Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [verb] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent commentaries , therefore , such as the review by O. B. Stabell , maintain that the case for imprinting is at best not proved . |
| 2 | I BELIEVE the practice of embalming is in the interest of public health and promise to promote embalming to the best of my ability . |
| 3 | The Eighties surf bubble has well and truly burst , and competition prize money for the sport side of surfing is on the wane . |
| 4 | Recourse to stabbing is at least potentially more open to abuse . |
| 5 | Much of the controversy in the literature of weeding is over the most effective method of predicting the future use of a collection . |
| 6 | This is interpreted as : maximum aperture 2.8 , focal length 32mm and the range of focusing is from a minimum of 0.6 metre to infinity . |
| 7 | The sensation of seeing is for us very different from the sensation of hearing , but this can not be directly due to the physical differences between light and sound . |
| 8 | Another display entitled ‘ La Corrida ’ featuring 120 paintings and drawings by Botero on the theme of bullfighting is at the Grand Palais from 20 to 29 November . |
| 9 | ‘ With adults the process of acting is about the losing of inhibitions . |
| 10 | One way of ensuring that locals have a reasonable chance of winning is to slightly bias just a few of the questions . |
| 11 | The most obvious sign of ageing is through our skin tissues . |
| 12 | The knack in dowsing is to be in the right frame of mind , not caring too much what answer you get , but at the same time having a clear idea of what you are looking for , otherwise you are opening yourself up to a very wide ‘ waveband ’ and things will get very confused . |
| 13 | Developing a relationship by talking is about creating an atmosphere where you both can gain something . |
| 14 | For the snail genes the method of leaving is via snail sperms or eggs . |
| 15 | With the provision of booths and sound systems , most conference interpreting is now of the simultaneous variety but , as is frequently pointed out by interpreters themselves , the most common use of interpreting is in some personal consecutive mode and not in conferences . |
| 16 | A further use of microprogramming is in writing programs to test for and diagnose faults in the computer hardware . |
| 17 | The only notable effect of frost on ferreting is on the digging , and then only if the frost is prolonged and severe . |
| 18 | If the choice of bearing is between a sixteen double O four and a six double O four , it may hang , for us it may hang on whether , er , whether we can localize the sixteen double O four |
| 19 | The subject of feeding is of considerable importance and needs to be considered from two angles , the quantity fed and the feeding regime ; and the quality of the food . |
| 20 | The average size of holding is between 3 and 6 ha , and below 3000 m irrigation is practised . |
| 21 | Some questions which need to be addressed are what the overall quality of memory for driving is like , what types of detail can or can not be remembered , and what variables , both psychological and environmental , are related to memory ? |
| 22 | yeah I think right but I think the way of analyzing is through just saying you , what are your grievances and then ultimately that will result in landlords being driven out . |
| 23 | She argues that the main task is that of deciding what to do , and that the best way of deciding is through a genuinely democratic epistemology . |
| 24 | Now if we work as a team and we work very sensibly and reasonably , it may wo may well be that the most sensible way of working is for the project engineer to decide who 's gon na do the site measure . |
| 25 | This means that the thankless task of nagging is of an elevated importance in the unknown band 's armoury of skills : the less notice they take , the more you need to pester them . |