Example sentences of "[adj] is [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd say when you go to this afternoon er ring the doorbell and say er just get handed a crash helmet and say this is for coming after . |
| 2 | So all you need to do is remember that table which is the same , the same as when you , this is for adding adding or subtracting , and the same table for multiplying or dividing , yeah ? |
| 3 | When we did our table this is for adding and taking away erm that 's a positive number and that 's a negative number , okay ? |
| 4 | a sketch , if you plotted it on paper , but this is without plotting it , we 're getting it quite accurately . |
| 5 | This is without boosting his monthly payments at all for ten years . |
| 6 | Ray Montgomery , works manager for the east division , said : ‘ This is about trying to change the culture of the organisation , devolving power to people on the ground . |
| 7 | Well this is about make sure that you want |
| 8 | This is worth considering . |
| 9 | This is worth remembering if your employer tries to justify giving you a raw deal by interpreting a stringent contract of employment harshly , eg by insisting you move your place of work at short notice and without financial help from Leeds to Birmingham , as in one case — even where this is within the terms of an express contractual mobility clause . |
| 10 | This is worth emphasising since monetary control regulations often include references to ratios of various sorts . |
| 11 | And all and another thing I tell you th this this is worth knowing I 've seen you wo n't credit it but I 've seen a rowing boat in Street . |
| 12 | This is worth unravelling , even at the expense of a brief excursion into the mathematical realm of complex numbers . |
| 13 | Many models can be fitted with double doors , so this is worth checking , too . |
| 14 | Minister Michael Howard says this is worth paying because global warming is ‘ an issue of concern to everyone ’ . |
| 15 | This is worth clearing up on the list now , before anything is sent , so what d'y'all think ? |
| 16 | The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour and this is worth keeping in mind as part of the assessment of risk . |
| 17 | This is despite quoting statistics that present a much more favourable view of the Czechs . |
| 18 | One of the ways we achieve this is by creating apartments within the houses , based on a monthly charge from £600 per person together with a returnable loan . |
| 19 | One of the ways we achieve this is by creating apartments within the houses , based on a monthly charge from £600 per person together with a returnable loan . |
| 20 | One way of doing this is by taking a unit-linked endowment . |
| 21 | We can see why this is by taking examples from human weapons technology . |
| 22 | But if the best way to do this is by romping around a campfire and sniffing each other 's bottoms is open to question . |
| 23 | One very good way to do this is by exploring our bodies on our own . |
| 24 | One convenient way to represent this is by using the Pratt-Arrow concept of absolute risk aversion , |
| 25 | 4 ) The way to achieve this is by following the Noble Eightfold Path — right views , right thought , right speech , right actions , right employment , right mental discipline , right endeavour , right meditation . |
| 26 | Clearly , if one is interested in deviant groups , and is convinced that the way to understanding their behaviour is to see the world from their point of view , the best way to achieve this is by becoming deeply involved in their way of life . |
| 27 | One way of overcoming this is by spinning a large-area sample of the solid in the laser beam , so that any individual spot is irradiated for a short time only , and is able to cool before being brought back into the beam . |
| 28 | The way we must do this is by working together to get our costs down and ensuring we provide the quality of service out customers need at the right price . |
| 29 | It takes a Wittgenstein to pull us up with a jolt , by saying that this is like translating a chair — not the word ‘ chair ’ , but a chair — into French . |
| 30 | This is like discussing the royal family without mentioning the Queen . |