Example sentences of "[noun] is [vb pp] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , if the provision is to remain , the following proviso should be added : except where such injury damage or loss is caused as a result of a breach of any of the Landlord 's covenants herein contained
2 The individual 's intentions and objectives are correct and the proper course of action is selected but a slip occurs in performing it .
3 Baker considers the biblical theme of ‘ kairos ’ , the time ( unlike normal linear time ) in which action is demanded or a time which is opportune .
4 In time so much rock is dissolved that a hole is formed , called a swallow hole , and beneath it there is an underground pipe , as at Gaping Gill in Yorkshire and Eldon Hole in Derbyshire .
5 ‘ Are ’ : spelt ‘ re , pronounced after vowels , usually with some change in the preceding vowel , e.g. ‘ you ’ — ‘ you 're ’ , ‘ we ’ — ‘ we 're ’ , ‘ they ’ — they 're ; linking r is used when a vowel follows , as explained in the next section .
6 The Committee therefore proposes the enactment of a statutory provision which will clearly state that rape is committed where a woman consents to sexual intercourse as a result of threats of force , explicit or implicit , against the woman herself or any other person , ‘ but that it should not be rape if , taking a reasonable view , the threats were not capable of being carried out immediately . ’
7 If a limiting radial is also published , the radial is followed until a turn inbound is initiated , at latest where the DME distance is reached ( fig 53b ) .
8 When a child is born and a twosome becomes a threesome , more blueprint patterns begin to operate , as they do again when second and subsequent children are born .
9 An order is automatically discharged if the child is adopted or a court makes a residence order under s8 .
10 Original artwork is returned when a manuscript can not be published .
11 In case of doubt , veterinary examination is recommended when a dog with eye trouble is presented at a breed show or breeding eligibility test .
12 Security is created where a person ( ‘ the creditor ’ ) to whom an obligation is owed by another ( ‘ the debtor ’ ) by statute or contract , in addition to the personal promise of the debtor to discharge the obligation , obtains rights exercisable against some property in which the debtor has an interest in order to enforce the discharge of the debtor 's obligation to the creditor . ’
13 If cholesterol is raised , a cholesterol-lowering diet is recommended and a diet sheet offered .
14 In this way the conflict of interest between the classes is disguised and a degree of social stability produced , but the basic contradictions and conflicts of class societies remain unresolved .
15 There are no general regulations in the UK governing the type of medium to be used for archival recording , although some regulations stipulate additional conditions for electronic records ; and certain authorities have the right to require that their approval is obtained before a company relies exclusively on electronic records , for example :
16 In this case the details can be entered here whenever a file is amended and a printout obtained at will .
17 It is also possible to have locating systems fitted to all muzzled ferrets but a snag is revealed when a number are used together .
18 A match is found when a user has all of the roles specified within the model or a superset of them .
19 Coding is required but a selection of responses may be used verbatim in the final report to add interest .
20 If an order requiring taxation of costs is made and a bill is not lodged for taxation within three months or such further time as the court may allow , the right to costs is forfeited ( r 7.35 ) .
21 A cancellation charge is made when a customer cancels or does n't show up .
22 The break-even point is achieved when a sales volume of about £32,000 is reached .
23 It is evident from the Northwestern Utilities case that once the defendant proves the act of a stranger , the point is reached when a claim based on the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher merges into a claim in negligence , so that if there is no fault the plaintiff will not succeed .
24 Then a list of possible new schemes dear to committee members ' hearts is added and a list of possible economies and cuts , 1 per cent , 5 per cent or 10 per cent in total .
25 The pothole that gives the route its name is passed and a couple of thin moves are required to reach easier angled rock and the top .
26 The day is gone when a girl waits around till some man needs a wife .
27 The incentive to reclaim the overpayment is lessened if a company is lucky enough not to need the cash immediately .
28 The grain is sealed before a basecoat is applied ; solid colours or tints are put on next , then the guitar receives its top coats of clear polyurethane .
29 Hilton 's uneducated disciple , however , is learning at this stage that the goal of the contemplative life is a remaking of the self to be like God through a loving practice , and thus knowledge , of goodness : Such contemplation is experienced as a gift which lifts the conscious effort to know and love God into an activity of delight which expresses the whole man : Although this goal is thus acknowledged from the start , the rest of the book is devoted to the means by which the contemplative can work towards it .
30 The theory is that the range of decisions open to managers and administrative agencies is limited because a set of criteria derived from their expert background and training governs their decisions .
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