Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] is [verb] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 Then , as section 2 of the 1980 Act , they have the duty , originally spelt out in section 1 of the 1948 Act , to receive a child into care where it appears that a child under 17 ‘ has neither parent nor guardian or is lost or that his parents or guardian are , for the time being or permanently , prevented by reason of mental or bodily disease or infirmity or other incapacity or any other circumstances from providing for his proper accommodation , maintenance and upbringing ; and in either case , that the intervention of the local authority under this section is necessary in the interests of the welfare of the child ’ .
2 Like the pun in The Languages of Love and the concept of a variable reality in The Sycamore Tree , a discursive practice that is devalued and stigmatized in this novel is later used as a tool for exploring the practices and attitudes it represents .
3 So communication is a complex kind of intention that is achieved or satisfied just by being recognized .
4 More importantly , they show how , even in what is regarded as the most basic type of communication , the context that is relevant to the disambiguation of deixis should be seen not as a physical setting that is fixed and given once and for all , but rather as a cognitive space that is actively constructed by participants in the course of the interaction .
5 In this case the result of a condition that is supposed or imagined is stated .
6 Here , male network patterns prove to be more close-knit ( as measured by a network strength score : NSS ) than female networks , whereas this contrast is not so marked in the Hammer and is cancelled and partly reversed in the Clonard ( one of the highest-scoring groups for NSS in West Belfast is the young female group in the Clonard , and this largely accounts for the Clonard score in Table 4.1 ) .
7 This idea of liberty is not a natural condition but is created and preserved by the ‘ rule of law ’ .
8 Children love to discover that they can ‘ do ’ something new , and through the provision that is made and suggestions that are offered , each child is able to succeed at his own level .
9 Whether or not a new solution in region IV satisfies these conditions will generally depend both on the particular technique that is employed and also on the initial seed solution .
10 It never reaches the heights of drama , of aesthetic beauty , of religious experience that is felt and seen in the contemporary cathedrals and churches of France , Germany and England .
11 I would fully support all of the good work that is done and I would wish it to continue .
12 And erm the work that you 're asked to do the prop the word for it I mean we use wh wh really what I 'm t teaching you now is the vocabulary that is used and which will actually be used during the service .
13 not a constable but is protecting or escorting another person by virtue of powers the same as or similar to those of a constable for that purpose ;
14 A team that is challenged and has a real word in mind , but misspells it , loses .
15 The Boeing 707 is a big aeroplane , and sorting out what is important and necessary to the more detailed examination that is to follow and what can be cut off and discarded as scrap requires sound judgement .
16 The distinction between policy making and implementation seems to need to rest upon the identification of decision points at which a policy is deemed to be made and ready for implementations like a commodity that is manufactured and ready for selling .
17 This can be understood physically in this way : a fluid particle that is displaced but then falls back to its original position without any mixing with its new environment does not transfer any heat , but it can transfer momentum through the action of pressure forces .
18 Burman 's self portraits position the construction of racial and sexual identity as a process that is crafted and fluid within the process of representation .
19 If a record that is updated or accessed frequently in one time period is likely not to be referenced at all in the next , any analysis breaks down and the equal access assumption is the best guide for design decisions .
20 The answer really lies in the degree of investigation that is justified and appropriate .
21 Conference , I believe that this existing rule nineteen , gives the G M B an opportunity to expand into branch administration officers across all the regions and use them to do any job that is needed and expected by the members .
22 In Barat et Haimet the sexual innuendo of Barat approaching Marie 's bed in the dark , and successfully imitating her husband , Travers , is difficult to miss , and since we may know that bacon , the term generally used for the meat that is stolen and stolen back over and over again , can also be used of a girl 's thighs , there is a strong suggestion that the actions are really a sexual allegory : is it Marie that the three men are trying to appropriate ?
23 In specific terms it is our professional duty to stand back and , acknowledging that the resources to acquire everything are not available , to provide a service that is balanced and unbiased and tries to meet the demands of a clientele that itself must judge what is good and proper .
24 ( From here on , the use of the capital ‘ G ’ for ‘ god ’ will make it clear that it is the Created God that is meant and not ‘ god ’ in any of the historic meanings of that word ) .
25 One year on the workforce stands at 300 , a lean organisation with a name that is respected and well known in the trade .
26 This is bright red and is extruded and flickered at the enemy when the caterpillar is disturbed .
27 Little girls may be brought up to see power as something exercised mainly by the men in the family , and not a quality that is sought or used much by women .
28 try to work out a pattern that is varied and fun
29 As one train starts to move , a passenger gazing through his carriage window , observes movement but is unsure whether it is his own train that is moving or the train on the opposite line .
30 The age at which children go to school , the amount of time they spend there and the disposition of that time have the very greatest bearing on the learning that is planned and provided for them .
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