Example sentences of "[conj] is [vb pp] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 's announcement came a month after California 's two newly elected Democratic senators introduced a bill to preserve one-third of the federally owned desert land in their state , a measure that is expected to become law by this summer . |
| 2 | Assuming that the organisation that is established to give help to prisoners in the Caribbean is based in England or Wales and is unconnected with any other charity , it will find it difficult to persuade the Inland Revenue that its activities are wholly charitable unless it is registered with the Charity Commission . |
| 3 | But it is normally an appeal to possible rather than to actual cases that is used to generate scepticism about the existence of minds other than our own . |
| 4 | The surveyor conducts one inspection and provides a fuller report than is required to ensure compliance with section 13 . |
| 5 | The research follows one group of young people through the course and is intended to throw light on its effectiveness in achieving the agency 's aims ; on the responses of the young consumers ; and on the appropriateness of the techniques and resources of such agencies in undertaking this kind of work . |
| 6 | Antiarrhythmic drugs — Among type 1a antiarrhythmic drugs , quinidine seems to have the greatest potential for causing torsades de pointes and is estimated to produce syncope in 0.5–4.0% of patients as a result of this tachyarrhythmia . |
| 7 | Just three examples are : a mobile filtration unit ( price £1,341 ) from G.F.E. Bartlett , which heats filtered oil to prevent it becoming viscous ; the mobile Fastfilter from Fast International , featuring a roller pump to ensure any solidified fat is pumped out and so , the company says , eliminating the need for heater coils ; and Stott Benham 's Fry-Saver , which costs £1,600 until 1 August , and is claimed to increase efficiency by providing 15 times more filtering area than standard filter paper . |
| 8 | Apart from his bankruptcy , Mr Bond is to face criminal financial charges next month , and is required to give evidence before the Royal Commission inquiring into financial dealings between several Western Australian entrepreneurs and a former state Labour government during the 1980s . |
| 9 | Fieldwork is based in Sheffield , and is designed to gather information of both a quantitative and a qualitative nature . |
| 10 | Weir makes pumps , valves , desalination and sewage handling equipment and is set to continue growth on the back of the major capital investment planned for worldwide water , oil and gas industries . |
| 11 | The Dangerous Dogs Bill was rushed through the Lords and is expected to become law before the summer recess . |
| 12 | The exact mechanism for ascorbate induced haemolysis in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency is uncertain but is thought to entail generation of hydrogen peroxide and other reactive oxygen species , which rapidly exhaust the limited glutathione supply . |
| 13 | The order does not confer ownership of the seabed , but is designed to stop rustling of stock introduced to the sea . |
| 14 | The research will be theoretical but is designed to throw light on important practical issues and , it is hoped , will provide a framework for future empirical research . |