Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The traditional British way of doing things in international sporting bodies is to go to the body and put forward a sensible , fair and balanced objective and assume then that everybody will vote for it . |
| 2 | An exercise you can do to get a picture of the difference between newspapers is to go to the library and read each daily in turn . |
| 3 | I sing it practically every night of my life , because , like bits of Hamlet , it 's so obvious that the trick is to go against the lyric and stir in your listener the real sense of a man who can not love . |
| 4 | It is a way the Holy Spirit is using across the nation and across the denominations . |
| 5 | However , there is a net outflow of as much as 10 per cent and it is this ‘ lost ’ fluid which is drained by the lymphatics and returned to the circulation . |
| 6 | One pupil , sitting in the coveted position alongside the radiator , is gazing through the window and into the distance . |
| 7 | It also means ensuring that any risk inherent in investment advice is explained to the client and clearly understood by him . |
| 8 | My difficulty is compounded by the succinctness and cogency of the Official Solicitor 's submissions which were made with obvious distaste , but in the due and proper fulfilment of their duties as the guardian ad litem of this disabled girl . |
| 9 | A final point to bear in mind is that givenness is assigned by the speaker and , as such , does not necessarily correlate with the reality of the linguistic or extra-linguistic situation . |
| 10 | In some applications a gear is placed between the motor and load with the aim of adjusting the loading on the motor . |
| 11 | Various techniques to promote reflux while imaging have been attempted , such as abdominal cuffing , in which a binder is placed over the abdomen and the pressure is increased by inflating it with air . |
| 12 | We may extend this metaphor further by suggesting that our everyday experience of stress is rather like a tap which is placed over the glass and into which it drips drops of stress . |
| 13 | As in a lot of one-design racing , class rules ensure that the emphasis is placed on the ability and performance of the crew : owners are not allowed to make modifications to their boats . |
| 14 | Otherwise , the sandwich is placed on the saw and the first glass slide cut off . |
| 15 | Notice the back heel is placed on the centreline and , again like the beach start , can be used to bring the board closer . |
| 16 | A framework of iron bars is placed across the top and this supports fine mesh netting . |
| 17 | One person is placed in the middle and momentarily blindfolded while the children hide the ring under their hands . |
| 18 | Most popular pool-liners consist merely of a sheet of heavy-gauge polythene or rubber material which is placed in the excavation and moulded to its contours . |
| 19 | The more elaborate chamber illustrated in Fig. 4.4 , which can be constructed quite cheaply , is designed to overcome some problems in simpler chambers , where either the resin is drawn into the chamber after the sample is outgassed , or the sample is placed in the resin and both are evacuated together ( as in Section 8.5.5 ) . |
| 20 | The beneficiary of their prayers dies in his own home ; his relations , or servants , lay out the body and watch beside it until it is placed in the coffin and taken for interment in accordance with the rites of the Church . |
| 21 | An important part of the research process is to search through the literature and find what ideas similar to your own have been investigated in the past , and then by learning what became of the earlier ideas you can avoid their mistakes and build on the successes . |
| 22 | The student formulates her solution which is checked by the teacher and , where circumstances allow , carries out the solution . |
| 23 | This method of calculating an average is favoured by the hotel and catering industry as it can show the trend over a period of time and eliminates the effects of seasonal fluctuations . |
| 24 | TCG is biased against the taxpayer and in favour of the Revenue , because losses can not be carried back and there is no provision for carrying forward unused annual exemptions nor for top-slicing ( spreading the gains over the years during which they have occurred ) . |
| 25 | The Necropolis is situated to the North and South of the city and the tombs are decorated in a realistic and intimate style showing life in the city of Aten . |
| 26 | Chanel 's Prévention Active , designed to be used every morning by the over 25s , works to boost the light-reflective capacity of the epidermis by slowing down the formation of free radicals and boosting the microcirculatory network which is situated between the dermis and the epidermis . |
| 27 | Songqiao ( 1988 ) describes that of the Hexi corridor which is situated between the Mongolian and Tibetan plateaux and which has a long history of cultivation based on irrigation . |
| 28 | As its name would suggest , the Carlton Beach Hotel is situated near the sea and sandy beaches , at the northern end of the main boulevard and close to the famous Scheveningen dunes . |
| 29 | A small exhibition on the abbey is situated near the shop and self-guided audio-cassette tours help reveal the abbey 's history and the Cistercian way of life . |
| 30 | The more normal ‘ indirect ’ system has two water circuits : a primary circuit which is heated in the boiler and then circulates to a heat-exchange unit inside the hot water cylinder before returning to the boiler to be reheated ; and a second circuit which runs from the boiler to the radiators . |