Example sentences of "[verb] is [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , however , is surely not a matter for grave concern ( except of course to ardent devotees ) since the precise metaphysical status of the magic shibboleth is of much less interest than the insights which it has inspired . |
| 2 | Which I suggest is after that workshop . |
| 3 | Although any one assignment which the company has is of short duration , the company itself continues in being , following up that assignment by another . |
| 4 | Anxious to conclude the meeting , he added : ‘ Everything else you need to know is in that envelope — that includes any funds that you may require . |
| 5 | Everything you need to know is in this document . ’ |
| 6 | You may be asked for a replacement photograph if the one you supply is of poor quality . |
| 7 | They occur more commonly , and surgery is more frequently practised upon them ; but what I say is of equal relevance to female-to-male transsexuals . |
| 8 | This year 's ‘ local ’ booking they say is at Old Shildon Working Men 's Club on February 14 . |
| 9 | Anything you say is in absolute confidence . ’ |
| 10 | If I were back at the A squared , I squared is minus one , so I 've got minus three squared , there 's two give me by I Equals minus thirty nine , now because those two complex numbers are the same are the same , so sixteen is E S squared minus three square , the imaginary grids are also the same , so minus thirty equals two , eight B. |
| 11 | Dividend stripping is to some extent considered legitimate tax planning by the Inland Revenue , provided it is done within the confines of s176 and provided also that reserves out of which to pay a dividend are not " artificially " created . |
| 12 | The picture thus sketched is in strong contrast to the popular view of housewives as a leisured class . |
| 13 | One possibility being considered is for solar power to be used to pump downstream water back up to the main reservoir , so restoring the head of water needed to generate hydro-electric power . |
| 14 | The extent to which this should be viewed as a utilitarian calculus of some kind , or whether a more dignitarian approach should be pursued is of considerable importance . |
| 15 | The model recommended is in four parts . |
| 16 | Rightly or wrongly , what chairmen want is to narrow ownership back into the hands of rich individuals . |
| 17 | When it comes to saving lives or building bridges , the last thing we want is for uninformed and inexperienced students to form their own ideas . |
| 18 | One point five inverse time , fifty six point three is in there , so the answer we want is minus two , one , three one , two , three , , seven , so add that to and I hear one , two , four , . |
| 19 | And Carol and Ann are white and all it needs is for one of them to lead the other , censoring friendship , arousing hostility . |
| 20 | What is more , the incubation it needs is in any case one or two days less than that needed by its hosts ' chicks , so the young cuckoo stands a good chance of appearing before the legitimate chicks do . |
| 21 | Indeed , the way in which they interact is of crucial importance . |
| 22 | The only thing you can do is to quiet him down , to frighten him off . |
| 23 | What you got ta do is like that . |
| 24 | The only way in which these late pouch excisions are likely to be minimised is by greater care in patient selection , particularly the identification of Crohn 's disease . |
| 25 | The University is informed at least 14 days in advance of any meeting or other event at which the speaker or the subject matter to which the meeting or event related is of such a nature that difficulties might be caused for the University in the discharge of its legal responsibility to ensure that freedom of speech within the law is secure for persons using its premises ; |
| 26 | The address they have selected is in that envelope . |
| 27 | Whether the UK 's proposal will be accepted is in some doubt , not least because it has failed to engender the support of other Member States . |
| 28 | It will be seen that this explanation does not touch the question of whether what is sought is in any sense ‘ evidence ’ . |
| 29 | The best time to visit is in stormy conditions when the birds are on the wing , but the day we went was calm and we saw them only sitting on their nests . |
| 30 | The best time to visit is from early May to late July . |