Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your articles on women and workers make fascinating reading but provide us with little hope that a movement for change is likely to come from these quarters . |
| 2 | But the most effective channel for change is underground workers themselves , organizing into groups or networks . |
| 3 | Elderly people 's ‘ need ’ for support is difficult to measure directly , but a reasonable indicator can be obtained by asking them about their capacity to perform a range of daily living activities and self-care tasks , and about their mobility . |
| 4 | Gold for Cooking is unique : it can be used in the same quantity in your recipes as butter or margarine but has 25% less fat . |
| 5 | So , in Danger Rock , the practical knowledge of small ships and heavy seas belonging to the sailor known as Shelty is available to the apprentice of eighteen , Jim Naylor , who for his part rises to the challenge of danger ( when he and his fellow apprentices land on an uninhabited island off the Newfoundland coast after their ship has been holed by ice ) because he has been trained with command in mind . |
| 6 | I believe that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence is aware of the situation . |
| 7 | Whether his object in doing this was because of guilt in relation to Meehan or a continued desire for notoriety is impossible to say . |
| 8 | It can also offer a workforce which through experience is willing , adaptable and ready to retrain . |
| 9 | Without entering into the fine detail of what is required for a system of institutional international law it is clear that merely historically-established conventions followed according to the discretion of the participants in international relationships between states is insufficient to constitute law and is better regarded as a form of anarchy . |
| 10 | A sedentary existence or a job that keeps you standing around for hours is liable to encourage a poor circulation as well as allowing the buttock and thigh muscles to become weak and flabby , making cellulite much worse . |
| 11 | The sea off Sussex is shallow ; only off the chalk cliffs and at Fairlight does the five-fathom line come nearer than one kilometre from the shore , and along most of the county it is three or more kilometres out from the shore . |
| 12 | Here a non-residual insecticide such as pirimicarb is essential . |
| 13 | The desire for freedom is irrepressible . |
| 14 | To lose them through apathy is sinful . |
| 15 | The need for faith is evident from the relation Gandhi conceives to exist between ahi sā and Truth , and from his belief in the essential unity of all life . |
| 16 | The removal of the ‘ problem ’ of what to do about aggravations is wonderful and gives complete freedom to use the range of remedies whatever reputation they may have for over-reacting or whatever rules may have evolved about not repeating . |
| 17 | Linkage of the cytoplasmic domain to the cytoskeleton through proteins known as catenins is necessary for cadherin function . |
| 18 | Because philosophical argument and social theory have floated so far apart , the debate about reduction is liable to seem trivial — an arcane preoccupation which has no counterpart in studies of particular social phenomena . |
| 19 | Upjohn 's treatment , over the years as adverse reaction reports have accumulated , of the starting dosage recommendations for triazolam is instructive . |
| 20 | I mean for instance is gipsy a very helpful word . |
| 21 | Lavender oil for instance is relaxing and antiseptic and will help heal spots , whilst neroli obtained from orange blossom works well on dry skin and is said to be an anti-depressant too . |
| 22 | SUNDERLAND 'S Trainer of the Month for March is Sacriston-based David Mullins . |
| 23 | Since every organization is made up of a number of different groups of employees , the question of collaboration between groups is vital for obtaining an overall balance in the social system . |
| 24 | ( b ) with intent to make permanent default in whole or in part on any existing liability to make a payment , or with intent to let another do so , dishonestly induces the creditor or any person claiming payment on behalf of the creditor to wait for payment ( whether or not the due date for payment is deferred ) or to forgo payment : or |
| 25 | But the need for discrimination is plain enough . |
| 26 | Much of what passes for creativity is flashy or fashionable , or relies on advertising industry in-jokes . |
| 27 | The idea that women have a headstart through upbringing is strange . |
| 28 | Monetarists argue that the demand for money is inelastic with respect to interest rates and also fairly stable over time . |
| 29 | The problem is more acute if the overall demand for money is inelastic and is subject to fluctuations . |
| 30 | In this theory , the real demand for money is proportional to real output ( and does not depend on interest rates at all ) . |