Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] is [prep] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large aerogenerator programme is at present underway in the Netherlands where it is hoped that wind will be supplying about one quarter of Dutch electricity demand by the year 2000 . |
| 2 | Local GPs and social workers need to know that guaranteed specialist assistance is at hand both day and night and , as distress and despair do not conveniently confine themselves to the hours of nine to five , this means having experienced consultant psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses on call for community work at all times . |
| 3 | Furthermore , it seems likely that the ‘ most recent ’ ice age is in fact still continuing : we are probably enjoying one of the inter-glacials , or warmer periods , of this ice age . |
| 4 | The Queen Mother is of course impeccably bred , though she 's failed to make it to the last 3 Chelsea Flower Shows and looks as if she 'll remain at home again this year . |
| 5 | The centre will be closed until Wednesday and it could be a fortnight before the swimming pool is in use again . |
| 6 | If a DTI Education and Enterprise Adviser is in post locally , he or she should prove to be an invaluable partner in making Compact work . |
| 7 | HEADLEY 'S Fun Run is on course again this year for Monday , May 14th . |
| 8 | A note about choosing the sample size is in order here although the decision about how large n should be is usually difficult . |
| 9 | A simple incest taboo is in operation here . |
| 10 | All exchanges ensure that the integrity of their clearing house is beyond question so that people may invest in their derivative products without fear of default risk . |
| 11 | Another such verb is leave ; hence example ( 3 ) ( b ) from Chapter 4 , repeated here : ( 40 ) this process leaves the items date-stamped is in fact structurally ambiguous in three ways rather than two , since the final adjective may be a postnominal attributive , a predicate qualifier , or an adverbal ; it remains true , however , that the ambiguity is one of structure rather than a matter of elusive " shades of lexical meaning " . |
| 12 | However , you may have noticed that the new season lamb is on offer almost throughout the year . |
| 13 | In Section 8.1 it was explained that the determination of a currency 's exchange rate value is in principle broadly the same as the establishment of the price for any other financial instrument , commodity , or good . |
| 14 | Although lateral eye movements appear at first sight to offer a simple and straightforward way of assessing which hemisphere is active at a given Instant , the evidence relating eye movements to hemisphere function is at present rather insubstantial . |
| 15 | Cricket venue in jeopardy The future of a regular venue for Yorkshire County Cricket Club is in doubt again . |
| 16 | Essential to the label 's enduring appeal is that CD menswear is about style rather than fashion . |
| 17 | A master craftsman is at work here — do n't be fooled by the apparent simplicity . |
| 18 | Assuming that the money market is in equilibrium initially , the policy will raise the supply of money above the demand for money , and wealth holders will find themselves holding more money than they desire in their portfolios . |
| 19 | Class antagonism is in fact rarely expressed openly in the caustic comments of such journals as the Scottish Typographical Circular . |
| 20 | Language work is of course already done in many schools . |
| 21 | Everything about it exceeded expectation , though one of the things that struck him was that while the fairways are wide , the hitting area is in fact very narrow if there is to be a chance of attacking the flagsticks . |
| 22 | Again , retention of client loyalty is in practice more easily achieved by effective notification . |