Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Records will be read into primary storage , their keys will be transformed by the algorithm being used , and if the address the algorithm produces is free they will be stored in that address on the direct access device . |
| 2 | Usually , a suitable algorithm is used to convert keys to addresses ; the file is then described as a randomized file , and the algorithm used is called a randomizing algorithm . |
| 3 | The algorithm used is best described by considering an example . |
| 4 | The response made is not ‘ P ’ ( Print ) , ‘ R ’ ( Retain ) or ‘ D ’ ( Delete ) as expected . |
| 5 | The response made is not ‘ G ’ ( Grant ) or ‘ D ’ ( Deny ) as expected . |
| 6 | The income received is either spent on consumer goods , or withdrawn in the form of savings and taxes ( that is , Y = C + S + T ) . |
| 7 | The income generated is paid into a trust fund enabling further NHS staff development and is available to any staff in participating directorates . |
| 8 | The income arising is taxed at 10% . |
| 9 | Sexual abuse in any circumstances is not to be tolerated , but denying men the opportunity to care is a particularly Draconian solution . |
| 10 | With even a fairly low-level British qualification , a teacher can find employment in many countries , and for many the opportunity to travel is a very significant aspect of the attraction of a career in this field . |
| 11 | The most substantial and recent discussion of the poem is that of Michael Swanton ( 1987 ) , where the terminology used is amply clear and quite typical . |
| 12 | The base cost is usually the original cost , but in certain circumstances the market value at 6 April 1965 or 31 March 1982 can be used instead . |
| 13 | And even with Mercury the change involved is minuscule : it is , in terms of angles , about 40 seconds per century ( there are 3600 seconds in each degree of arc ) . |
| 14 | It is my belief that the nature and scale of the change needed is unprecedented . |
| 15 | The last thing the retailer wants is to be left with a lot of stock that does n't sell . |
| 16 | The only responsibility the writer has is to get his words right and that takes care of everything else that the novel , or short story is capable of . |
| 17 | As these case studies show , even when the willingness to change is there , whether the initial impetus comes from within or without , actually bringing about change is hard for the individual . |
| 18 | If what the Award achieves is that women know that these options are open to them , then it 's a good thing . |
| 19 | It is necessary to learn how to see expertly through a telescope or microscope , and the unstructured array of bright and dark patches that the beginner observes is different from the detailed specimen or scene that the skilled viewer can discern . |
| 20 | The verb to love is difficult to define as it covers such a range of emotion . |
| 21 | The diagram corresponding to ( 36 ) is therefore : With the above analysis we can now account for the paradoxical fact that the verb perceive is found more frequently with the to infinitive than with the bare version : ( 55 ) No one could possibly enter his rooms without perceiving him to be a man of wealth . |
| 22 | The verb in a sentence such as The sun shines brightly is not deictic in the sense that the verb to come is , but is nevertheless deictic because it is part of a system which relates specific entities to reference points . |
| 23 | Even the particular part of the verb used is the same in both cases . |
| 24 | But in her case the technique employed is a great deal less attractive — it is to blame everyone but herself when things are going wrong and to make scapegoats out of able colleagues . |
| 25 | The technique employed is to attach a small trout , or even herring , to a bare hook . |
| 26 | Whether you use templates because you are not sure of yourself artistically or just to make the piping and cutting easier on the cake , the technique involved is soon mastered . |
| 27 | The technique used is much the same as that used in hospitals to find fractures in bones ; where the metal is broken the film is blackened by the X-rays which pass unhindered through the break ; where the metal is densest , more of the X-rays are stopped and the film remains pale . |
| 28 | The technique used is to tag each synonym individually from the home address . |
| 29 | All the milk used is taken from the Brynllys herd of 70 Guernsey cows , who also provide milk for Welsh Organic Foods for cheesemaking . |
| 30 | 19 , is made and it is suggested that the plaintiff can not utilise this exception because the measure sought is not ‘ indistinctly applicable . ’ |