Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he has just waited to see what was emerging and then stepped in quickly to take the initiative and carry forward the proposal which he has sensed is about to emerge . |
| 2 | The legal advice an applicant has received is part of the evidence that a remedy . |
| 3 | ‘ The visitors ’ centre which the company has developed is now one of the most impressive and popular attractions of its kind in Northern Ireland , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Trying to isolate a cow just as she starts to calve is the worst solution possible . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the kite that Lord Hanson has flown is bobbing around in the political and financial winds . |
| 6 | The time has wandered on to 11.15 pm and the only person that the august gathering has heard is the MC , but it is now time to introduce the first speaker , who needs little or no introduction . |
| 7 | Easily the largest component of the landfills he has examined is paper and board . |
| 8 | The message the voice has to impart is well-known to the users of this service : ‘ Good morning , ladies and gentlemen inaudible earlier defective train leading to inaudible cancellations inaudible delays to all destinations . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Detective Eddy has received word from London that someone he wants to see is expected to be here today . |
| 10 | One way of stating this global assumption is this : what the child has to acquire is the ability to direct , inhibit , and co-ordinate his thoughts , as he earlier had to direct , inhibit and co-ordinate his actions . |
| 11 | Er , I think Prince who , perhaps dealt with domestic politics , but one thing he has exposed is the green cause which I 'm very pleased about because I do n't think that the politicians in this country take these issues seriously enough ! |
| 12 | The corrective that Mr Welch has prescribed is bold enough to suggest that his second decade as chief executive could be as radical as the first . |
| 13 | Antonia added : ‘ I think the reason he has resigned is because of the particular allegations which have just occurred . ’ |
| 14 | One of the first things an infant elephant has to discover is how to use its trunk . |
| 15 | When articulated in this way the Wilsonian social contract appears very close to what Sir Ian Gilmour ( 1978 ) has claimed is the essence of true and wise Toryism : the avoidance of ‘ dogma ’ ; the balancing of opposed social forces ; the concession of reform where reform is due in order to hold together a ‘ national ’ constituency ( despite the fact that Gilmour viewed the 1974/75 legislative programme as a dangerous concession to sectional union interests and a threat to the constitution — true Toryism is only recognised as such well after the event ! ) . |
| 16 | years has has is an experiment . |
| 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 | One of the strengths Scotland has enjoyed is having a group of players who have become stronger than the individuals . |
| 19 | The model which Interplayce has designed is a result of thinking from ‘ the child in , rather than the building out . |
| 20 | What has mattered is their ultimate reception as ecumenical by the Church at large . |
| 21 | ‘ Anyone who 's buying a second-hand car , the first thing he wants to know is how many miles it 's done . |
| 22 | All he wants to know is where I 'm going . |
| 23 | All the court wants to know is are you pleading guilty or not guilty . |
| 24 | All your mother wants to know is where it is and who 'll be there ! ’ |
| 25 | What the House wants to know is whether the international business community has confidence in the policies of the Labour party . |
| 26 | And all she wants to know is do I use this jug , or do we use that jug . |
| 27 | He says they may be able to exchange their tickets but what he wants to know is where has all the money gone ? |
| 28 | An algorithm which performs this trick before it starts searching is said to be goal directed , or a backwards searcher . |
| 29 | In other words what any other writer has written is open territory . |
| 30 | Wilfred Owen has written many different types of poems and the only other well-known sonet that he has written is ‘ Anthem for Doomed Youth ’ . |