Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The importance of looking for reasons to explain aggression or demanding behaviour is well illustrated in this case . |
| 2 | Kate Hargreaves of Careers for Women thinks that , on the contrary , a decision to stop short or change tack is brave and positive , but can indeed be a difficult one to take . |
| 3 | Crosscountry , or langlauf skiing is definitely becoming more popular all over Europe — and with very good reason . |
| 4 | To make your own cage , you need one or two large plastic bottles ( such as those in which squash or cooking oil is sold , the 4 litre size ) ; a piece of nylon netting about 10 cm square ; a large rubber band ; acetate sheet ( not essential ) ; sticky tape ( such as Sellotape ) ; cotton-wool ; a small jam jar or a pickle jar ( no lids ) . |
| 5 | John Sayers who recently retired as divisional manager of Decommissioning & Radwaste 's ( D&R ) Radwaste Operations & Handling Division is pictured here with his ‘ surprise ’ retirement gift of a model made by D&R 's Remote Handling & Robotics Department . |
| 6 | As a result the bargaining position of these workers when they try to find work or gain promotion is little better than that of manual workers . |
| 7 | Where cooking fat is concerned , choose sunflower oil or safflower oil rather than blended vegetable oils or hard fats such as lard . |
| 8 | Chris Welch has written ‘ The sight of cropped heads and the sound of heavy boots entering the midnight Wimpy bar or dance hall is cause for sinking feelings in the pit of the stomach . ’ |
| 9 | This is showing you that the sentence or command line is a comment or reminder , and is not being implicated at the moment . |
| 10 | Further complexities in place deixis arise if the speaker is in motion — it then becomes quite possible to use temporal terms in order to refer to deictic locations , as in : ( 86 ) I first heard that ominous rattle ten miles ago ( 87 ) There 's a good fast food joint just ten minutes from here This raises the issue about whether time deixis or place deixis is more basic . |
| 11 | An interesting point is that the tendency to fracture by the spreading of cracks is relatively little affected by temperature whereas the viscosity or shearing stress is very dependent upon temperature . |
| 12 | The advantage of this over , say tuck or slip stitch is that the pattern appears on the right side of the garment . |
| 13 | The media or press release is one of the basic communication tools of any media relations programme . |
| 14 | And this perhaps is true where trading efficiency is the issue . |
| 15 | The entrances can be defined as those holes exhibiting quantities of scraped-out sand or soil around them , whereas a bolt or exit hole is simply that , a hole in the ground with no other clue to its whereabouts than that hole . |
| 16 | Parsley needs far more root-room than it is usually given ; the main or tap root is rather like a small carrot , and this should be allowed for . |
| 17 | However , it will have become clear from the preceding discussion that purely convergent or transform movement is unlikely to occur except along short sections of a plate boundary . |
| 18 | Each computer on the network should have its own registered copy of each piece of software unless either a site or networking licence is obtained . |
| 19 | It is truly a sublime glen : you can scarcely allow the eye to leave for a minute the mighty mountain walls on either side ( for some new scar , or crag , or corrie , or leaping cataract is ever being discovered ) , and their charming variegation of shade and tint among the mosses , rock , and grass , or among the heath and heather-bell . |
| 20 | For the ultimate addition of oxygen , the wet and dry or trickle filter is king . |
| 21 | The shares have been soaring on hopes that the rate rises would go through , and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp is likely to get some of the local rate increases it is seeking , Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Junichiro Koizumi told Reuters : the company wants to raise rates across the board , but the hikes are likely to be granted only for pay telephones , not for households or businesses . |
| 22 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 23 | I think that 's a good example of where defining requirements is , is quite difficult . |
| 24 | And where defining requirements is difficult what tends to happen is that we do n't bother . |
| 25 | Noting the times when you get a bite or catch fish is especially useful for night fishing , for you soon learn which are the productive periods and which are the dead times . |
| 26 | Of course the solicitor will charge the band when a record or publishing deal is signed . |
| 27 | Who can say now that this solution can survive in a larger Europe in which a unified or confederated Germany is the strongest element ? |
| 28 | Who can say now that this solution can survive in a larger Europe in which a unified or confederated Germany is the strongest element ? |
| 29 | The central frequency of the pass or stop band is , of course , given by and the width of response by the Q-factor of the resonant combination . |
| 30 | But this is an unimaginative conclusion , for there might be other relationships revealed when the oppressive or shielding stone is lifted and taken away ; even if the family — parents and children — will certainly be there . |