Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alaska is to go ahead with a controversial plan to reduce wolf numbers in a bid to restock caribou herds . |
| 2 | It is likened locally to a stranded whale , and dominates the area . |
| 3 | In the ideal situation he is hidden completely from the observed , who are not aware of the researcher 's presence at all . |
| 4 | Now the excitement is hidden away inside the bland vanilla-coloured machines themselves , frighteningly complex and entirely baffling . |
| 5 | Alternatively , a replacement nylon seat can be fitted which is placed firmly on the old seat and a new washer and jumper fitted |
| 6 | But in our present context , it raises the question as to whether the call of the Killer whaler is recognized instinctively by a new-born seal or porpoise or whether it is learnt during adolescence , while in the company of parents . |
| 7 | 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 ’ ‘ |
| 8 | The BaThonga are a patrilineal people , that is , kinship in blood is traced principally through the male line on the father 's side . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The intensity of this erotic charge is only slightly less remarkable than its investment , a kind of reverse sublimation whereby neurosis is fantasized sexually as a potent purity inviting submission : ‘ What do I care if he kills people ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It sets out to cover the normal stages of language development between the ages of 1 and 5 years , although it is intended principally as a clinical tool for children with delayed and deviant language . |
| 13 | The list given here is intended only as a general guide . |
| 14 | According to Mark Doran , Unix International 's technical project manager , Application Linking wo n't be a full object-oriented specification and is intended only as a stop-gap definition until the Object Group delivers object linking and embedding guidelines in two years ' time . |
| 15 | Of course H is intended only as an easy illustration of what might go wrong — and go wrong it does in some of the important generalisations of Z that arise in Section 3.6 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Sulawesi is situated midway between the shallow Sunda and Sahul shelves ( see page 130 ) . |
| 18 | The mass of water ( typically 90 litres ) is heated quickly to a pre-set temperature ( 60°C ) and is maintained at this level . |
| 19 | To insist that on the contrary it is a fact of nature is to fall straight into the classic folklinguistic trap . |
| 20 | A stream comes down on the east side and disappears into a cave entrance admitting to a passage below the track where , on the west side , it is joined underground from an alternative pothole entrance . |
| 21 | In each the primitive , sometimes bestial is joined obdurately to the modern and sophisticated . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The ensuing silence is broken only by the quick rustle of Anya surrepitiously scratching her knee through a layer of denim . |
| 25 | Here is spring and summertime the quiet is broken only by the soothing sound of wood pigeons , which somehow creates an aura of timelessness . |
| 26 | This programme is taught jointly by the Christian Ethics and Practical Theology Department , with the Hebrew and Old Testament , and New Testament Departments , and comprises a study of Biblical and Theological Ethics . |
| 27 | As we have already explained , such a change in angle of attack is formed naturally by the conical sailform on a delta , but it needs to be held in place on sharply tapered types . |
| 28 | ‘ The old adage is to promote harder during the difficult times , ’ admits Mr Bacon . |
| 29 | Yet years on how come that it is Cecil who is regarded mostly as a flawed but well meaning sweety-pie and Miss Keays as someone who has all the charisma of an old battleaxe ? |
| 30 | It is tinged sometimes with a blinkered nostalgia , a belief that there really was a Golden Age in the countryside when humans and nature were in harmony ; at others with an ugly neo-colonialism , a conviction that wilderness are all right for the Third World , but not for us civilised folk . |