Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were pilots getting their aircraft away on two engines , with armourers hanging on underneath checking the bombs , incendiaries blazing and HE S exploding in all directions . |
| 2 | The Indian bow — the kaman-i Hindavi-is made of cane . |
| 3 | There s got to be some clause in there about ownership … surely by spending that much we legally own the east stand etc ? |
| 4 | The very few times an accurate cross goes in its nothing to do with planning … just the law of averages and that s helped by the fact they normally have more than 2 people heading into the box . |
| 5 | This attitude — stressing the instrumental value of a degree course-is taken to its extreme in the following quote , where a student who wants to take up materials science is criticizing physical science : |
| 6 | Anyways , its quite funny — Souness has been after all our midfielders at some stage ( except Strach AFAIK ) , now he s moving onto our reserves . |
| 7 | Trade in the metals — which have applications ranging from making TV sets to catalysts-is dominated by two companies , Rhone Poulenc of France and Molycorp of the US . |
| 8 | In the following pairs of examples , ( a ) represents normal placement and ( b ) contrastive : a ) I want to know where he s travelling to ( The word ‘ to ’ , being a preposition and not a lexical word , is not stressed. ) b ) ( I do nt want to know where he s travelling from ) I want to know where he s travelling |
| 9 | In the following pairs of examples , ( a ) represents normal placement and ( b ) contrastive : a ) I want to know where he s travelling to ( The word ‘ to ’ , being a preposition and not a lexical word , is not stressed. ) b ) ( I do nt want to know where he s travelling from ) I want to know where he s travelling |
| 10 | If he s standing on the half way line — picking his arse there s a good chance that he s not been told to do that . |
| 11 | So , he WAS wanted , he supports Leeds , he s lived in Leeds all his life , why else would he want to move if not for financial reasons ? ? ? |
| 12 | In depression , less is known about biological vulnerability , but knowledge is accumulating about other explanations ( see chapters 4 and 5 ) . |
| 13 | This would at least have allowed the dollar banana firms , such as Chiquita , to import as much as they want , and it is not clear how the dollar banana quota is to cope with a possible increase in demand . |
| 14 | There is a pseudo-sophistication in our understanding of sexuality and its relation to human actions , for we have not grasped how very difficult it is to cope with all its manifestations . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , we need to consider what problems might arise and make provision accordingly , accepting that such provision should be very flexible if it is to cope with the range of need presented by the disabled . |
| 16 | We can not afford to have failures in a health system which needs to use every hospital and every health care worker if it is to cope with the demands of the twenty first century . |
| 17 | The Society 's motto is to serve law and justice ( ‘ Leges Juraque Servamus ’ ) and the mainstream work of many of its committees is to cope with literally hundreds of Government proposals for changes in the law . |
| 18 | The reason that that B one insertion has been made is to cope with the use classes order change . |
| 19 | His biggest problem , of course , is to cope with demand . |
| 20 | The examination leading to the Certificate is accredited as one specific module of the Institute 's new Final Diploma . |
| 21 | So look for a college which is accredited by CIFE or the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education ( BAC ) . |
| 22 | British Gas South Western training is accredited by both the Institute of Supervisory Management and the Business and Technology Education Council to deliver the following programmes : |
| 23 | To our church came such spiritual giants as Rev Reginald Barlett of Samoa , and the South Seas , Miss Mabel Shaw of Mbershi , whose adopted daughter is helping with modern Zambia , a housewoman from Dr Ida Scudder 's hospital at Velore , central India and a missionary from China who knew about the conditions there and in Hong Kong , and who had also met Toyohiko Kagawa of Japan and knew that , in very truth , this son of a Geisha and who knows who , was a world figure , now pleading at the League of Nations for more attention to World Health than to armaments . |
| 24 | The World Food Programme is helping with its largest ‘ food for work ’ scheme in Africa . |
| 25 | New rules for athletes in Portugal are being drawn up and Mota is helping with the project . |
| 26 | Malvern-based chartered accountant Alan Kay is helping with a detailed investigation of the activities of certain copier companies that are widely criticised for malpractice , as well as the leasing companies that finance them . |
| 27 | IBM Corp and Sequent Computer Systems Inc are possibly on it too — Siemens-Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG is helping with the chip so may also be in the line up . |
| 28 | IBM Corp and Sequent Computer Systems Inc are possibly on it too — Siemens AG is is helping with the chip so Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG so may also be in the line-up . |
| 29 | ‘ Thames Valley police have confirmed that a man is helping with inquiries into the murder of Dr Hugh Puddephat , the English lecturer whose body was identified in Paris earlier this week , ’ the newsreader reported . |
| 30 | We now have two new people involved with bringing you the news — Anne Seaton , away up in Scotland , who is helping with page three 's editing and Victoria Osborne , from Surrey , in a more general way , her first contribution is the report of our very successful Reunion held last November . |