Example sentences of "[vb pp] [is] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In grammar , putting a noun or noun equivalent beside another for the purpose of a more complete explanation or description , eg in The news that he had won surprised Tom , a young lad of eight the clause that he had won is in apposition to the noun news and the phrase a young lad of eight is in apposition to the noun Tom .
2 The only way in which visual recognition of a word can be primed is by previously seeing the word .
3 The only way that illegal wildlife trade will be successfully curbed is by governments committing more time and resources to do so .
4 In the rumen , H 2 is consumed by methanogenic bacteria and similarly , in methanogenic human subjects , 75% of the hydrogen excreted is as methane .
5 The final way in which the decision might be varied is on appeal .
6 The arbitrary implications of undefinable rights are particularly evident where the right claimed is by its nature not capable of being satisfied by any degree of compulsion exercised within the relevant society .
7 I 'm never quite sure really to be honest whether these individuals had an interview with Jesus or Jesus had an interview with them , because whether they thought that Jesus or whether they thought they were doing the , the probing and the questioning really it was Jesus who was in charge of the interview , you may of watched er certain chat shows on the , on the television or heard them on the radio and er depending who the person being interviewed is , very often it actually changes , and its the interviewer who really is being put through it , its the , its the person who 's being interviewed is in charge of the situation and that was the case here Jesus .
8 The longest follow up reported is by O'Sullivan .
9 An inland walk I 've enjoyed is around a five mile route starting from Bosullow Common , south of Morvah , an area rich in prehistoric remains .
10 Because there is this impasse between what the officers wanted to do and what the residents find acceptable the only way I can get this matter resolved is for the council to refer the possible closure to the committee so that the committee can consider all the facts er in the light of the advice of the officers erm and I therefore beg to move this .
11 The only way in which this ambiguity can be resolved is by appealing to higher levels of information such as syntax , semantics , pragmatics and general knowledge .
12 The picture thus sketched is in strong contrast to the popular view of housewives as a leisured class .
13 One project being actively considered is on household wealth and inheritance .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 ) .
20 The model recommended is in four parts .
21 Most of the problem being addressed is in Berkshire , but a large part of the solution is proposed in Buckinghamshire , in my hon. Friend 's constituency .
22 Before handing in your script , make sure that all your unwanted work is crossed out and that all work to be presented is in order .
23 The argument presented is in terms of the ‘ haves ’ being concerned for the ‘ have-nots ’ .
24 One way this can be conceptualized is in terms of the different roles , or sets of functions , which the economic activities of a region play in the wider national , and international , economy .
25 The court must find out whether the payment stipulated is in truth a penalty or liquidated damages …
26 Another way of getting yourself noticed is in the national championships organised by your governing body .
27 The only way in which these late pouch excisions are likely to be minimised is by greater care in patient selection , particularly the identification of Crohn 's disease .
28 The University is informed at least 14 days in advance of any meeting or other event at which the speaker or the subject matter to which the meeting or event related is of such a nature that difficulties might be caused for the University in the discharge of its legal responsibility to ensure that freedom of speech within the law is secure for persons using its premises ;
29 What needs to be done is for the leaders who gather in Edinburgh to accept all that and begin to forge the new kind of European Community which is needed .
30 I think probably many of you are familiar with the concepts that Phill described and what those concepts what the client server approach has done is to really bring about quite a revolutionary new breed of systems since the term was first coined in fact by in ninety eighty seven .
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