Example sentences of "[noun] is [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grand mean is derived from the four group-mean data points of b . |
| 2 | Consequently , the best treatment seems to be to say that stress in words with prefixes is governed by the same rules as those for words without prefixes . |
| 3 | The right of elderly people to take risks is emphasised in the first national guidelines on restraint in residential care and nursing homes . |
| 4 | The quality of teaching and research in the Faculty of Arts is underpinned by the excellent research facilities that are available . |
| 5 | A trumpet in high F is used for the exacting trumpet part in Brandenburg No. 2 , and one in high B flat ( an octave higher than the standard B flat instrument ) is now in circulation . |
| 6 | Entry is achieved in the same way as any other type of module via a package and an active DC . |
| 7 | When work is complete on a range of entries only the text of the latest version of a new or changed entry is transferred to the main archive . |
| 8 | 12 Entrants may submit as many entries as they wish , provided each entry is accompanied by the specified proof of purchase coupon . |
| 9 | Melatonin is produced by the pineal gland , a tiny organ buried in the centre of the brain . |
| 10 | The contractor is paid for the actual costs he incurs plus a previously agreed lump sum for his overheads and profit . |
| 11 | POWYS Fire Brigade is represented at the 50th anniversary celebrations of Fire Service Benevolent Fund in London today . |
| 12 | Various methods are used , depending on market circumstances — the ‘ tap ’ method , where stock is issued gradually in order not to flood the market and depress the price ; the ‘ tender ’ method , where institutions are invited to tender for a given issue ; and the ‘ auction ’ method , where stock is sold to the highest bidders among the twenty or so gilt-edged market makers ( GEMMs ) . |
| 13 | But here there is no minimum price specified and stock is sold to the highest bidders and sold at the price that each has bid . |
| 14 | But he was by no means alone in Britain , for a combined silversmith and jeweller 's stock is known at the extensive settlement of Snettisham in Norfolk . |
| 15 | The Mermaid is frequented by the local fishermen for breakfasts and lunches , which makes me think its fish must be the freshest . |
| 16 | Note that ‘ Middle ’ means that the card is placed across the central strip . |
| 17 | The third card is placed on the u of mutus and the fourth card is placed on the second u in mutus . |
| 18 | In medical schools a great deal is taught about the medical and other consequences of high alcohol consumption but little or nothing is taught about alcoholism , the addictive disease . |
| 19 | Judicial policy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is examined in the third section . |
| 20 | The different nature of the materials imported to particular parts of England in the sixth and seventh centuries is mirrored by the different patterns of dispersal revealed by plotting fall-off curves ( Huggett forthcoming ) . |
| 21 | Yes , competitive tendering is based on the simple proposition that health service managers are trained to manage health care institutions , not laundries or cleaning forces . |
| 22 | The metaphysical framework for the neurophysiology of perception is provided by the Causal Theory of Perception ( henceforth referred to as the CTP ) . |
| 23 | The basic pull-out torque/speed characteristic in this region can be deduced from the static torque/rotor position characteristic and the relationship between the two characteristics is discussed in the next section . |
| 24 | This type of partnership is described in the 1990 Act as a ‘ multi-national partnership ’ ( ‘ MNP ’ ) . |
| 25 | That there was no need for this artificial regeneration is shown by the successful regenerations of central Cardiff , spearheaded by Cardiff city council , and of the Atlantic wharf area , spearheaded by South Glamorgan county council . |
| 26 | An illustration of the problems and possible solutions is provided by the following example . |
| 27 | This polymer has terminal hydroxyl groups , which are esterified with an unsaturated acid , and an aziridine ( ethylene imine ) ring is added to the double bond . |
| 28 | A range of learning methods is used for the taught modules , including case studies , seminars , lectures , tutorials , simulations , presentations and projects . |
| 29 | Schools and teachers are part of a wider political arena and it is inevitable that school disruption is sucked into the wider debates about and responses to law and order . |
| 30 | The dominance of thermal convection is aided by the infrared opacity of the atmosphere below 0.2 bar altitude , which reduces the effectiveness of radiation transfer as a competing heat-transfer mechanism . |