Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The French were to win the final set by a combination of factors .
2 First I do n't want to repeat what has been so eloquently said about the need for putting the elected local government representatives in a clear majority , but it certainly seems to me that unless is , this is done the whole concept of the triple partnership and all the fine words about local accountability are seriously at risk .
3 When this is done the last equation becomes .
4 But this is to anticipate the next chapter .
5 This is to reverse the conventional relationship between youth and age .
6 ( 3 ) The tenant should try to insert reference to the tenant being construed to be : the tenant for the time being or better still : while this Lease shall be vested in the Tenant This is to obviate the remote possibility of an argument as to whether the bankruptcy or liquidation of the original tenant ( after an assignment ) who will presumably still be within the definition of " the Tenant " could affect the re-entry provisions contained in the lease .
7 This is to accommodate the large range of abundances .
8 This is using the cancelling method in reverse .
9 This is called the immune system .
10 For salt and water systems , this is called the cryohydric point .
11 First of all note that the vapour pressure curve terminates at point C. This is called the critical point of water .
12 This is called the critical solution temperature .
13 This is called the critical temperature , Tc .
14 This is called the Western Wall , popularly called the Wailing Wall because Jews bewail the destruction of the Temple there .
15 This is called the general gas law or sometimes the combined gas law .
16 It is now only a short step to think of comparing ‘ local ’ specific mortality patterns ( m a ) with a standard ( m s ) by means of a weighted average over the age groups of the ratios of m a to m s , using as weights the deaths that would be expected locally if the standard specific mortalities were to apply , i.e. m s x P a This is called the standardized mortality ratio ( SMR ) .
17 This is called the AND-tree context of B.
18 This is called the legionary habit .
19 Notice that the slope of the consumption line measures the increase in consumption brought about by a one pound increase in income — this is called the marginal propensity to consume ( mpc ) .
20 Similarly , the slope of the saving line measures the increase in saving brought about by a one pound increase in income — this is called the marginal propensity to save ( mps ) .
21 or This is called the ideal gas equation .
22 For example Magnesium + Carbon dioxide Magnesium Oxide + Carbon Stage 2 : The words are replaced by the formula of the reactants and products Stage 3 : The equation is balanced This is called the balanced equation or stoichiometric equation .
23 This is to miss the important point which has made Kinnock master of the Labour party , as Bevan never was : Bevan was a rebel ; Kinnock is not .
24 The simple response to this is to recite the general principle that no treatment is warranted , or indeed lawful , without consent , and that if consent is withdrawn , nothing need be done .
25 This is to increase the personal tax exemption ( the amount by which taxable income is reduced for each person in a household ) .
26 He purchased a former malt-house at Crooked Lane in 1831 , and this is considered the founding date of the Cadbury manufacturing firm .
27 The front skid or main wheel will also need to be chocked , and an easy , effective way of doing this is to run the main wheel into a rut in the ground .
28 The core of this is to understand the delicate balance between feelings of affection , moral imperatives of duty , and calculations about personal advantage and disadvantage , and to understand how the particular sets of economic circumstances in which women and men are placed shape the character of that balance at any point in time .
29 One suggestion for avoiding this is to have the explicit tax rate apply only to net-of-transfer income earnings , so that if the benefit withdrawal rate is 60 per cent and the explicit tax rate 30 per cent the ‘ total ’ tax paid on an additional £1 of earned income would be at a rate , which is a sum comprising 60p less means-tested benefit , and 30 per cent of 40p = 12p explicit tax , i.e. 72p .
30 To see this is to recognize the stylistic value of Golding 's choice : that his version of the event is of movements perceived in space and time , from which the reader has to work out a normal understanding of what is happening .
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