Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The UK 's Ampersand Systems Ltd , Bristol , is re-launching itself as the Open Systems Centre , and as has picked up IBM 's RS/6000 to market . |
| 32 | The ultimate ‘ aim ’ of beauty , if there can be said to be such a thing , is to point us towards the spiritual realm . |
| 33 | ‘ Magnus is among the top assets in the XEU portfolio and my job is to keep it in the premier league , ’ he says . |
| 34 | Yes , he , he 's doing it at the British Legion next time . |
| 35 | I suspect it may soon be superseded by a very different idea derived from evolutionary theory and the knowledge molecular biology is giving us about the genetic control of brain processes . |
| 36 | And that it it 's saying which of the following days of action has the group participated in . |
| 37 | The plan is to convert it into the ultimate upmarket hotel and haute cuisine restaurant . |
| 38 | The most common method of distinguishing between production systems or types of production is to separate them into the three categories of jobbing , batch and mass production . |
| 39 | Western countries are overflowing with dangerous waste — and their first thought is to dump it in the Third World . |
| 40 | S what in fact er Mrs said is too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you have to close she really is approaching it from the wrong way , it 's equally too early in the process of community care to know how many homes you need to have open , keep open or open and that is one of the problems which I believe this council and other councils will will face . |
| 41 | I do not know whether that means that he has changed his policy or is distancing himself from the official line of the Labour party on unemployment issues . |
| 42 | Stylistically , Samson is distancing itself from the very audience it should inspire , but by doing so Milton is helping to avoid potential censorship and a silencing altogether . |
| 43 | At which , after an ovation , half the audience did depart to hear Michael Heseltine , whose idea of a fringe meeting is to hold it in the Grand Theatre , which is very grand , built 1906 , seats 1,200 , and where Alvin Stardust will head the bill in this year 's pantomime . |
| 44 | All you have to do is tell us about the worst computer nightmare you 've ever had . |
| 45 | ‘ He 's appointed himself to the temporary monitoring team . |
| 46 | The next stage is to decide which of the potential projects to work on . |
| 47 | The next stage is to decide which of the potential projects to work on . |
| 48 | This is taking us from the mundane and the ugly and helping us to see something of the reality of the splendour of God in our lives , particularly when we worship Him . |
| 49 | In such a case the judge is not abusing his powers ; he is exercising them to the best of his ability albeit some other court thinks he was mistaken . |
| 50 | hundred quid 's putting it on the light side . |
| 51 | ‘ Your reward 's awaiting you in the Fiery Pit ! ’ fumed the priest , running on the spot and punching the air with fury . |
| 52 | The second is to present them to the three million visitors each year in ‘ an educative and enjoyable way ’ . |
| 53 | Apart from being awkward , the Arabic version also distorts the information structure of the original by presenting the first element ( ‘ general picture ’ ) as given when the point of the cleft structure is to present it as the new information worth attending to . |
| 54 | Naval regional officer Commander Bill Sidgwick said : ‘ The aim is to show the public how the Royal Navy is adapting itself to the modern changing world . |
| 55 | He is telling us about the new initiatives |
| 56 | It is to remind ourselves of the radical demands of God , and to realize that to call the Christian gospel ‘ good news ’ is to concentrate on only half the story . |
| 57 | This is to say nothing of the varied forms and objects of laughter that there may be : spontaneous hilarity ; dark chuckles over black humour ; knowing , ironic laughter ; the nervous giggles of imperfect comprehension . |
| 58 | Ordinary shares ( as the name implies ) constitute the residuary class in which is vested everything after the special rights of preference classes , if any , have been satisfied . |
| 59 | Rees thereupon complained to the European Commission of Human Rights that , by refusing to alter the recorded sex on his birth certificate , the United Kingdom , through its law , is depriving him of the legal status corresponding to his actual condition , to which he is rightfully entitled by Article 8 . |
| 60 | BODO 'S EPIC misinterpretation of my failure at Lani 's established itself as the authorized version of events . |