Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] is [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They articulate the service conception of the function of authorities , that is , the view that their role and primary normal function is to serve the governed . |
| 2 | If that opportunity is denied the search company then they will have significant problems convincing their clients that they can do a good job . |
| 3 | They also believe that their greatest responsibility is to support the future of the monarchy . |
| 4 | At the same time , the European Parliament is considering the document and expected to finish its work by the beginning of July . |
| 5 | Technical progress is altering the demand for labour . |
| 6 | The combined effect is to benefit the smaller and the more handicapped farms and MacEwen and Sinclair predict an overall HLCA saving of£3.2 million which could go to upland farms in a range of measures , including the payment of HLCAs on the first 10 dairy cows per farm . |
| 7 | If the Revenue is unwilling to publish an annual list , the only practicable alternative is to base the charge on the cost of the car , since it would be burdensome to expect employers to work out this information for themselves . |
| 8 | As each dot is required the respective element is rapidly heated and the minute area of paper under the element changes colour . |
| 9 | Thatcherites , and the Prime Minister herself , believe in a meritocracy of talent — and that talent is changing the face of the Conservative Party . |
| 10 | Normal practice is to refer the matters in dispute to an independent accountant . |
| 11 | We can say that the problem being defined here is not so much that the pupils are getting the wrong education ( though they might be getting the wrong teachers ) as that industry is getting the wrong pupils ! |
| 12 | 2 If a pre-operative shave is indicated the Patient may require assistance . |
| 13 | ( 2 ) The usual practice is to circulate the minutes of the previous meeting with the agenda . |
| 14 | Each script is to provide the basis for an 80 page Activity Book . |
| 15 | Assuming a valid haulage contract has been made and one party is in breach of one or more of the terms , the usual remedy is to sue the party in default for damages . |
| 16 | This grant is to encourage the continuation of a series which has become an accepted and much quoted source of reference . |
| 17 | This grant is to complete the work started under ESRC grant B/00/23/2053 for July-December 1984 and March-October 1985 . |
| 18 | The effect of this change is to increase the group 's revaluation reserves and the book value of freehold and long leasehold premises by £18.4m . |
| 19 | If more specialized expertise is required the solicitor whom you have instructed to act on your behalf may consult , i.e. ‘ brief ’ , a barrister . |
| 20 | ‘ To suppose , instead , that we possess criteria of rationality which are independent of our understanding of the essentials of the scientific progress is to open the door to cloud-cuckoo land . ’ |
| 21 | .. our task in this parliament is to create the force powerful enough to remove the Tories ; to assemble the policies capable of sustaining a different government ; and to draw together the forces in Britain which will bring change and reform . ’ |
| 22 | The purpose of a book of this kind is to distil the essential from modern specialised scholarship and to present the whole in some recognisable form . |
| 23 | My only reason for including this story is to record the short but pithy comment of Canada 's leading humorist who , when we had paused to take in the scene , turned to me and said , ‘ I do n't think it 's a bit funny ! ’ |
| 24 | All you have to do in this case is to stop the fraying at the cut by zig-zag stitch . |
| 25 | In English it is not necessary to be able to class a vowel as ( +front , +round ) , whereas this is necessary for French and German ; it could be said that the major task for the learner in this case is to learn the combination of these features , not to learn the individual vowels , and ( in French ) . |
| 26 | THE purpose of this Part is to consider the protection afforded to investors in , and creditors of , a company . |
| 27 | The real challenge of this technique is to deceive the human eye . |
| 28 | British Rail is investigating the role of temporary hand-signalling in a head-on crash between two trains at Huddersfield which injured 17 people on Monday night . |
| 29 | Nor does it follow that the proper course is to quash the order . |
| 30 | This award is to help the development of cooperation in the field of South Asian studies between the Oxford Asian Studies Centre and CNRS |