Example sentences of "of [noun sg] is [verb] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The behaviourist 's second line of defence is to distinguish between knowing and what is known , and say that the behavioural reduction applies only to the former . |
| 2 | If proof of postage is required for sending important documents through the post , the package or letter is taken to the post office , and for an extra charge the delivery will be recorded and a receipt obtained as proof . |
| 3 | The first kind of sentence is completed by specifying an action , and the consent purports to give Y a right to perform it . |
| 4 | Now with a hundred and eighty thousand of pensioners and forty thousand scheme members and all of the trustees currently made up of employees and scheme members , it 's pretty obvious where any correction of loss of funding is gon na come from is n't it . |
| 5 | Much of the entire activity of Parliament is directed towards controlling or , possibly more accurately , embarrassing the Executive . |
| 6 | The feeling of fear is restrained by tensing the muscles that surround the stomach and the anus . |
| 7 | The special isolation of a naval captain means that an author looking for a confidant for his hero as an essential device of character-drawing is debarred from using a member of the ship 's company . |
| 8 | It appears that a great deal of weight is given by examining magistrates , who may be young and inexperienced , to the police file , which includes the accused 's incriminating statements . |
| 9 | These office buildings are maintained in such condition that their value does not diminish and the cost of maintenance is charged to operating profit . |
| 10 | Stick to the knitting : identifying that which is done best and ensuring that every aspect of management is geared to maintaining it . |
| 11 | Pronouns are hardly ever used and , once a participant is introduced , continuity of reference is signalled by omitting the subjects of following clauses . |
| 12 | Not all schools of nursing are so well equipped or staffed as to afford a media officer , and responsibility for the care and maintenance of equipment is delegated to teaching staff . |
| 13 | At present , planned closure is in 2005 , but a lot of work is going into extending this to 2010 . |
| 14 | A lot of work is put into making organizational procedures resistant to public manipulation of the decision-making . |
| 15 | Alice may enter a looking-glass world where unexpected things happen , but she is still constituted like a human being : walking may take her in an unexpected direction , but the nature of the physical act of walking is taken for granted . |
| 16 | You will probably find yourself working as part of a small team within the office and a great deal of emphasis is placed on ensuring that these teams work well . |
| 17 | Behaviour analysis , as developed by Bales in the United States and Rackham and Warr in Britain , in which a set of categories of behaviour is used for measuring individual and group performance , and for identifying roles in groups . |
| 18 | Oxidising agent responsive soils : Only one main type of dirt is affected by oxidising agents , namely tannin , derived from tea , coffee , wine and certain fruits . |
| 19 | The Smoked Trout & Parma Ham Mousse ( see p18 ) is merely decorated with slices of the ham and the Carbonnade of Beef is enriched by using diced ham instead of bacon . |
| 20 | Lloyd finds this paradigm wanting in various respects , and proceeds to develop an alternative approach in which the non-verbal channel of communication is precluded by asking children to communicate by telephone on a route-finding task . |
| 21 | This overwhelming sense of rejection is based on dreading this prospect all their lives , and difficult to change and undermine in weeks or even months . |
| 22 | The law of treason is directed against aiding the King 's enemies and against sedition from within . |
| 23 | The problem of interpretation is compounded in considering MPs occupation and interests ; it was not unusual for a young man from a landed family to be called to the Bar ( but not to practice ) , to serve in the armed forces ( but not to become a professional soldier ) , and then to settle down to a political career with several directorships . |
| 24 | The subject also has another unusual strength : at school a great amount of effort is put into teaching us to read , but little or none into teaching us to see , still less to look . |
| 25 | The operative straw seems to have been his exclusion from the inner circle during the twenty-four hours of the joint Anglo-French ultimatum , though back in August Clark had recorded quite dispassionately that ‘ a good deal of effort is going into trying to find a proper pretext for taking military action . |
| 26 | A small amount of leather is left after cutting , and to my surprise this was also checked and the offcuts matched to the straps to produce the adjusting piece for two-piece leather straps , or the strap button fobs and end pieces on Klondyke 's range of webbing and stretch straps . |
| 27 | If the scope of reason is confined to refining and systematising imperatives and deducing them from each other , how can it ever change their relation to the spontaneous ? |
| 28 | ( Marshalls ) Here the texture of stone is achieved by splitting the blocks to expose the rough sandstone finish inside . |
| 29 | Another sort of stone is used for pitching streets , and some of the thin stones for covering of buildings … |
| 30 | Measurement of porosity is achieved by determining the volume of gas displaced from the pore spaces of a known bulk volume of rock . |