Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] is [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coupled with this factual thesis is the full-blooded relativist view that there are only these different views ; that to talk about morality is to make reference to them ; and that there is no fact-of-the-matter ; no independent concept of right and wrong ; of good and bad ; of duty or responsibility . |
| 2 | The problem of course is getting access to a machine and finding time to do all the viewing you want . |
| 3 | Now a new line of research is taking shape in the US to combat these and other toxic chemicals that are known collectively as chlorinated aromatic compounds . |
| 4 | One of the processes of digestion is to reduce food to a substance which can be absorbed in the bloodstream as sugar . |
| 5 | To focus upon the processes of characterization is to draw attention to the definition of act or event , and interaction between potential deviant and enforcement agent . |
| 6 | The delightfully named village of Chigny-les-Roses is situated south of Reims , on the northern slopes of the Montagne , a few kilometres west of the grand cru villages of Mailly-Champagne and Verzenay . |
| 7 | He stated : ‘ If we apply [ the fraud vitiates consent ] idea to the present case , it is difficult to say that the prisoner was not guilty of rape , for the definition of rape is having connection with a woman without her consent . ’ |
| 8 | The role of premises is to throw light on a subject ; the role of evidences is to give weight to it . |
| 9 | 1979 Magritta of Marienburg is elected Emperor by the Elector Counts not otherwise claiming the crown for themselves . |
| 10 | A second use of the study of hoards is to provide information about the quantity of coins put into circulation ( fig. 28 ) . |
| 11 | One of the principal effects of inflation is to redistribute wealth between lenders and borrowers . |
| 12 | The way to escape from the poverty of Esarn is to find work in Bangkok . |
| 13 | If the purpose of art is to simplify reality into significant patterns then , here , nature has already done the job on a superhuman scale . |
| 14 | Real industry the making and selling of goods is giving way to the supplying of services and the heritage business . |
| 15 | The Royal College of Nursing is to lobby Parliament on 24 October in protest at the Government 's plans to shake up the National Health Service , the union has announced . |
| 16 | As a result , the way in which higher education can support and even develop the general cultural base of society is given attention before the internal culture of higher education . |
| 17 | Much youth work in the region is led by young people and a lot of training is taking place for the leaders of different groups . |
| 18 | This kind of proof is called proof by cases . |
| 19 | The role of premises is to throw light on a subject ; the role of evidences is to give weight to it . |
| 20 | The only certain method of prevention is to exclude light from the water , and the employment of a light aluminium roof on a tank is becoming common practice . |
| 21 | Construction of facilities is nearing completion in readiness to commence production before the end of 1992 . |
| 22 | The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality … ’ |
| 23 | Probably most serious attempts at suicide in which some form of self-injury is inflicted result in death . |
| 24 | There is a large body of case law concerned with the meaning of particular expressions in particular contexts , but the drafter should bear in mind the cautionary words of Lord Esher MR : No general rule exists for the computation of time , either under the Bankruptcy Act or any other statute , or , indeed , where time is mentioned in a contract , and the rational mode of computation of time is to have regard in each case to the purpose for which the computation is to be made ( Re North , ex parte Hasluck [ 1895 ] 2 QB 264 ) . |
| 25 | It would perhaps be unusual for expulsion to follow as a matter of course under this head without some discussion with the invalid to see whether other arrangements might be made and the real object of including this as a ground for expulsion is to remove doubt on all sides as to when such delicate matters are liable to be brought up for discussion in the context of early retirement . |
| 26 | Arnold Rose from Brighton is raising money through being sponsored for a 24-hour pot-throwing marathon . |
| 27 | Th th th this in effect is creating capitalism in the countryside . |
| 28 | Despite Anthony Fauci 's assertion that ‘ the virus is the major factor in HIV disease , ’ it was clear that a shift in emphasis is taking place from direct antiretroviral strategies to immune-directed therapies . |
| 29 | The John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford is to upgrade security on its wards , the new comes , the news comes in the light of the sexual assault on the eleven year girl at St Helier 's hospital . |
| 30 | That in turn is prompting talk in the stockmarket of another rate cut . |