Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colm feels that one of the most common mistakes beginners make is not going in close enough on the subject matter . |
| 2 | It is developed from an eastern world view , and each of the postures adopted is still used in the East to invoke various deities . |
| 3 | To attempt any close analysis of the social contexts in which African primary schools operate is obviously to court unacceptable generalisations but two points may , nevertheless , be worth making . |
| 4 | Its local government cries out for PR , since the national demography to which parties adapt is not reproduced locally . |
| 5 | What seems to be missing from the analysis is some measure of how much the savings plan is actually giving you over and above your initial hard earned cash . |
| 6 | The bidding process is conducted in secrecy ; bidders are not told the identity of other bidders ; and information on bids received is not discharged other than to the vendor . |
| 7 | The processes that occur when these plates meet is now thought to form the basis of all the planet 's tectonic processes — from the formation of continents and mountain chains to the making of ocean deeps , island arcs , volcanoes and earthquakes . |
| 8 | Now in fact that 's not what we like our stewards to do , what we like our stewards to do is actually to help people to enjoy themselves , to help people to erm to enjoy the house and to sit on things and and and actually say , no please sit down on that if you like to , it 's perfectly alright , that 's what it 's for . |
| 9 | But the 130 dogs registered is high compared to other areas . |
| 10 | The lateral arm plates are wide and the area where the spines articulate is not raised up as much as in species like O. bidentata but is flatter . |
| 11 | The group of African Elephants featured is specially painted by David Shepherd for this collector 's plate . |
| 12 | One important thing the dogs learn is not to chase cats , so a big cat lives at the centre with them . |
| 13 | Unless the bank see new management , Virginia , the company your grandparents established is rapidly going to go down the pan — ’ |
| 14 | By destroying these wastes Rechem is significantly helping to prevent further pollution of the local and world environment . |
| 15 | THE LONGHORN cattle breed is about to move centre stage again , thanks to the move towards more extensive beef cattle ‘ ranching ’ throughout northern Europe after changes in European Community farm policy . |
| 16 | The highly successful relocation of the BLS has been well documented elsewhere and construction of their new museum around the former goods shed is steadily proceeding with the steel framework erected and the concrete floor and pit being prepared . |
| 17 | It is true that the text departs from the normal format of Scaevola 's digesta , in which his favourite expression secundum ea quae proponerentur is regularly followed by only a couple of words . |
| 18 | One of the most common problems encountered is simply deciding if two components in a machine clash . |
| 19 | The dates clash is usually trotted out by trainers , along with the firm ground , as an excuse for having no runners up here . |
| 20 | This pattern of greater flexibility toward outside investigation of human rights abuses is also shown by the Sri Lankan government 's acceptance of visits by both the UN Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Executions and the UN Working Group on Disappearances . |
| 21 | Select committees have had substantial coverage , but all the evidence suggests — and this is my own impression , having served or attended many committees over the years and now seeing them on television — that , with a few minor modifications , the ways these committees work is little changed . |
| 22 | Although an increasing range of clinical applications are being found , the range of actual ceramics used is still limited ( Table 1 ) . |
| 23 | Persuading recalcitrant joints to co-operate is best left to a bad dream . |
| 24 | How far down the social scale the possession of seals extended is not known , but the carrying of personal identification tags is exactly what we would expect of such a minutely organized society . |
| 25 | Most notable are Rupert Murdoch — whose News Corporation has made hugely expensive forays into satellite TV in Britain and virtually every conceivable medium in the US — and Mr John Elliott whose Elders IXL is now controlled by a private company controlled by Mr Elliott and fellow executives . |
| 26 | Though the subjects available as part of law degree courses have increased enormously in range in recent years , the balance of courses offered is still weighted considerably in favour of ‘ practical ’ subjects reflecting traditional private law concepts of property rather than the ‘ new property ’ in the many entitlements deriving from the public law that regulates the welfare state ( Abel , 1982 ; Zander , 1978 ) . |
| 27 | For rock climbers abseiling is often seen as a necessary evil , only because belays are often flimsy and safety ropes never used . |
| 28 | The significance of the class and gender inequalities which are intertwined with the racism that black students encounter is thus underplayed . |
| 29 | And in the general fever for branding schemes OSF is also introducing its own programme for vendors to badge their products ‘ OSF certified ’ . |
| 30 | Although the precise nature of the economic change the railways wrought is still debated , their impact can not be gainsaid . |