Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In depression , less is known about biological vulnerability , but knowledge is accumulating about other explanations ( see chapters 4 and 5 ) . |
| 2 | To our church came such spiritual giants as Rev Reginald Barlett of Samoa , and the South Seas , Miss Mabel Shaw of Mbershi , whose adopted daughter is helping with modern Zambia , a housewoman from Dr Ida Scudder 's hospital at Velore , central India and a missionary from China who knew about the conditions there and in Hong Kong , and who had also met Toyohiko Kagawa of Japan and knew that , in very truth , this son of a Geisha and who knows who , was a world figure , now pleading at the League of Nations for more attention to World Health than to armaments . |
| 3 | Apart from sending troops , Egypt is helping in other ways . |
| 4 | It is differentiated from other ovine lungworms by its larger size and straight tail . |
| 5 | Indeed , if the reduction of infant mortality is differentiated by maternal age , as in the case of Hungary ( which is probable considering that socio-economic factors such as , for example , educational achievement or economic activity , are also associated with maternal age ) , the differential rate of reduction should necessarily cause some modifications in the relationship between infant mortality and maternal age in other countries , too . |
| 6 | Streamlined for swimming , much of the energy used in walking is squandered on side-to-side motion . |
| 7 | Philip French wrote in The Times , ‘ Once again , the considerable talent of Michael Crawford is squandered on feeble material , and he is excusably incapable of convincing us of the irresistible attraction of an insipid newcomer called Genevieve Gilles , who delivers her lines as if reading them from the small print of an oculist 's chart ( from which they might well have derived ) . |
| 8 | He also demonstrates how hard it is to maintain this view , and how easy it is to lapse into logocentric assumptions . |
| 9 | Alison Halford has dropped her sex discrimination case against Merseyside Police and announced that she is to retire on medical grounds with a lump sum payment and pension . |
| 10 | R. Knowland , CChem , FRSC , is to retire as managing director of British Petroleum . |
| 11 | Ricardo Ellcock , the Middlesex fast bowler , plans to study in the United States for a career as an airline pilot after confirming yesterday that he is to retire from first-class cricket , as reported in Monday 's Daily Telegraph . |
| 12 | The fear is that 65 per cent of this sum is to go into nuclear power , on the grounds of its low levels of greenhouse gas emissions . |
| 13 | For older people he is implicitly saying that the usual pattern is to go into residential care ’ . |
| 14 | Your second option is to go for tailor-made and professionallyinstalled doors that combine the latest design and construction techniques with materials that promise minimal maintenance , and which include the bonus of having extra-wide sealed-unit double glazing and built-in weather-stripping . |
| 15 | The response is that in a rapidly growing market ( say 30 per cent growth per annum ) the only way to increase market share is to go for massive expansion of capacity ( say 50 per cent per annum ) . |
| 16 | In Bristol , often the pressure is to go for high status careers . |
| 17 | I am sure they had the pious hope that this foundation would actually serve to increase the nation 's general fitness by pumping money into sport , but if the money is to go on improving facilities at cricket clubs and down the country , then a large number of cricketers who rely on lousy playing conditions for their place in the side will be forced into retirement . |
| 18 | The Tale of the Nail is to go on national tour in October , accompanied by workshops and teaching materials . |
| 19 | The largest increase in funding is to go to coastal conservation , which received an increase of 25 per cent to 134 million francs , followed by money to rehabilitate degraded areas . |
| 20 | An alternative is to go onto front points for the turn . |
| 21 | The report just released by the Royal College of Physicians on Care of Elderly People shows just how far there is to go in improving services for mentally ill elderly people and their carers . |
| 22 | In 1991-92 , the TDC had a budget allocation of £51 million , which it is using to great effect . |
| 23 | PC Sandy Kelly , 32 , was also shot and is recovering under armed guard in hospital . |
| 24 | His move to Japan 's Grampus Eight club hinges on the health of his baby son George , who is recovering from acute myeloid leukaemia . |
| 25 | Mallett is recovering from dreadful first-half figures . |
| 26 | AXA has since ploughed almost $100m more into Equitable Life , which is recovering from heavy losses on its property portfolio , and reckons it will soon see a good return on its investment . |
| 27 | Progressive Archbishop Romero is assassinated by right-wing forces . |
| 28 | This , the grant-related expenditure ( GRE ) , is calculated on similar levels of service to be provided by all local authorities . |
| 29 | The rouble-dollar rate is calculated in twice-weekly exchange sessions in Moscow . |
| 30 | Middle- or upper-class grief is hidden under controlled facial muscles or even under a black veil , as with members of the royal family . |