Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jordan is catching up with the Western world . |
| 2 | Time is catching up with the baldly-going heroes . |
| 3 | Erm , right , what I want to do this week , is to go on to the next er , work of Freud 's , that follows after erm , group psychology , or rather to the next two , because I 'm gon na back these two books together for , hi there , , erm gon na back these two books together , because as we 'll see , they , they really deal with the same subject . |
| 4 | It concerns me , in fact I was , I 've had a theory for a couple of years now , that what the Tories wish us all to do is to go on to the American system of medical insurance . |
| 5 | If you have genuine difficulty in keeping to the diet in this book or any other diet , your best bet is to go back to the calorie-counting method , supervised by a diet club , dietitian , or doctor . |
| 6 | In the ideal situation he is hidden completely from the observed , who are not aware of the researcher 's presence at all . |
| 7 | Now the excitement is hidden away inside the bland vanilla-coloured machines themselves , frighteningly complex and entirely baffling . |
| 8 | For example , in ‘ Japan ’ the primary stress is on the last syllable , but when we add the stress-carrying suffix ‘ -ese ’ the primary stress is on the suffix and the secondary stress is placed not on the second syllable but on the first : ‘ Japanese ’ . |
| 9 | Alternatively , a replacement nylon seat can be fitted which is placed firmly on the old seat and a new washer and jumper fitted |
| 10 | The artwork is placed down onto the UV light box so that the ‘ Copper Track View ’ of the artwork is downwards , towards the light source . |
| 11 | It is ‘ the men ’ who act as a body , and the actual organizer is recognized only as the symbolic embodiment of ‘ the men ’ , and is in no way superior or qualitatively different from ‘ the men ’ ‘ |
| 12 | A ban on tobacco advertising is favoured particularly by the older age groups ( 69% of those aged 55–64 ) but 56% of 15–19 year olds also support a ban . |
| 13 | The BaThonga are a patrilineal people , that is , kinship in blood is traced principally through the male line on the father 's side . |
| 14 | Atomic hydrogen ( HI ) is observed directly through its 21-cm hyperfine line , whereas H 2 is not directly observable and is traced primarily through the 2.6-mm rotational transition of the CO molecule . |
| 15 | Turkey is flown in with the weekly food supplies , while in Tripoli some enterprising expats even breed turkeys specifically for the festive table . |
| 16 | The call is uttered only by the male cuckoo , who arrives slightly before the female , and begins to call as soon as he reaches the breeding grounds . |
| 17 | There is bound to be considerable upheaval among the blue-chip client list which Deloitte UK is bringing over to the new firm . |
| 18 | The microfilm is also an invaluable tool for disabled workers who are unable to get to the central paper system or for an interview room that is situated far from the general bureau office . |
| 19 | The steam centre based in the Warwick Road , Birmingham is situated in between the main British Rail diesel multiple unit maintenance depot and re-fuelling sidings , complete with a large car-park for several hundred cars . |
| 20 | Sulawesi is situated midway between the shallow Sunda and Sahul shelves ( see page 130 ) . |
| 21 | To insist that on the contrary it is a fact of nature is to fall straight into the classic folklinguistic trap . |
| 22 | In each the primitive , sometimes bestial is joined obdurately to the modern and sophisticated . |
| 23 | The mould is broken away from the hardened bronze , the ends of the tie-rods sawn off , faults patched and the surface cleaned ; and though much fine detail was completed in the model , more can be chiselled on the cold bronze . |
| 24 | Soon the great awards of knighthoods give way to the decorations reserved for the civil and military services , and the shuffle of office workers is broken only by the occasional clink of a cavalryman 's spur . |
| 25 | The ensuing silence is broken only by the quick rustle of Anya surrepitiously scratching her knee through a layer of denim . |
| 26 | Here is spring and summertime the quiet is broken only by the soothing sound of wood pigeons , which somehow creates an aura of timelessness . |
| 27 | Even then it should not apply where all that the Purchaser does is to carry on in the ordinary course of the business . |
| 28 | Its growth is considered here as a specific political issue which , for the purposes of both clarity and brevity , is distinguished apart from the broader social history of the period . |
| 29 | This is stepping ahead to the next consideration of the Lady of the Hearth as she who lights and tends the fire . |
| 30 | In the UK , Barclays Computer Operations , Knutsford , Cheshire , which was set up in January 1991 by Barclays Bank Plc to provide in-house facilities management , is stepping out into the commercial marketplace with its own offerings — OPM ( Operator Presentation Manager ) , and DataPlace . |