Example sentences of "[verb] [is] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In grammar , putting a noun or noun equivalent beside another for the purpose of a more complete explanation or description , eg in The news that he had won surprised Tom , a young lad of eight the clause that he had won is in apposition to the noun news and the phrase a young lad of eight is in apposition to the noun Tom . |
| 2 | It 's then we 've got of course and once we 've got it , we 've got ta take on board the implications in relation to what the training we provide is in relation |
| 3 | The only way that illegal wildlife trade will be successfully curbed is by governments committing more time and resources to do so . |
| 4 | In the rumen , H 2 is consumed by methanogenic bacteria and similarly , in methanogenic human subjects , 75% of the hydrogen excreted is as methane . |
| 5 | The final way in which the decision might be varied is on appeal . |
| 6 | His story as it unfolds is at times scarcely credible when we think back to the way things were in Frome in the 1790s . |
| 7 | The speed it has is for motorway shunting . |
| 8 | I 'm never quite sure really to be honest whether these individuals had an interview with Jesus or Jesus had an interview with them , because whether they thought that Jesus or whether they thought they were doing the , the probing and the questioning really it was Jesus who was in charge of the interview , you may of watched er certain chat shows on the , on the television or heard them on the radio and er depending who the person being interviewed is , very often it actually changes , and its the interviewer who really is being put through it , its the , its the person who 's being interviewed is in charge of the situation and that was the case here Jesus . |
| 9 | Others say that the resemblance one notices is between sensations , and that what one means when one says something is white is that a sensation one has on looking at it resembles a sensation one has had before and to which one gave the name ‘ sensation of white ’ . |
| 10 | Although his letter does not deny that Chlothild had a part to play in Clovis 's conversion , nor that the king decided to accept baptism during a battle against the Alamans , in some respects the information it contains is at odds with Gregory 's account and , therefore , with the traditional interpretation of events . |
| 11 | The longest follow up reported is by O'Sullivan . |
| 12 | referring to adjudication those cases where a client 's entitlement to benefit is in doubt ; |
| 13 | Building surveying is by definition a very technical skill . |
| 14 | What he writes is of interest because it shows his attitude to his illness , and to the importance of relieving the pressures of his illness . |
| 15 | One project being actively considered is on household wealth and inheritance . |
| 16 | The bacteria destroys flesh , so what you smell is in fact rotting flesh . |
| 17 | One of the first-time buyer discounts that Martin should consider is from Abbey National . |
| 18 | ‘ Manners , she says — but all you want is to belt across country for a couple of miles . |
| 19 | and all I want is to type down there , cos that 's all I do |
| 20 | ‘ The lad you want is under lock and key , ’ said Cadfael , dismayed . |
| 21 | ‘ All I want is for Scotland to keep winning . |
| 22 | All we want is for things to go back to normal . ’ |
| 23 | All you want is for things |
| 24 | Now that we do live much longer with better health care generally , what we want is for women to be able to live that last third of their lives in health and being able to enjoy themselves and contribute to the community , not feeling that they 're crippled by pain . |
| 25 | ‘ The only thing I really want is for Alonzo Kettless to carve me an East Suffolk Policeman 's helmet , ’ said Chief Superintendent Rom Rumsby on his retirement . |
| 26 | If all he wants is to hitchhikers does n't he ? |
| 27 | Essentially , what she wants is for Berowne to discover what is serious in life , and to stop fooling all the time . |
| 28 | I think that what she really wants is for words to be more like numbers . |
| 29 | Most of the problem being addressed is in Berkshire , but a large part of the solution is proposed in Buckinghamshire , in my hon. Friend 's constituency . |
| 30 | Cos what normally happens is with tetanus , that the reason it kills you is that you stop breathing because your muscles that work your lungs , the diaphragm , the intercostal muscles between the ribs , those seize up and you just stop breathing . |