Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The administration of the remedy is like dropping a pebble into the water 's edge , the ripples/waves resulting will depending on their homœopathicity cancel out the energy disturbance of the disease . |
| 2 | The Football Association is considering re-opening its investigation into financial irregularities at Swindon Town . |
| 3 | Rather than confront the exchange 's Byzantine politics again to try to revive the merger talks , a nascent derivatives association is considering starting a brand-new options market , possibly under LIFFE 's arm — or even with the European Options Exchange . |
| 4 | The most effective means of maintaining healthy stock is by maintaining healthy water . |
| 5 | One variant of the experiment is worth mentioning . |
| 6 | AN ENVOY believed to be a Russian double-spy is in hiding in Britain . |
| 7 | Absence of status consciousness is worth commenting on further as an effect of national culture on scores . |
| 8 | It was to be known whether the mines " are like to continue as they have been , & whether the Oare is like to continue at the same rate it hath been at , and whether it be of the same goodness as it hath been . " |
| 9 | The most obvious way to assess men 's awareness of AIDS is by measuring their use of condoms . |
| 10 | Critics seem to have it the other way round , so there 's a lot of stuff talked about me using different styles , but there does n't seem to be much said about whether it works , or whether it 's done with taste , or whether the end result is worth having . |
| 11 | The net result is like sitting in a club with all the right credentials but failing to have a good time . |
| 12 | ‘ The only way most clubs aim to boost revenue is through playing more matches or increasing its merchandising activities . |
| 13 | For example , a 14-year-old who gets out of his seat in class must be taught , with rewards , that staying in his seat is worth choosing and , with punishments , that getting out of his seat is not worth choosing . |
| 14 | 736 and so firmly reiterated in Makanjuola v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is by invoking the decision of the Court of Appeal in Peach v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [ 1986 ] Q.B . |
| 15 | Building self-esteem is about appreciating strengths and developing them as much as it is about gaining an understanding of weaknesses . |
| 16 | One simple way of creating tension in your soloing is by using Pentatonics ‘ outside ’ of the normal harmony suggested by the chord changes . |
| 17 | All non-specialist information is obtained from online services and , indeed , one department is considering putting specialist information on to its own database . |
| 18 | As for ‘ aware ’ , its associations are with the cognate ‘ ware ’ , ‘ beware ’ , ‘ wary ’ , ‘ warn ’ ; the analogy is with putting oneself on guard against a peril , a vigilance imposed by pressing need or by duty . |
| 19 | Quoting messages ; The only way I can see of ‘ reply'ing to a message , but sending it to the listserver is by FORWARDing it . |
| 20 | Cocaine is for anaesthetising against pain . ’ |
| 21 | The only way in which the European Community can work in the future is by linking the concept of the free market with that strong collective provision . |
| 22 | In pondering these options , the key point to bear in mind is that the only way a society can get a rich future is by engineering a rich economy . |
| 23 | The traditional way of undertaking market research is through using questionnaires but there are difficulties in gathering information by this method . |
| 24 | A good place to start your research is by buying a copy of the book Careers Working Outdoors by Judith Humphries published by Kogan Page , priced £5.99 . |
| 25 | The way Easterbrook 's hypothesis has been applied to memory research is by making a distinction between central and peripheral information associated with the arousing item . |
| 26 | The skill of research is in accessing fundamental points quickly and substantiating them with hard data . |
| 27 | But that is n't to say that doing research is like breathing — or speak prose — you do it all the time without realising . |
| 28 | But that is n't to say that doing research is like breathing — you do it all the time without realising . |
| 29 | The emphasis in this chapter is on identifying the needs and problems of the potential buyer and presenting a product or service as a means of fulfilling that need or solving that problem . |
| 30 | This chapter is about taking precautions . |