Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] is [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The normal method of securing is to drive a long nail through the end of the sleeper at an angle into the one beneath .
2 The first day of bleeding is considered the first day of the menstrual cycle , when the unfertilised egg and the lining of the womb is shed and discharged .
3 The easiest way of proceeding is to have the first row as YYYYNNNN , the second row as YYNNYYNN and the final row as YNYNYNYN .
4 However , what we can do immediately and are in the process of doing is to introduce a statutory instrument to increase the grant level to 90 per cent .
5 One of the basic problems in surveying is to obtain a good response from one 's informants .
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