Example sentences of "[verb] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supported by WACC , the seminar will examine how the concept of the right to communicate is understood and practised in the four Chinese societies of China , Hong Kong , Singapore and Taiwan . |
| 2 | To say that its reviews were mixed is to understate the case — the cons far outweighed the pros . |
| 3 | Stage I sleep is defined in terms of the EEG and EOG records as consisting of a low voltage EEG with some slow activity , and occasional vertex sharp waves , and slow rolling eye movements ( see example . ) |
| 4 | Occasionally sleep is missed , or is twice as long as usual . |
| 5 | Reportedly OSF is motivated in setting things up like this to see the technologies can stand on their own . |
| 6 | In Germany everything that is not permitted is prohibited . |
| 7 | In the USSR everything that is permitted is prohibited . |
| 8 | Surely cheating is cheating , whatever form it takes , and I do not believe that the ‘ crimes ’ committed at the Olympics were any worse than that committed in Rome . |
| 9 | A sheet of ideas for you to try is enclosed . |
| 10 | The ways in which honour is formed and assessed are numerous . |
| 11 | PAMELA : Yes , sir , you honour is to destroy mine and your love is to ruin me ; I see too plainly . |
| 12 | Indeed , work is one of the key bases on which honour is established in the eyes of family , kin and locality . |
| 13 | In Australia , all launching is done this way , and for a time it was common in the U.S.A. The disadvantages , however , of the low tow position are as follows . |
| 14 | Blackcaps have begun wintering in the British Isles , instead of Spain , a change in migratory behaviour that scientists suggest is linked to global warming . |
| 15 | These essays , say the publisher , intend to challenge the view that Kollwitz ‘ reputation relies on the ‘ social content of her work ’ ; a notion which they suggest is perpetuated ‘ often at the expense of her remarkable artistic skills ’ . |
| 16 | Mining communities , the dock areas , Liverpool , all these people the only crime , the only crime they 've ever committed is to stand up for their rights . |
| 17 | The number of images per second needed to make them merge is called the flicker fusion frequency . |
| 18 | ADDS is hoping the new 3533 XLRs , a nine-model family including monochrome , grey scale and colour versions developed under the code name Viper , will offer some of the fastest machines on the block . |
| 19 | ADDS is offering Unix Expo exhibitors free terminals for the run of the show . |
| 20 | If a successful I test is made , the character searching the shelf finds a folded page tucked inside the covers of an otherwise uninteresting volume on Tilean genealogy ( Handout 7 ) . |
| 21 | A successful I test is required to avoid falling over . |
| 22 | If a character does fall , a second successful I test is required ( Acrobatics +10 , Scale Sheer Surface +10 ) to avoid sliding off the path and down the scree-slope , taking D3 S 1 hits in the process and coming to rest 2D10 yards away . |
| 23 | Much of his criticism of the talks process is centred on Hume , whom he regards as ‘ the antithesis of reconciliation ’ . |
| 24 | A human touch was added to Nash 's report : ‘ I could heartily wish more respect were paid to the remains of this amiable though unfortunate Queen , and would willingly , with proper leave , have them wrapt in another sheet of lead and coffin , and decently interred in some proper place , that at least after her death her body might remain in peace ; whereas the Chapel where she now lies is used for the keeping of rabbits , which make holes and scratch very indecently about her Royal corpse . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ If you have spent a day at the stadium , the one thing you do n't need is to spend an evening at the theatre . |
| 26 | Add the white sugar , and stir constantly until the consistency of a conserve is produced . |
| 27 | One metric by which collocations may be measured and grouped is to rate them on a scale of probability . |
| 28 | Furthermore , the information which the ‘ midyear population estimates ’ provide is limited to sex and age group and is not normally available for a finer grain of spatial unit than the local authority district and health authority area . |
| 29 | What the staff provide is understanding and tolerance of difficult behaviour ; they also assist with the practical caring tasks of washing , dressing and feeding , and they encourage , supervise and train patients to carry out these tasks for themselves . |
| 30 | If an ex-pupil of an education authority bequeaths £10,000 on the condition that the money is invested and the interest earned is awarded as a prize to the best academic performance each year , the money can not in law be used to keep local taxes down . |