Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would at least have allowed the dollar banana firms , such as Chiquita , to import as much as they want , and it is not clear how the dollar banana quota is to cope with a possible increase in demand . |
| 2 | Malvern-based chartered accountant Alan Kay is helping with a detailed investigation of the activities of certain copier companies that are widely criticised for malpractice , as well as the leasing companies that finance them . |
| 3 | Bees raised on a hillside of wildflowers produce a fine wax that is blended into a hand cream much sought after in Bath and beyond . |
| 4 | The coir is blended with a mix of nitrogen , phosphate and potassium fertilizers to form the new compost . |
| 5 | ONE of County Durham 's longest-serving police officers is to retire in a few days . |
| 6 | then all the data from the TREE command , which normally goes straight to the screen , is redirected to a file called PENGUIN . |
| 7 | Note that at the back of the head an allowance of approx. ½in has been left , and this is bevelled with a smoothing plane so that when viewed from above the head will lie at an angle to the neck . |
| 8 | If a child is sniffing with a group of young people , and has been for some time , it may help to provide other more interesting and exciting leisure activities . |
| 9 | The plan is to go into a neighbouring country … in this case Salisbury Plain … and evacuate civilians using soldiers to protect them . |
| 10 | from escaping through the top and if you 're i if it 's a fa you know , there 's some light or disturbance you and want to sleep and the best thing to do is to go into a light doze cos , you know , you ca n't do much else that 's cover your face . |
| 11 | The normal ‘ use ’ is to go for a joyride , to get home after missing the last bus or train or for the use in crime . |
| 12 | If they like it , the answer is to go for a swim by buying PEPs , ’ says Amanda . |
| 13 | In the first year Armstrong 's concern is to go for a minimum safe agenda — ‘ make sure clients are safe and then build on that . ’ |
| 14 | PPC If you are dead set against replacing your motherboard ( which is the option I 'd go for ) then your only alternative , other than buying a new set up , is to go for a processor replacement card . |
| 15 | ‘ What I 'd really like to do now is to go for a drink with you . |
| 16 | The third option is to go for a strategic exceptions policy in the structure plan and obviously this is what er the borough considered considers is appropriate . |
| 17 | A third reason why dieting makes you fat is because fat is less metabolically active than muscle … the one sure way to slow the body down and so create the conditions for getting fat is to go on a diet |
| 18 | Third , since the APB wants to ensure that the debate which it intends the paper to stimulate does not get confined to the Big Six and a few others , it is to go on a whistlestop tour of the country over the next three months , holding discussion meetings with interested parties . |
| 19 | Visitors from all over the region are converging on the Gray Art Gallery and Museum , Hartlepool , to see an exhibition of the work of realist painter John Bratby , which is to go on a UK tour . |
| 20 | Darlington Rucksack Club is to go on a moderate going circular walk around Castle Bolton tomorrow , starting from Darlington Market Place at 9am . |
| 21 | Darlington Rucksack Club is to go on a moderate going circular walk around Castle Bolton tomorrow . |
| 22 | The best advice is to go to a specialist consumer credit/hire purchase lawyer for information on this very important matter . |
| 23 | Documents we have obtained show that one contract for the extension to the London Underground Jubilee Line is to go to a German firm , even though a British company is desperate for the work . |
| 24 | Of course his first move is to go to a pub . |
| 25 | A STOCKTON woman 's bid to turn an empty shop into a taxi office is to go to a public appeal . |
| 26 | A relatively safe way of doing this is to go through a local agency or someone who has passed the test to become a member of the Magic Circle . |
| 27 | Well according to , these blokes said , the only safe way of getting er money on overdraft is to go through a German bank . |
| 28 | However the one thing that you must never do is to go between a cow and her calf and I made this mistake one morning and I had to take to my heals and run . |
| 29 | The money is to go in a penalty box kept by Grandmother ; the proceeds will go to a charity . |
| 30 | This utility will total up the number of bytes each directory is using across a given path . |