Example sentences of "[verb] [is] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which I suggest is after that workshop . |
| 2 | Although any one assignment which the company has is of short duration , the company itself continues in being , following up that assignment by another . |
| 3 | Anxious to conclude the meeting , he added : ‘ Everything else you need to know is in that envelope — that includes any funds that you may require . |
| 4 | Everything you need to know is in this document . ’ |
| 5 | You may be asked for a replacement photograph if the one you supply is of poor quality . |
| 6 | They occur more commonly , and surgery is more frequently practised upon them ; but what I say is of equal relevance to female-to-male transsexuals . |
| 7 | This year 's ‘ local ’ booking they say is at Old Shildon Working Men 's Club on February 14 . |
| 8 | Anything you say is in absolute confidence . ’ |
| 9 | Dividend stripping is to some extent considered legitimate tax planning by the Inland Revenue , provided it is done within the confines of s176 and provided also that reserves out of which to pay a dividend are not " artificially " created . |
| 10 | The picture thus sketched is in strong contrast to the popular view of housewives as a leisured class . |
| 11 | One possibility being considered is for solar power to be used to pump downstream water back up to the main reservoir , so restoring the head of water needed to generate hydro-electric power . |
| 12 | The extent to which this should be viewed as a utilitarian calculus of some kind , or whether a more dignitarian approach should be pursued is of considerable importance . |
| 13 | The model recommended is in four parts . |
| 14 | Rightly or wrongly , what chairmen want is to narrow ownership back into the hands of rich individuals . |
| 15 | What is more , the incubation it needs is in any case one or two days less than that needed by its hosts ' chicks , so the young cuckoo stands a good chance of appearing before the legitimate chicks do . |
| 16 | Indeed , the way in which they interact is of crucial importance . |
| 17 | The only way in which these late pouch excisions are likely to be minimised is by greater care in patient selection , particularly the identification of Crohn 's disease . |
| 18 | The address they have selected is in that envelope . |
| 19 | Whether the UK 's proposal will be accepted is in some doubt , not least because it has failed to engender the support of other Member States . |
| 20 | It will be seen that this explanation does not touch the question of whether what is sought is in any sense ‘ evidence ’ . |
| 21 | The best time to visit is in stormy conditions when the birds are on the wing , but the day we went was calm and we saw them only sitting on their nests . |
| 22 | The best time to visit is from early May to late July . |
| 23 | They do not need to go erm and th th they they have their own positions and I think a lot of what they speak is of genuine concern . |
| 24 | Obviously , they take time to adjust to being someone 's pet , but the love they will give is worth any effort put in . |
| 25 | His analysis of doctrines as expressions of the religious consciousness leaves a fair measure of uncertainty whether what is said is in any sense true about God , or only about our understanding of God . |
| 26 | So what she wears is of considerable importance , and you will need to describe her clothes in fair detail , though with as much economy in the writing as you can manage . |
| 27 | The only special preparation needed is for euryalid species , the thickened skin covering the arm spines must be dissolved using bleach ( sodium hypochlorite ) or KOH . |
| 28 | Therefore an adjective which has the effect of qualifying a property rather than an entity will not occur in ordinary predicative position ( nor in postnominal attributive position ) ; this prediction is confirmed by the unacceptability of sentences such as : ( 11 ) the sum of $300 she had to pay was total the lecturer who is to greet the Queen is mere a scoundrel complete must have taken my umbrella the cousins distant were put at a separate table If the adjectives in ( 12 ) are acceptable , reflexion shows at once that they are adjectives with more than one meaning , and the one which appears in predicative position is not that in which they are sense-qualifiers : ( 12 ) their village is distant and hard to reach burning his licence was wholly lawful the set complete is worth 1500 francs |
| 29 | Changes in the law may take time , but time is in short supply for pensioners . |
| 30 | ‘ But one place it certainly is n't going is through that door . ’ |