Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] is [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The view through the small rear mirror is rather limited , as Jill Stanton has mentioned before , and the manual wing mirrors are so stiff that trying to fine-tune them is like trying to thread a needle wearing boxing gloves .
2 For Gandhi , particular religions are necessary to convey what it might mean to speak of the one , true and perfect Religion which is beyond predication and not realized within finite existence .
3 But they seek also to have a religion which is in tune with the world in which we live .
4 If you add in the structural maintenance which is in the capital programme , which amounts to two point two million , and add that to the seventeen point two , you get nineteen point four million and that 's the figure that needs to be with last year 's figure at eighteen point three .
5 Ladies and Gentlemen I will not waste your time by repr repeating my printed annual report to the Association which is on page four of your agenda papers .
6 The final result is just as the simple quantity theory states , except that the monetarist view explains the process by reference to a stable demand for money function and an exogenously determined money stock which is under the control of the monetary authorities .
7 Depending on the type of stock , as indicated below , stock which is in excess of the relevant number of years ' usage should be provided against as follows :
8 They feel he is on their side which is like a breath of fresh air in this game for most of us have known to our cost that there are many jockeys who do n't always give their 100pc — especially when our money is down .
9 I feel that the most important part of any shot is the point of contact on every stroke which is in front of the body .
10 To counteract this , one must consider growing few plants other than the all important submerged oxygenating plants , or else arresting the turbulence by placing beneath the fountain a large ring which is of greater diameter than the lower bowl .
11 The first the little report under the heading of faith and life , on page five of your reports the second is the report of the provincial advocate which is on page six and the third , the report of the Youth Secretary which is on page twenty .
12 This is the " kidney worm " of sine which is of economic importance in its endemic areas .
13 As can be seen from the table below , the area of Champagne under vine which is in production has increased by 40% since 1970 .
14 This may be an exaggerated view of the public 's overall reaction , but it is certainly not of a vocal minority : It is this pursuit of utopia which is at the heart of the reason why anyone concerned with buildings should understand and take into account the impact of planning control .
15 The Engineering Council also operates the Technology Enhancement Programme which is for 14–19 year olds and aims to increase capability in technology , mathematics and science , developing skills that are matched to the needs of industry .
16 It 's all part of the PE programme which is to be introduced onto the National Curriculum for the first time .
17 The waste ground is separated from a park by some old fencing which is in need of repair .
18 The data dictionary — being developed using SNI 's Entity Relationship Model ( UX No 409 ) — will form the basis of a planned Informix repository which is at least a year out and does n't have a target interface environment yet .
19 The other thing that 's important to bear in mind which is in the report is you 're not necessarily comparing exactly like with like , when you compare your provision with what we 're currently buying in the independent sector .
20 In such a setting arousal is expected to arise naturally from the situation confronting the driver and it is likely to be memory for the source of arousal which is of particular interest ( e.g. memory for the behaviour of another vehicle involved in an accident ) .
21 A person 's previous research experience will obviously determine the level of research which is to be begun .
22 These mechanics for transfer are strictly not dealt with through the post but the Filing and Record Department which is at Room 81 , Royal Courts of Justice , London WC2A 2LL although it is prepared to make an exception provided all of the documents , so far as applicable , set out in the above Practice Direction are sent to it by post ( an unofficial proforma provided to solicitors in fact repeats the list ) ; though in lieu of the proforma no doubt a letter referring to the items in the list would equally suffice .
23 I grabbed hold of the gravimetric to turn it round to look for the the switch which is on other side .
24 For example , he states that the theory of representations ‘ excludes the idea of thought or perception which is without anchor ’ ( 1983 : 36 ) .
25 Every other group produces more sophisticated results than yours , your own results seem to vanish in the general feedback , and to cap it all she then shows you work which is more sophisticated than any of yours , probably containing a result which is on the A level further mathematics syllabus , and declares that it is work from mixed-ability 13 year olds !
26 My name is Gloria and I run a beauty salon which is at the end of the high street by R D
27 It is a reply which is at once deferential and contemptuous , self-effacing and arrogant .
28 This is the role where he proves his worth with a characterisation which is by turns taciturn , compassionate and obsessed .
29 Ideally an entry which is at present only a cross-reference might be better made into a full entry , while the existing entries might be better turned into cross-references , and so on .
30 Leavis himself is by now reduced to an expression of gratitude for the letters page of The Times in " the world of triumphant modernity , the world of power centres from which the quantity-addicted machinery of civilization is controlled , directed and exploited " and in which " literature in the old sense has ceased to matter " Henceforth the conception of English as a central force for sustaining the national cultural " heritage " would become largely the property of the right .
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