Example sentences of "[verb] is [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect on a school would be devastating erm the school has already lost one teacher , the s the actual demand is increasing erm if we were to lose yet another teacher then what would we would be denying is education to the children , the best possible education . |
| 2 | Bills being discounted and re-discounted is part of the Sterling Money Market at work . |
| 3 | What matters is survival in the here and now . |
| 4 | What matters is access to Japan 's markets ; America would be content if Japan increased its imports and exports by the same amount ( leaving the trade balance , and the associated accounting identities , undisturbed ) . |
| 5 | The usual legal connotations of ownership are therefore irrelevant , but the possession of information , or the ability to control it , may nevertheless be of great significance ; in an entirely trivial sense the paper or computer tape on which information is recorded can be owned , and while this does not confer rights of ownership over the information itself , this distinction may seem empty if what really matters is control of access to and use of information . |
| 6 | Also included is information on ecumenical activity in each region of the world and in the various world communions . |
| 7 | you need to write is sine of sine of forty equals what ? |
| 8 | A default action is any action , other than an admiralty action or a rent action , in which the only relief claimed is payment of money , whether that sum is already ascertained ( eg a debt ) or is to be ascertained in due course by the court ( damages ) . |
| 9 | Although the only relief claimed is payment of money , in form of process it resembles a fixed-date action ( see below ) . |
| 10 | It is not that the cells die because they are sick or somehow abnormal — dying is part of their programmed development . |
| 11 | S but what they say is part of his managerial status demanded him having a company car to which I was given one as well but in effect that then became his wife 's because he was still banned for drink driving . |
| 12 | I do n't know how strong it is because as I say , erm most contracts of employment do include a provision that if somebody h has a driving licence and loses it and driving is part of their work , even if it 's only a minor part of their work , then the employer can erm dismiss . |
| 13 | The most important determinant of gall bladder emptying is contraction of gall bladder smooth muscle , although the resistance to bile flow at the cystic duct and sphincter of Oddi may also modulate the process . |
| 14 | Surely if all we want is prints off existing things all you need do is a request with a DOPACS number ? |
| 15 | What we want is peace with security . " |
| 16 | Now if you 've got somebody who you are protecting their family , and they 'll be paying that plan twenty five years or more , the fact that they pay commissions out for the first four years is immaterial , what they want is peace of mind and protection . |
| 17 | Now I I remember talking to him for hours once on a programme about education and this was when he first said what we want is teachers to be accountable . |
| 18 | The last thing we want is pictures of him on the back pages having a punch-up . |
| 19 | Or : ‘ What I want is paper with narrow lines , |
| 20 | In Selfoss the assistant in the chemist 's tries to sell us surgical spirit when we ask for meths and there is a pantomime while Tony explains to her , in best sign language , that what he wants is spirit for a Trangia . |
| 21 | Then we thought it might have been something criminal — but Joe is clever enough to steer clear of anything illegal , the last think he needs is investigation by the police . |
| 22 | I know one thing she needs is mail from home , as this cheers her up and reminds her she is not alone . |
| 23 | The first question to be addressed is presentation of what ? |
| 24 | An avenue Lord Owen wants to explore is compliance by Croats and Muslims in territory they control . |
| 25 | The best you can do is silks for a jockey skullcap , but should n't we be able to buy hats covered with light or reflective materials , instead of velvet , for road use ? |
| 26 | I think the most important thing that we 've done is talk about it . |
| 27 | The worse thing I 've ever done is wax for my legs I did it once mhm |
| 28 | I 'm afraid Michael , the ‘ yobs ’ are still with us — all they have done is move into the seats . |
| 29 | The Taxing fee when a bill has been taxed is 5p for each £ or part thereof of the total bill including disbursements and VAT . |
| 30 | The Palestinians , many of whom are desperate as a result of roots in the poverty of the refugee camps , hold few cards other than their determination not to be subdued and the ‘ armed struggle ’ through which this determination is sometimes expressed ; what they seek is recognition of some form of statehood on Palestinian soil . |