Example sentences of "[is] [art] [noun sg] of [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Money is the law of life there , which has to be lived by . |
| 2 | Given the mobility constraints , is the cooperation of labour not better explained by the fact that employees have little alternative ? |
| 3 | At the time , it was the ideal job , as is the management of Runrig now . |
| 4 | At the core of Mailer 's characterizations is the idea of schizophrenia rather then paranoia . |
| 5 | Well yes , in so far as it 's a question of degree , though if Crime and Punishment really is the king of thrillers then there 's something unique to remark in it and even to wax a bit pompous about . |
| 6 | What is harder to understand is the behaviour of foster-parents later in the season , towards young cuckoos that are almost fledged . |
| 7 | Nowhere is the pace of development more apparent than in computer graphics . |
| 8 | Another development which appears to be gaining ground , if not acceptance , is the substitution of players rather than the replacement of an injured player . |
| 9 | Another kind of formal link between sentences is the substitution of words like do or so for a word or group of words which have appeared in an earlier sentence . |
| 10 | At its southernmost end is the village of Gargrave where the river Aire , the Skipton — Kendal road , the Settle-Carlisle Railway and the Leeds-Liverpool canal all meet to travel among the low-lying valleys of the Aire and the Ribble . |
| 11 | There was no justification for the ban in the first place and is the Secretary of State not concerned that the International Labour Organisation has expressed much concern over the continuing ban and it may well be that in view of the fact that the government is not willing to compromise in any way the I L O may well decide to formally rebuke and reprimand the government . |
| 12 | Is the Secretary of State more concerned with patients on waiting lists or with headlines on waiting lists ? |
| 13 | Why is the Secretary of State so contemptuous of the evidence about student hardship when it comes from sources such as the citizens advice bureaux and from scores of cases sent to him by hon. Members on both sides of the House ? |
| 14 | Is the Secretary of State so arrogant that he thinks that he knows better than the people who are actively involved in the care of the mentally handicapped ? |
| 15 | In the current discussions about the size of the nuclear arsenal , is the Secretary of State still committed to bringing on stream another replacement for the WE177 free-fall bomb ? |
| 16 | Is the Secretary of State further aware that the proposal is welcomed not only by the majority of Londoners , but by all the senior officers of Scotland Yard ? |
| 17 | Shows you how stupid I am about , now which is the Revenge of Khan then ? |
| 18 | And such is the ruthlessness of authority here , that they were hunted out even from these rude shelters and scattered far and wide over the country . |
| 19 | One of the greatest fascinations of provincial printing in Britain is the diversity of localities where presses were set up , often , for example , along the line of canals , where labour was cheap and plentiful … another fascination being that this is a relatively unresearched area , its local beginnings in the eighteenth century often more obscure than the highly recorded beginnings of early printing . |
| 20 | Such is the mood of pessimism here it is hard to find anyone who believes the All Blacks , having won their seven matches in Wales , will face any significant threat during the next fortnight . |
| 21 | In generic terms , both Banfield and Galtung reiterate the familiar theme that the fundamental problem is the lack of entrepreneurs both in economics and in politics able to show the peripheral masses how to make the system work for them . |
| 22 | A home is the treasury of God where purity , beauty and joy are shared , for his purposes , inviolate . |
| 23 | This cut is the equivalent of 1p off , ’ said Mr Lamont . |
| 24 | Even drinking in a public bar may be considered to be solitary if the principal reason for doing so is the consumption of alcohol rather than for specific social contact . |
| 25 | A likely result of taking job enrichment into account is the reduction of monotony usually associated with the clerical tasks of computer systems . |
| 26 | If , as it is argued , the ‘ constitution ’ of the United Kingdom had no democratic basis , is the system of government nevertheless democratic ? |
| 27 | ( It is the influence of chairmen again . ) |
| 28 | The plot of Home Alone 2 is the plot of Home Alone 1 , with bungling burglars Harry and Marv — Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern — wandering the streets of the Big Apple planning a toy store robbery on Christmas Eve when they just happen to run across Wee Mac , who proceeds to foil their plans again . |
| 29 | Although the guidebook says it 's E2 5c , this is the kind of climb where a grade lacking some type of ‘ stomach shuffle component means it is n't that relevant . |
| 30 | This is the kind of situation where readers seem to be relegated to the role of invisible eavesdroppers , overhearing a conversation between others . |