Example sentences of "is [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean what what ideally I 'd like to do is to go is to get those qualifications and then move into back into the field of of archaeology working with |
| 2 | To dismiss religion because of its potential for evil is to risk being onesided and exclusivist , committing a logical error , failing to appreciate the nature of religion , and mistaking the real culprit responsible for such unedifying behaviour . |
| 3 | Doctors at the East London rehabilitation unit where he is recovering are sending him home for Christmas with his family in Chingford , Essex . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) Allowable also are the mortgagee 's costs , reasonably and properly incurred , of proceedings between himself and a third party where what is impugned is the title to the estate . |
| 5 | How that expectation is calculated is certainly open to debate and criticism . |
| 6 | That which is hidden is that which is shown . |
| 7 | The song he is refashioning is another of Bilbo 's , though it is ‘ to a tune that was as old as the hills ’ . |
| 8 | Today , the Foreign Secretary could only say that the Prime Minister is still ’ mobilising ’ — though what he is mobilising is not at all clear , because very little appears to be happening . |
| 9 | The way in which this is explained is important . |
| 10 | What he is suggesting is that the relationship between symbol and symbolised is not only referential , does not simply describe , but is productive , that is it creates . |
| 11 | I , I think what Richard , what Richard is suggesting is the very sensible way forward in the longer term , whether it makes sense right at this instant is , is another matter . |
| 12 | What Mr Laycock is suggesting is that a proposal will significantly improve or |
| 13 | That 's perfectly true , it is a system of the end of the world and my only consc my only complaint is that I do n't think that what my Right Honourable Friend is suggesting is in fact a destruction of the tripartite system . |
| 14 | The extent to which this trust is misplaced is unknown . |
| 15 | Quite apart from the fact that they would appear to be unorthodox and a distortion at its best of Christian theology , I believe it must be said of all these suggestions that , if what is intended is that they should give an equal place to women or to the ‘ feminine ’ within the Christian religion , they fail . |
| 16 | On one side of the hill are typical favela wooden construction type houses , the other side of the hill where the church is situated are stone built constructions interspersed with all other types of construction material they can get their hands on . |
| 17 | The Institute is situated is pleasant rural surroundings and offers excellent sports , recreational and social facilities . |
| 18 | Service may be effected on the solicitor : ( 1 ) if by delivering the document at , or sending it by first-class post to the solicitor 's address for service , service by post is deemed to have been effected at the time the letter would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post ( s 7 of the Interpretations Act 1978 ) : or ( 2 ) where the solicitor 's address for service includes a numbered box at a document exchange in a county court , and the document is left at that exchange or at an exchange which transmits daily to the first exchange , it is then deemed to have been served on the second day after the day on which it was left , but any day on which the court office in which one or both exchanges is situated is shut shall not be taken into account ( Ord 1 , r 3 ; Ord 2 , r 5(1A) ; Ord 7 , rr 1(1) ( b ) , 1(3) , and ( 4 ) ) . |
| 19 | Another target that one designer is pursuing is ‘ screen animation in geometry as a means of getting children to say what they see ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ And the way it is joined is not right ; it is at too much of a right-angle so the presenter has to shift like this to see who they are talking to . |
| 21 | The only place where this rule is broken is in the cycle of drink/drive adverts by the Central Office of Information . |
| 22 | To say the Pacific is criss-crossed is , perhaps , too strong — the Atlantic has a number of routes that cross each other , and its Jepperson high-altitude charts are so filled with intersecting lines that to an untutored eye , they resemble the early stages of weaving . |
| 23 | If I could illustrate from two medieval theologians , the two traditions following them in the Tomas tradition righteousness and the moral law of God is seeing is seen as being part of the very being of God himself . |
| 24 | Any section that is highlighted is treated as an object by Quatro Pro for Windows . |
| 25 | If the purpose of teaching is to expedite learning , then a person who is taught is likely to learn more effectively than one who is not . |
| 26 | The metabolic pathways through which chitin is formed are not fully established but enzymatic synthesis of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine from glucose has been demonstrated by Candy and Kilby ( 1962 ) and there is evidence for polymerization under the control of a chitin synthetase . |
| 27 | The individual pixels of which the image is formed are clearly apparent in Figure 5.12 . |
| 28 | The speed at which the loop is formed is such that the bobbin is suspended , so eliminating any need for lubrication despite the continuous rotation of the bobbin carrier . |
| 29 | Because admitting your relationship is foundering is to acknowledge that your home , your security , your way of life and your dreams of the future are all heading for the rocks . |
| 30 | When a famous campaign is changed , it is still possible to carry out research on advertising recall for several years afterwards and find a substantial , sometimes even dominant , proportion of what is recalled being the old campaign . |