Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [noun] is " in BNC.

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1 I 'd say you 're twice as clever as your Mum thinks Lottie is . ’
2 A three-phase stepping motor is excited one-phase-on by its rated current of 2 A.
3 In one sense , yes ; the diet which has resulted in excessive weight gain or inability to lose weight is not the diet that you need to eat in future .
4 This need would be particularly acute in mature schemes where most members are drawing their pensions and the need for income generating investments is greatest .
5 ‘ My sister thinks Garry is abroad , ’ he said , answering the question she had n't liked to ask .
6 Asking the patient to recall a typical 24 hours eating pattern is often the most helpful way of assessing dietary habits .
7 David Lee from ENERGIZE thinks Electro is on its way back , and could speak for many hours about the halcyon days before Electro meant toddlers break-dancing in the streets , title-dropping classics like Man Parrish 's ‘ Hip Hop Be Bop ’ , early Mantronix , and Shannon .
8 The activating field producing resonance is the electric and magnetic field set up by an overhead power line or magnetic field producing appliance such as an electric blanket , etc .
9 Vauxhall Motors AC is one of several sports clubs that uses the land regularly .
10 Second , it is virtually impossible to determine exactly how much Grampian produced whisky is exported because much of it is blended and/or bottled elsewhere .
11 Whereas the right of establishment entitles a company incorporated in one member state to set up agencies , branches and subsidiaries , without discrimination on grounds of nationality , in the territory of another , the purpose of the freedom to provide services is to enable a company established in one member state to do business in the territory of another without setting up agencies , branches or subsidiaries , and indeed without complying with all the rules and regulations of the second state , as explained below .
12 Critics claim the grant maintained initiative is losing momentum with only 309 schools , out of 24,000 , opting out in three years .
13 Where the gathering is already under way when the decision to impose conditions is taken , the section permits the ‘ most senior in rank of the police officers present at the scene ’ to impose the conditions .
14 By contrast , the decision to impose conditions is taken by the policeman , and it may be that the courts will not defer so readily to the judgment of a single person as to what the scope of his powers actually is .
15 But where the newspaper story has significance is in describing , and indeed representing , the limitations of a present position , which on one level is based upon an explicitly favourable stance , yet which contains its own implicit limitations .
16 That the manganese oxide contains uranium is shown by the autoradiograph right , in which dense concentrations of alpha tracks reflect the manganese oxide 's distribution .
17 Health experts say breast is best , and to encourage women to breastfeed the Health Education Authority has brought out a new leaflet explaining the benefits .
18 The society in which Dornford Yates 's chivalrous heroes ride out in their Rolls-Royces to combat evil is too near to our own to be viewed historically .
19 Now any research given funding is small scale with the intention of competing with high cost fossil fuels such as diesel .
20 Mineral extraction using organisms is another aspect of biotechnology that is relevant to environmental quality and its increasing use as a mechanism for extracting minerals from ores or from mined materials simply harnesses the natural ability of many organisms to break down mineral-containing rock .
21 His conclusion that the case did not fall within the class of cases involving unlawful demands colore officii is in line with what I consider to be the correct approach as enunciated by Isaacs and Windeyer JJ .
22 The government 's advisers say that this is a rare condition ‘ in which the ability of the blood to carry oxygen is decreased , characteristically causing a grey/blue tint to the skin ’ .
23 To keep it simple , a data handling service is bundled in , so that Saunders Jeffries acts as the bridge between the retailer and the bank for credit card transactions as well as electronically updating the till 's list of stolen cards .
24 It would be pleasant to be able to say that , as a result , the existence of all automated personal data handling systems is known , even if not much has been vouchsafed of what they do .
25 The second rule assisting employees is the provision contained in the legislation entitling any employee of at least two years ' standing to a written statement of reasons for dismissal .
26 The medium in which the mind fabricates generality is language .
27 The TAS Books Account Processor is sold direct to the end user as well as through dealers .
28 Construction : this double layered offset stitched bag is constructed in such a way to prevent any cold spots .
29 There seems no good reason why herbs should not be used at home to cure many minor ills , in the same way that aspirin are useful for headaches , toothache , etc. , and the day may not be far away when a book of standard prescriptions using herbs is universally available .
30 But he declined to say whether the inspectors — two teams acting together for the first time in Iraq — had found any of the Scud missiles the United Nations thinks Iraq is hiding .
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