Example sentences of "is [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , in the Indian Ocean and Arab World regions where infant mortality is higher , the optimum age is 30–39 years . |
| 2 | The voltage equation is re-arranged to give the following expression for At : In this example the current excursion , the resistance R is 5.0 ohms , and it is reasonable to approximate the phase current by its average value of 2.0A . |
| 3 | If the average age at school entry is 4.5 years this gives an outward migration rate of 12.5% a year ( 95% confidence interval 10.8% to 14.4% ) . |
| 4 | Shetland , for example , is 338 kilometres ( 210 miles ) north of Aberdeen and attendance at a mid-week meeting on the mainland could involve five days away from home for a councillor from the northern isles ( Wheatley 1969:292 ) . |
| 5 | Here the distance is 410 light-years , and all the main stars are hot and white . |
| 6 | Another group often mentioned is agricultural workers , who are thinly scattered across the land and have had great difficulties in forming a union with political and industrial strength . |
| 7 | There is extensive areas of woodland , many commercial plantations which can become the starting point for accommodating the new village . |
| 8 | Knowing how hard times are , local dealer Ernst Beyeler is inviting visitors to join a pilgrimage from market to temple : until 27 September , he is taking over both Kunstmuseum and Kunsthalle to stage an exhibition . |
| 9 | ACTIUS is to hold its first open meeting in association with the Call Centre Management Conference , and is inviting members and prospective members along to help direct the group 's future direction . |
| 10 | Here 's another : an Arts Council-funded photographic project called What She Wants ( with a grant of £14,000 , half the sum requested ) is inviting women to submit intimate pictures of men , and a report of the session that produced them ( ‘ Did he let you do everything you wanted ? ’ ) . |
| 11 | The group is inviting artists to contribute paintings , illustrations , sketches — artwork of all kinds — to be auctioned off by the Mayor of Rochdale on Saturday 19 October at 7 pm at the Rochdale Art Gallery . |
| 12 | The Hungarian government is inviting tenders for a project to computerise the social security system . |
| 13 | The Hungarian government is inviting tenders for a project to computerise the social security system . |
| 14 | The South African government is inviting tenders for two cellular telephone licences it plans to award , with a mid-June deadline for applications : the successful bidders will have to pay the government about $33m upfront for the licence and 5% of turnover in annual licence fees , the Financial Times reports ; Cable & Wireless is expected to bid for one of the licences in partnership with the local M-Net pay television station . |
| 15 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 16 | The Scottish Enterprise Foundation , a consortium of companies and public bodies formed last November to encourage new business in Scotland , is inviting students with bright ideas to submit them to a panel of entrepreneurs and experts . |
| 17 | The British Architectural Library is inviting nominations for the annual Sir Bannister Fletcher Awards of the Authors ' Club for the best book published on architecture or the fine arts during 1991 . |
| 18 | A judge interviewed in the programme says this is inviting juveniles to commit crime . |
| 19 | The molecular Spectroscopy Group is inviting applications for the 1992 Harry Willis prize for analytical spectroscopy . |
| 20 | In those circumstances whether the accused is dishonest falls outwith s.2(1) but within the principles discussed below . |
| 21 | Some statuses are relatively fixed and there is little individuals can do to change their assignment to particular social positions . |
| 22 | At its highest point it probably reaches 170 feet ( my rope is 180 feet long , and once I 'd belayed , there was none to take in between Norman and myself ) . |
| 23 | The central dome is 180 feet above ground , supported on gigantic pendentives which in turn stem from the four semi-circular arches and enormous , ground-standing piers . |
| 24 | Therefore , one horizontal row of squares is 180 BITS , 250 rows of 180 squares is 250 × 180 = 45,000 BITS . |
| 25 | The true separation between the bright pairs is about 0.2 of a light-year , and the distance from Earth is 180 light-years . |
| 26 | The first is the Christian position which is 180 degrees out of phase with the world . |
| 27 | PI/2 radians is 90 degrees and PI radians is 180 degrees . |
| 28 | The pattern itself is 180 squares wide and 35 rows high . |
| 29 | The width is 180 squares , so multiply this by the 70 obtained for height . |
| 30 | The prepatent period is 18-20 days . |