any profession or occupation entitles a claimant to £100,000 , while loss of hearing in both ears is compensated by £30,000 . |
| 30 | ( Big Ears is led from the dock in handcuffs . |