Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cityslickers and Bonanza aficionados will be delighted to learn that Western-style riding is alive and bucking in the UK . |
| 2 | And if we look at the patristic understanding of atonement , what hits us with startling freshness is that the Divine Drama is alive and pulsating with the tension and conflict of the Great Battle . |
| 3 | Medau work , with all its many aspects , is alive and thriving in the counties north and west of London . |
| 4 | ALONG WITH THE NEWS that Marilyn Monroe is alive and working in a pizza restaurant in Wisconsin , a US tabloid paper recently ran the headline : ‘ Disney Theme Park Found On Mars ’ . |
| 5 | Any natural selection involves differential reproductive success that is nonfortuitous because determined by the way variant organisms are interacting with an environment that is causally sensitive to those particular physical differences in the organisms . |
| 6 | The gilts are reared on land which is dry and exposed to the sun . |
| 7 | They need a sympathetic response , that is understandable and starts at the beginning . |
| 8 | For example , a child with language which is less advanced than the language of other children of that age would be regarded as having delayed language ; in contrast , children whose language stands out because it is deficient when compared with the way in which they perform on other social and intellectual tasks may be regarded as having a language deficit . |
| 9 | Frank has made a career of knocking on doors , finding the wood is solid and going round the back way . |
| 10 | Love is subtle and grows in the heart only slowly and after long and painstaking work . |
| 11 | ‘ I still think the carrot of a final at Wembley is terrific but looking at the gates , especially in Italy , I do n't know if the fans want this competition . ’ |
| 12 | It is possible that climbs on the subsidiary slabs still remain . |
| 13 | Secondly , it is possible that costs in the longer term may be ignored . |
| 14 | Both proponents and protesters are right to present their views and it is incumbent on politicians to ensure that adequate regulatory controls provide as large a degree of environmental protection as is possible when dealing with the relatively unknown . |
| 15 | From a sort of mobile console a thin tube containing a fibre-optic light and a wire-cutter is uncoiled and inserted into the penis . |
| 16 | My right hon. Friend is right and speaks with the authority of many years ' membership of the House . |
| 17 | Turning to football , the West Indies have done nothing on an international scale , though the game is popular and played at a domestic level . |
| 18 | This first set of questions is interrelated and confused by the fact that both the courts and Parliament have , at times , claimed exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a particular privilege exists , and the criteria which they have applied in making this determination have differed . |
| 19 | In my view , the existing available protection is adequate and gives to a governmental body all such rights as are necessary in a democratic society for the protection of its governing reputation . |
| 20 | As the implications of another disastrous election defeat begin to be analysed , it is clear that calls for the Labour Party to embrace PR as a way of breaking the Tory stranglehold are gaining in strength . |
| 21 | Because of the sensitive nature of this service the pre-issuance review is necessary to give additional assurance that the firm policy is adhered to and that the firm 's report is clear and responds to the needs of the client . |
| 22 | Child care research should help practitioners distinguish what is grave and enduring from the less serious and transient . |
| 23 | This use of language is poetic and characterized by the intention being applied not only to content but also to its specific form . |
| 24 | Your call is free and goes to a central advisory unit rather than to your local Social Security office . |
| 25 | John Tavener 's cello work The Protecting Veil is hymn-like and bordering on the minimalist . |
| 26 | He traces the origins of contemporary attitudes to professionalism and public services , to the Victorian period , and argues that the model we have inherited is outmoded and stands in the way of improving professionally relationships . |
| 27 | political ideology is male-biased and associated with the values of male supremacy and ferocity ; |
| 28 | The reasonableness of this is manifest when viewed in the light of the fact that a great many of the most important human decisions do , after all , ultimately have to rely on mathematics for their resolution , if only by virtue of the principle of the majority vote being allowed to prevail in , for example , political matters . |
| 29 | The procedure is simple and based on the wording of each contract adopting expert determination : precedents used in the various applications do not vary greatly from each other . |
| 30 | It is possible that the origin is naval and dates from the 16th Century when ‘ sucking the monkey ’ described the tapping and topping up of a coconut with rum before the milk mix was sucked from it . |