Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His biggest problem , of course , is to cope with demand . |
| 2 | So look for a college which is accredited by CIFE or the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education ( BAC ) . |
| 3 | We now have two new people involved with bringing you the news — Anne Seaton , away up in Scotland , who is helping with page three 's editing and Victoria Osborne , from Surrey , in a more general way , her first contribution is the report of our very successful Reunion held last November . |
| 4 | ‘ Thames Valley police have confirmed that a man is helping with inquiries into the murder of Dr Hugh Puddephat , the English lecturer whose body was identified in Paris earlier this week , ’ the newsreader reported . |
| 5 | The charm of his style , the persuasiveness of his appeal to history , the breadth of his understanding , the way in which earnestness is blended with joyfulness in his religion — and all things pervaded by reason and good sense — have won disciples for Hooker in all subsequent generations . |
| 6 | Cocoa butter is blended with sugar and flavourings and , sometimes , milk powder to produce confectionery , or is further processed to remove the fat , leaving cocoa powder . |
| 7 | In this country much of that experience is differentiated along class lines : crudely , the very well-off use the predominantly single-sex public and boarding school system to accustom their children to an elite future , and the middle class ensure that their neighbourhood state school reinforces the values of their children 's socialisation at home and that , in a streamed system , their children are all in the higher streams ; meanwhile , working-class children are largely concentrated in the less well-resourced state schools , are often in the lower streams , and are frequently regarded by their teachers and even encouraged to think of themselves as ‘ no-hopers ’ . |
| 8 | Commonly , sales forecasting for a period of up to one year ahead is differentiated from sales and market forecasting for longer periods . |
| 9 | Gerry Turvey is to retire as director general of the Freight Transport Association in October 11 , his 59th birthday . |
| 10 | JACK Johnson , general secretary of the Club and Institute Union who is to retire in October . |
| 11 | Sam Whitbread , chairman of Whitbread since 1984 , is to retire in July 1992 and will be replaced by Sir Michael Angus , chairman of Unilever . |
| 12 | SIMON WILLIS is the new director of Motability , succeeding KEN KEEN who is to retire in June . |
| 13 | For those who might be interested in switching , perhaps because a major aim is to retire before age 60 , you should know that whereas until recently insurance companies were virtually the only outlet for buying individual pension plans , today these are also available from banks , building societies , unit trusts and friendly societies . |
| 14 | By far the best I ever used was ‘ Humber Eclipse Fish Manure ’ which used the waste from the fishing industry as the raw material , but it is no longer obtainable as such because the fish content is redirected to cattle and poultry feeds . |
| 15 | Play instinct is redirected into working ability and willingness to perform tasks . |
| 16 | The practice of taking only shark fins , for soup , while discarding the rest of the carcase is banned , as is catching of sharks by foreign boats . |
| 17 | ONE of the biggest private users of the rail network is to go into liquidation because it can not afford British Rail 's rates . |
| 18 | The other is to go into coalition with some of the other regional parties that may also hold some seats in parliament . |
| 19 | So , your advice for the gambler that actually wants to make money is to go for horses which have very low odds against them ? |
| 20 | Our next plan is to go for endowment to stop the roller coaster ride we 've gone on with the city ’ . |
| 21 | Your second option is to go for replacement windows that combine the latest design and constructional techniques with materials that promise minimal maintenance , and which include the bonus of having sealed-unit double glazing and built-in weatherstripping . |
| 22 | We understand the intent is to go for breadth first , and depth — how the application programming interfaces will actually work — later . |
| 23 | We understand the intent is to go for breadth first , and depth — how the application programming interfaces will actually work — later . |
| 24 | ‘ My job is to go on stage and make people forget about their problems — I do n't want to tell them about mine . ’ |
| 25 | THE WORLD 'S third incompatible videodisc system , VHD , is to go on sale in Japan on 21 April . |
| 26 | THE world 's strongest beer — more than 17 per cent alcohol — is to go on sale by Christmas at pubs owned by London-based brewery Firkin . |
| 27 | A velvet court dress made for him by his fellow tailors is to go on show at the Croydon Museum . |
| 28 | SERIOUSLY Fun , an exhibition of models made out of Lego toy building bricks , is to go on show at Bersham Heritage Centre , near Wrexham , from June 26 August 22 . |
| 29 | A silver salver which was presented to Lieut Col Leonard Laing , Commander of the 9th Durham ( Sunderland ) Battalion of the Home Guard , is to go on display at the Monkwearmouth at War Exhibition at Monkwearmouth Station Museum in Sunderland . |
| 30 | In practice the younger the child , the more likely it is to go with mum , and seventeen out of every twenty children do so . |