Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [det] [noun] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The easiest and most obvious way to go about this self-assessment is to divide a sheet of paper with a line down the middle , head it ‘ Plus ’ and ‘ Minus ’ and write down everything you can think of under each heading . |
| 2 | Does the Secretary of State believe that the action of the board of Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd. in disqualifying us from competing for this work is fair to Cammell Laird ? |
| 3 | The main proof Van Laue offers for this argument is the polarisation of society between global conflict and a backward society that made a liberal constitution impossible . |
| 4 | One of the best places to rummage for these antiques is Antarctica . |
| 5 | The average price at which shares sell during this period is somewhere in the neighbourhood of $55 ( more or less depending on the shape of the time-price curve ) . |
| 6 | The reason given for this change is that there was recent wide coverage in the press of the case of an American paramedic who succeeded by fraudulent means in obtaining limited registration from the council . |
| 7 | And here I might remark that the chief point that strikes the observer as he goes through this department is the predominance of the bogie — in fact , there is very little else . |
| 8 | The best description I have heard for this position is ‘ well plugged on ’ — a plug will not go into a socket if it is crooked , that is the baby should not be twisting his or her neck . |
| 9 | The background knitting for these flowers is plain double knit worked on the Singer Big Nine and nothing comes easier than that . |
| 10 | I mean after all life is life . |
| 11 | Well it 's a verb phrase so erm they just , all that means is if you take a subject expression and well , what goes , what goes after such expression is a verb phrase , that my opinion not just you know . |
| 12 | OUR strategy to go after this army is very , very simple . |
| 13 | What matters for this purpose is that if it escapes it is likely to do mischief and this is the meaning to be given to ‘ dangerous thing ’ in this context . |
| 14 | A further advantage which is claimed for this legislation is that it spells out precisely what forms of conduct are included within each degree of offence , and thus reduces the discretion of police officers and prosecutors . |
| 15 | All you will ever need to know about each variety is there : history ; scientific properties ; handling advice ; and translations of the fruit 's name into French . |
| 16 | One thing that ethologists would like to know about this courtship is why it takes the form that it does . |
| 17 | The production cost for each box is in the region of £100 and illustrates the commitment behind the complete portfolio of presentational material . |
| 18 | Surprisingly the sensitivity reported for this technique is frequently less than that for duodenal aspiration cytology , although this may be related to differences in the stage of disease being investigated . |
| 19 | The time and place for this palace is not fixed , though — the women 's hats and swirling frocks remind us both of Dior and Watteau , the men are in chic , futuristic black chiffon . |
| 20 | The recovery action now being recommended for any stall is to move forwards on the stick to unstall the wings by reducing the angle of attack . |
| 21 | One of the results of the emphasis on remedies in administrative law is that the procedure for applying for these remedies is central to an understanding of the position of the public law litigant . |
| 22 | The capital cost of these projects is some £100m . |
| 23 | Some are further ahead than others , but what will probably be expected of most authorities is some sort of erm perhaps a handbook or certainly some advice to parents about the implications of the new Act . |
| 24 | But what their 1–1 draw at Olympia Leisure Centre yesterday did signify was that the champions reign throughout that period is finally drawing to an end . |
| 25 | Disruptive males cause the females to leave the lek temporarily ; when they return , the likelihood that they will mate with such males is increased . |
| 26 | The way that doctors and other staff associate with each other is much less formal than we are used to in Western countries . |
| 27 | Where Dave Cook and myself fit into this scheme is debatable . |
| 28 | But one of the things that we have discovered over twenty year is the only way you will get people to come into that brochure is to make absolutely certain before you go and see them is |
| 29 | Quite clearly the reason that people have been asked to come along this evening and have come along this evening is to put there points of view about how the see the theatre in the future what is programme facilities are the things that are n't happening here they feel should be happening here that 's what it 's for not here to serve any purpose for individuals to get up and make personal cuts on people or say what happen on a Saturday morning or a Thursday afternoon cos I |
| 30 | The subject they 're tackling in this report is one that makes the blood run cold in most people 's veins … including mine . |