Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] is [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A method which you may prefer is to pre-record your commentary section-by-section onto a sound tape ; this tape is not cued , and the sections follow each other with gaps of only a second or so between them .
2 One of the first-time buyer discounts that Martin should consider is from Abbey National .
3 It can , therefore , be seen that the first test which the pursuer must meet is in relation to liability .
4 And erm what I 'd like is for Dennis is to explain a little about how far we 've actually got with the C E D G approach to the introduction of I S O Nine Thousand .
5 The only way in which this could happen is by chance in a small population : outsiders do come in at long odds .
6 Any legitimacy that nuclear weapons may have is in respect not of their potential use , but as regards their possession as a means of ‘ deterrence ’ .
7 If you get a job as a shop assistant or checkout operator , one of the first things you will learn is till procedure .
8 We are going to tabulate the information so that we can look at the data from a statistical point of view , so every question you can answer is of value .
9 The best advice anyone can give is for people to get their hands on a copy of the official festival programme and to plan their own agenda .
10 Well one of the greatest qualities a fisherman can have is of course patience .
11 You can get is at Grantham and if you read and you 'll see all the things that your dog is likely to carry into her ba has she got a basket ?
12 Indeed , the greatest praise an innovation can receive is for people to say : ‘ This is obvious !
13 If a baby is expected to be born mentally handicapped , the only method by which secondary prevention can operate is through abortion .
14 Erm the questions you were asking just now were testing a possible implication that this policy is so weak in general , no no not weak , so general in its application that it really does n't get in the way , it 's testing that kind of hypothesis , and erm all I can say is from experience in North Yorkshire that , even without this policy since nineteen eighty , the county has been using its assertion of its need to protect the countryside generally as its policy position to stop things happening outside towns and villages and that with this policy in place we could see that a general position of the county maintained and then reinforced .
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