Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past decade subcontracting small firms have formed a significant proportion of all new business formation on the UK and yet there is little known about the characteristics , performance and the specific needs/demand for financial services by these firms . |
| 2 | An important class of surnames is that based on the pursuit of occupations or the holding of various civil or ecclesiastical offices . |
| 3 | If you 've had office copy entries , the date from which to search is that given at the foot of each page , when the office copy entries were issued ; your search will then reveal any entries that may have been made since that date . |
| 4 | The term ‘ annunciation ‘ ( announcement ) is that given to the message presented by the angel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she would in due time be delivered of the Son of God , and the festival commemorating this — Lady Day — has the date 25 March . |
| 5 | A useful minimal definition is that given by the World Health Organization that ‘ Health is a state of complete mental , physical and social well-being , and not merely the absence of disease . ’ |
| 6 | A representative assessment is that given by the library manager : I would say that one of the biggest advantages was the fact that senior management … from the Head down , from the very word go , were after making it a success … one thing we have got is a greater awareness from a greater number of staff , because they come in here to supervise and help [ and ] get involved … but I think the biggest advantage has been the fact that time devoted to … library skills for all the first year … [ has ] been extended to an hour a week … |
| 7 | The most graphic statement of the dual role , though some would call it an overstatement ( e.g. Pearce , 1982 ) , is that given by the National Association of Head Teachers ( NAHT ) in response to a document on the role of the advisory service issued by the Society of Education Officers and the National Association of Inspectors and Educational Advisers : |
| 8 | The most frequently quoted definition of non-natural user is that given by the Judicial Committee in Rickards v. Lothian , ‘ It must be some special use bringing with it increased danger to others and must not merely be the ordinary use of the land or such a use as is proper for the general benefit of the community . ’ |
| 9 | And is that done in the work ? |
| 10 | The power vested in the federal government is that delegated in the United States Constitution : all other powers not delegated rest with the states or the people . |
| 11 | The only text of the whole legend which exists is that written by the Greek author Plutarch in the first century AD , De Iside et Osiride . |
| 12 | The first important point , however , is that compared with the same point on the economic cycle 10 years ago , manufacturing volume is up three quarters , productivity is up half and output is up one third . |
| 13 | The most intellectually satisfying explanation is that embodied in the doctrine of karma , in accordance with which the dead child may be regarded as having completed the final stage of a soul-life that , in previous incarnations , had almost earned its passage and , after one more brief sojourn , was able to escape from the cycle of death and rebirth . |
| 14 | A typical legend is that attached to the Hole of Horcum , a great natural hollow , and Blakey Topping , a prominent cone-shaped hill , both in the Yorkshire Moors . |
| 15 | Is that approved by the assembly that that is then given to the panel as a new responsibility ? |
| 16 | The behaviour referred to here is that required in the first stages of an encounter with any new material . |
| 17 | In this simplified version of the model , the equilibrium variance of wage income is that associated with the random component , and this also feeds into the variance of wealth . |
| 18 | If the green is weak compared with the red , trouble is afoot . |
| 19 | In the weak field case the field of the ligands is weak compared with the inter-electron interactions , so that the quantum numbers L and S remain valid . |
| 20 | It simplifies the algebra to confine attention to the case in which the unstable thermal stratification is weak compared with the stable salt stratification so that the oscillations are only slightly modified from those described by eqns ( 15.21 ) and ( 15.22 ) . |
| 21 | that 's equipment right , and how 's that compared with the previous period last year |
| 22 | It 's that bit in the front which I gather was an extension , am I right ? |
| 23 | The effect , however , is short-lived compared to the other methods . |
| 24 | This description covers most of the material in the first 675 propositions , but is insipid compared with the subtle and exciting working-out of the programme . |
| 25 | The location of the environment is immaterial compared with the language environment , the breadth of knowledge of teaching staff and the peer group , and the fluency of communication . |
| 26 | How is this affected by the ratio of key range to address range ? |
| 27 | ‘ Is this connected with the other business ? ’ he asked . |
| 28 | Rarely is this expressed in the statute . |
| 29 | Is this done during the evenings , or during holidays , or weekends ? |
| 30 | How is this reconciled with the hierarchical bureaucracy of a local authority ? |