Example sentences of "be [verb] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The practical transfer function is very close to unity for the required direct component of the potential difference if low-loss reactors are incorporated yet is very tiny at the ripple frequency if is made very small compared with the ripple pulsatance ( 200π for full-wave rectification , since the ripple to be smoothed is at twice the mains frequency ) . |
| 2 | Such phyla so persist because the only way they can be recognized is by reference to themselves . |
| 3 | As Task 55 suggests , another way in which discourse type can be recognized is by title . |
| 4 | The first reference to John that can be traced is in Muirkirk Session records in which there is an entry — ‘ On 19th September , 1680 , it was delated to the Session that John Browne in Priesthill … ( and others ) … did not attend public ordinances . ’ |
| 5 | The submission which Mr. Lester makes on the other hand is not restricted by reference to the type of statute and indeed the only way in which it could be discovered whether help was to be given is by considering Hansard itself . |
| 6 | Both need our help , but the help that they should be given is by their own Government , by the full implementation of resolutions 706 and 712 . |
| 7 | Where the company to be formed is of a kind which can be purchased ‘ off the peg ’ from an agency specializing in company formation , this is a cost-effective way to proceed . |
| 8 | One question which will be examined is to what extent increased computerisation and automation of various aspects of the business might be part of such a strategy . |
| 9 | ‘ If the right to be heard is to be a real right which is worth anything , it must carry with it a right in the accused man to know the case which is made against him . ’ |
| 10 | That means the only way the public 's voice can be heard is through newspapers , radio and television . |
| 11 | A second place where today 's deficiency of understanding can be witnessed is in the improper place given to experience at the expense of understanding . |
| 12 | This includes Schenk , despite her stated belief in the essentially ironic character of wisdom literature ; a belief which seems to imply that the best lesson one can ever be taught is to be cynical ( which might , sadly , be true ) . |
| 13 | One area in which the duty to be diligent might usefully be developed is with regard to the installation and supervision by the board of adequate management systems . |
| 14 | And the appropriate way in which this matter should be considered is through the local plan when you are considering a much er more limited range of possible sites for the new settlement . |
| 15 | The only way in which this ambiguity can be resolved is by appealing to higher levels of information such as syntax , semantics , pragmatics and general knowledge . |
| 16 | If law is to be used as ‘ an instrument for casting an alternative political vote by exposing the decision making process to contending views of public necessity ’ ( Lewis and Harden , 1982 , p. 68 ) , the most obvious way in which such an aim might be pursued is through the development of a test case strategy . |
| 17 | The extent to which this should be viewed as a utilitarian calculus of some kind , or whether a more dignitarian approach should be pursued is of considerable importance . |
| 18 | The final way in which the decision might be varied is on appeal . |
| 19 | The only way in which visual recognition of a word can be primed is by previously seeing the word . |
| 20 | The most likely of these barrages to be built is across the Mersey , which would meet half of Liverpool 's electricity needs . |
| 21 | We 'll be saying is that the first appointment of investigative staff to be made is of a complaint examiner . |
| 22 | ‘ The worst mistake that could be made is for the rich to apply conditionality to new aid and loans . ’ |
| 23 | ( One film surely crying out to be made is about a special-effects team which finds that their creatures are coming to independent life and taking over the movie — or the studio , or the world ) . |
| 24 | Thus , the first major distinction to be made is between the major TNCs , the Fortune 500 type of corporations and the rest . |
| 25 | When speaking of laying tesserae , the main distinction to be made is between direct and indirect methods of application : the choice depends on the abilities and preferences of the mosaicist . |
| 26 | The decision that must be made is between a postal questionnaire and some form of face-to-face interview . |
| 27 | In condemning such acts of desecration , I am of the opinion that the only exception that could be made is in the case of books already seriously incomplete and in bad condition , when the completion of its unhappy disintegration may be forgivable . |
| 28 | It is recognised that one of the areas where immediate progress can be made is in assisting disabled students . |
| 29 | If a company is resident in , say , France and the registered office through which an effective transfer of the shares can be made is in France then the source is not UK and the dividends would comprise Case V ( possessions ) income . |
| 30 | As social engineering is highly suspect then the only way that the HIDB can be accepted is through an economic development programme . |