Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nature of the evidence about coin finds is of varying quality . |
| 2 | The landscape which generation after generation created is like a classroom blackboard at the end of a day , on which each lesson has been written without entirely erasing the previous one . |
| 3 | ‘ The problem of drug taking is on the increase and we have taken every precaution to prevent it ’ . |
| 4 | One method of dating finds is by the use of typology , the importance of which was demonstrated by Pitt-Rivers . |
| 5 | Teaching is almost always by the expository method of demonstration and description , and the kind of learning involved is at a lower level of the hierarchy . |
| 6 | I have covered all the major items of tackle that warrant discussion , but before this chapter is concluded I think that a comparison of end tackles is worth looking at . |
| 7 | The requirement that a candidate must get the support of 20 per cent of the Parliamentary Labour Party in order to stand is like asking someone to collect 13,000 nominations in a constituency before they can stand for parliament . |
| 8 | The market factor price ratio suggests A as the appropriate combination but , because the return on capital required is above normal , combination B is chosen . |