Example sentences of "is [noun sg] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been acquainted somewhat with men and books , and have long experience in learning , and in the world : there is no book like the Bible for excellent learning , wisdom , and use ; and it is want of understanding in them that think or speak otherwise . |
| 2 | Industry 's motivation is to make a profit , and a company 's ‘ geographical behaviour ’ is part of trying to attain that aim : changing location could be a way of staying profitable . |
| 3 | This is part of learning to balance successfully with the trunk well controlled , and without allowing associated reactions to distort the shoulder girdle or leg . |
| 4 | The applications given in texts are not there as evidence , but because learning them is part of learning the paradigm at the base of current practice . |
| 5 | He asks if he should and I tell him , ‘ Yes , that is part of sharing ’ . ’ |
| 6 | erm , and there are two aspects , that they can a stimulant and whilst I 'm , I would agree that many women , it is part of dealing with problems in their lives , coping with stress , that part of that is also withdrawal symptoms from the nicotine , and |
| 7 | The journey through painful feelings is part of coming to terms with troubled emotions , and then devising a realistic strategy for emotional and social survival and the re-commencement of personal growth . |
| 8 | Dressing up is part of going out . |
| 9 | The agreement with EDS is part of narrowing the company 's focus to retailing , Hjoth said . |
| 10 | This is part of growing up and has nothing to do with a deep-seated homosexual tendency . |
| 11 | Parallel to this education and close round the school , the life of the community goes on — the child plays and is expected to play a very full part in it ; fetching water and firewood , minding little brothers and sisters , running errands , buying and often selling in the market , performing religious duties at Koranic schools , catechist classes or in traditional preparation for circumcision and other initiation ceremonies , alongside all the watching , the imitation , the play , the chit-chat and the ‘ mucking about ’ which is part of growing up everywhere . |
| 12 | ‘ Our philosophy is that juvenile crime is part of growing up . |
| 13 | Polly learns that getting a new tooth is part of growing up . |
| 14 | It is part of making sure your whole body is fit . |
| 15 | This is part of making sense of the world and of our experience in it . |
| 16 | What I am discussing here is the kind of recall which is part of studying , linking names to faces , remembering items on a shopping list or where you put your spectacles . |
| 17 | If one can not hear the loudness of one 's own voice , there is difficulty in modulating voice volume according to background noise . |
| 18 | Once again there is difficulty in accepting this contention . |
| 19 | Corbridge , like Carlisle , lies just behind Hadrian 's Wall on the Stanegate , and as with Carlisle there is difficulty in disentangling the military structures from the civilian . |
| 20 | Secondly , even where there is some clarity about the required attributes , there is difficulty in measuring their attainment . |
| 21 | Because of the élitism which such an organization of control wields , it is not surprising there is difficulty in incorporating the outside researcher , or in accepting his critical findings . |
| 22 | This happens , however , in patients with obstructive jaundice caused by bile duct stricture where there is difficulty in obtaining a tissue diagnosis . |
| 23 | The rates should not be compared with those for , say , 16-year-old school-leavers ; what we are really measuring is difficulty in finding a graduate-level job , not difficulty in finding a job of any sort . |
| 24 | I do regret very much that there is difficulty in carrying these tests forward . |
| 25 | One example is disqualification from receiving unemployment benefit following the termination of employment as a result of misconduct ( Commissioner 's Decision R(U)2/60 ) . |
| 26 | C disagrees : there is hope in getting the Labour party to commit itself ( opinion ) ; |
| 27 | A cluster is not the same as a concept , but if a learner can discover natural clusters then this is progress towards finding a concept . |
| 28 | Sorry what I was gon na suggest on that in a way this is kind of preempting something else , you know , the , the bit on the agenda for it , I always put them in its back , back together when I write , erm |
| 29 | What I want to do though is is kind of thank a few people for start off . |
| 30 | I mean everything is kind of steaming up |