Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] is [verb] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sufficient element of damage is shown where expenses are necessarily incurred by the plaintiff in investigating and counteracting the machinations of the defendants . |
| 2 | Unfortunately it is crucial to know which species of snake is involved because snake poisons are so complex that it has proved impossible to develop a ‘ multi-venin' that will treat all forms of snakebite . |
| 3 | Rather , a context of action is defined where autonomy continues to be valued and guarded , but where the paramount cultural values stress generosity and affiliation , and where kindred and community , protected by these values , remain the sole sources of nurturance and security . |
| 4 | Registration of mail is used when money or valuables are sent through the post . |
| 5 | It is words rather than meanings that are problematic ; in fact , the point of reform is to ensure that words express what speakers ‘ really mean ’ rather than unfortunately conveying something speakers do not intend . |
| 6 | In the case of sliced veneers a baulk of timber is clamped and slices are peeled off it by a machine very like a large plane . |
| 7 | Because the greatness of man is to see that things might be otherwise — to look at the world around him , and to see another world beneath its surface . ’ |
| 8 | Adolescence is a period of progressive transition from childhood to adulthood and as experience of life is acquired and intelligence and understanding grow , so will the scope of the decision-making which should be left to the minor , for it is only by making decisions and experiencing the consequences that decision-making skills will be acquired . |
| 9 | But if the commonsense understanding of schooling is bracketed and belief suspended , another reality emerges , the life of the playground . |
| 10 | A similar rate of decay is seen if LTP is induced in synapses that have been surgically isolated from the major site of protein synthesis in the cell body layer . |
| 11 | The Department of Health is warning that H I V infection among heterosexuals is increasing faster than in any other group . |
| 12 | The first 14 days of any period of disablement is excluded and benefit is payable for up to 104 weeks from the 15th day of disablement . |
| 13 | To open the door to this type of possibility is to accept that babies who are mentally handicapped , yet perfectly capable of leading a happy life with either their parents or guardians , are deprived of this opportunity by a small group of people who know little about what this life will be like . |
| 14 | Of course they had some value , in an informal way , as precedents , but the precedent here might easily be not that non dubito is now admissible , but that some relaxation of wording is allowed where family property expectations are involved . |
| 15 | Item 5 is a weekly benefit , of which the first 14 days of any period of incapacity is excluded and benefit is payable for 104 weeks from the 15th day of incapacity . |
| 16 | Methanol is particularly toxic by skin contact ( giving service implications ) , and unpleasant stuff like formaldehyde is produced as alcohols burn . |
| 17 | Initially the cash flow will be negative , rising from a low figure due to the relatively small resources needed for selecting and planning the project , increasing steeply as investment in production plant and methods begins then returning in a curve to zero as development is completed and production begins . |
| 18 | Initially the cash flow will be negative , rising from a low figure due to the relatively small resources needed for selecting and planning the project , increasing steeply as investment in production plant and methods begins then returning in a curve to zero as development is completed and production begins . |
| 19 | The use of enzymes in synthesis is discussed but biotechnology is not covered . |
| 20 | So participation in sport is increasing although women , the old , the unskilled , and those without private transport are still under-represented . |
| 21 | To experience joy in suffering is to realize that Jesus stands with the poor , the underprivileged , and those , like Francis of Assisi , rejected by their own people . |
| 22 | It is possible to use variable frequency regulation in which the on time is fixed and regulation is achieved by increasing or decreasing the switching frequency , but such systems lead to difficult filtering problems . |
| 23 | Natural immunity to disease is lowered as animals are pumped full of antibiotics ; they are kept in cramped spaces often unable to turn around ; they are not provided with straw to lie on ; and they never see daylight . |
| 24 | The heavy surge of current at switch-on is minimised if pairs of lamps are switched to operate in ‘ series ’ at reduced power while setting up is being done , after which they are switched back to full power on ‘ parallel ’ for the take . |
| 25 | Efficiency at work is decreased and judgment impaired , with possible serious results . |
| 26 | Nor does the familiar bogy of the French Minister of Education , said to know exactly what every child at school is learning that minute , when he looks at his watch , seem so very alarming even if it conformed in any way with the truth . |