Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] is [det] " in BNC.

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1 And again to spell that out erm the way it needs to work in practice I believe is that in its local plan a local authority should be able to define a site which it would regard as suitable for development only for these strategically important reasons .
2 Within a cell what happens is this right a cell , what happens is that erm D N A is copied on to something called erm R N A , which is a kind of template , messenger R N A , it 's a kind of copy and it 's a single strand , corresponding to one of the strands on the original D N A with the same base structure .
3 The question which remains is that of minimum sample size and , in general , other researchers have tended to avoid applying formulae to texts of less than 150 words in length .
4 But the broad gist of the point I think is this .
5 ‘ Then the next point which arises is this , against whom does this inference of undue influence operate ?
6 One of the weaknesses we find is that marketing is the skill most frequently lacking . ’
7 As we have seen , a waiter at a hotel implies that the wine he offers is that of the hotel and not his own : Doukas , above , and in Silverman there was an implied representation that a quote was fair in the circumstances of mutual trust .
8 For present purposes what matters is that legislation made in pursuance of powers delegated to Ministers of the Crown is a form of ‘ statutory instrument ’ .
9 For our purposes what matters is that RNA , or something like it , was around for a long time before it became self-replicating .
10 The only text of the whole legend which exists is that written by the Greek author Plutarch in the first century AD , De Iside et Osiride .
11 One of the problems you see is that
12 The name Heryng is found often connected with Halling and another name we find is that of John Hostier , who in 1268 , was bailiff here , for in this year he was questioned over the Bishop 's land at Halling .
13 On the face of it , the argument I think is this , the words , oh my God he 's come for are hearsay , sorry , are not hearsay , because although they 're an out of court statement they 're not introduced as the truth .
14 One example they give is that of Home Office statistics on drug addicts that show only those addicts that are registered .
15 As we start a new year and approach a new century , one of the greatest challenges we face is that of environmental protection .
16 Another concern we have is that special employment and training measures , ( now catering for over 31,000 people in the North ) , have become a substitute for jobs — a way of reducing the official unemployment statistics and complementing the massive statistical fraud which those figures now represent .
17 The reason I ask is this ; Last season my club achieved promotion in the Courage League and naturally all the players were very pleased and excited by the prospect of competing at a higher level of rugby .
18 ‘ The last thing I need is some husband-hunting female , scarcely out of the schoolroom , who thinks this is going to be some sort of pleasure cruise ! ’
19 If I do correlations I mean is that gon na be absolute massive job ?
20 A sense of urgency I suppose is another way of saying ‘ buzzing ’ .
21 The last thing you need is another concussion . ’
22 The first thing you notice is that Egor has no weapons — he has to rely solely on his limited athletic ability to negotiate the many platforms and dodge the terrifying ‘ things ’ that patrol the six game areas .
23 It says , in general continuous quality and company procedures , where they go a specific er , manual for the survey is lodged in the master job file and I suppose the only final thing they need is that , well Simon , you continue the surveys in their set up period , there may be a time when that manual does not exist , during the time we keep deciding .
24 When predicated of any individual feeling , the information they convey is that of its likeness to the other feelings which we have been accustomed to call by the same name .
25 But at that point hope is cruelly dashed , for the food he supplies is that terrible mound of quails .
26 And really the slate industry I think probably hinges on quality being maintained you know I mean li like I said I do n't want to go in you know I 'm no expert on this sort of thing but erm A deep sense of of injustice I think is that and , oh my God if if we let him start making us just you know like robots produce more and more slate and laying off some of the older craftsmen and you know they do and David Price who knows and I mean th they put that and and then they the last fifteen years it was a it was a defunct slate quarry before you know and they I mean it 's not as i it 's not an easy thing to er work slate I 'm sure it 's d difficult and you have to know what you 're doing .
27 The only history we have is that which is made by historians .
28 The latest annual report from the Wakefield metropolitan district council housing department states that in terms of homelessness , ’ the major problem we face is that 30 per cent .
29 Thus self-report data indicate that serious crimes are disproportionately committed by the young uneducated males amongst whom the unemployed and ethnically oppressed are over-represented , but the contribution they make is less than the official data implies .
30 The way it works is this : Shaw Taylor introduces three short scenes in which actors have rows , go to industrial tribunals , issue death threats and so forth .
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