Example sentences of "[verb] is [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The metal we used is from an old caravan roof which we bonded to the wood with Evostick , ’ explained Tony . |
| 2 | As social engineering is highly suspect then the only way that the HIDB can be accepted is through an economic development programme . |
| 3 | Where the only payment made is under an agreement with a Third Party Insurer in the absence of which no payment would have been made . |
| 4 | Content and Methodology Most of the training currently being offered is at an introductory level . |
| 5 | The rule of recognition providing the criteria by which the validity of other rules of the system is assessed is in an important sense , which we shall try to clarify , an ultimate rule : and where , as is usual , there are several criteria ranked in order of relative subordination and primacy one of them is supreme … |
| 6 | This divergence between collective and individual rationality is not encountered when the means by which the real wage is reduced is via an increase in the absolute price level . |
| 7 | £50,000 play area plan considered COUNCILLORS are being asked to approve a £50,000 safe play area for Preston Park , near Stockton , which officials claim is of an innovative design . |
| 8 | The threshold at which mental handicap is considered to commence is at an IQ of 70 , although people with IQs of between 50 and 70 are considered only mildly mentally handicapped , and most children in this category will pass through the educational process along with other children . |
| 9 | The letter it sends is to an attractive friend who goes about ‘ bagging birds ’ , and who belongs to a world in which the beautiful say yes to the beautiful and wildly misbehave , a world which is said to be ‘ described on Sundays only ’ , in papers like the News of the World — but which is also described in Take a girl like you . |
| 10 | A manager who is held accountable for aspects of performance which he has no power or authority to control is in an impossible position . |
| 11 | Whereas the district in which we live is under an agreement between the three great companies — the Midland being one — that not one of them shall promote a railway in the district without the consent of all three companies ; the continuation of the Bishop 's Castle line is now saddled with the further condition that it shall not be made independently of the Corvedale line , whereas a proposal was made by one of the largest shareholders in the Cambrian to complete it independently of any other line . |
| 12 | The date and time specified is in an invalid format . |
| 13 | The future date specified is in an invalid format . |
| 14 | The past date specified is in an invalid format . |
| 15 | The relative time specified is in an invalid format . |
| 16 | This means that the thankless task of nagging is of an elevated importance in the unknown band 's armoury of skills : the less notice they take , the more you need to pester them . |
| 17 | Even a small park with a few facilities can achieve ***** if what it offers is to an exceptionally high quality standard . |
| 18 | The shot we require is of an American Trident missile being launched from a submarine and eventually going out of control . |
| 19 | The work that Levi valued is of an order to which Auschwitz — with the lying motto over its gates , Arbeit macht frei — was built to be antithetical . |
| 20 | Please remember that even a Listed or 1 Crown place , or 1 Key holiday home , can still be Highly Commended if what it provides is to an exceptionally high standard . |