Example sentences of "[is] [verb] of the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Less is heard of the other welfare state , which runs parallel to the ‘ traditional ’ welfare state , and is financed by tax concessions , such as mortgage interest relief and pension contribution relief . |
| 2 | Although no explanation is given of the stunned response of her fellow pilgrims at the end of her tale : their response is not difficult to understand . |
| 3 | In contrast , the disquieting literature of more dissident bourgeois intellectuals/writers such as Andre Malraux , Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet is unreservedly praised , and a sympathetic account is given of the cultural activity of working-class writers such as Georgette Gueguen-Dreyfus , Eugene Dabit and Andre Philippe . |
| 4 | A literal translation is given of the Arabic themes to highlight the partial loss of orientation through discontinuity of theme . |
| 5 | It is considered of the first importance that young persons should receive correct and permanent impressions on this subject and to assist in securing that object it is intended to exhibit a model of a SLAVE SHIP which was recently captured upon the coast of Africa . |
| 6 | The Junior boys and Cadet girls are defending champions but much is expected of the Junior girls side , with the U-12 girls having an outside chance of upsetting Leinster . |
| 7 | If you study the UKCC 's Code of Professional Conduct ( Appendix 1 ) you will see that the criteria for desired outcomes relates directly to what is expected of the registered nurse and health visitor . |
| 8 | One is reminded of the early expert , but possibly apocryphal , prediction that the maximum number of computers which could be envisaged as being necessary in the UK might be as much as two . |
| 9 | that a major consultation has been going on in one is reminded of the earlier discussion about er St Albans , twelve thousand questionnaires have been sent out and there |
| 10 | He cites five such features of highly automated plants : the finely graded status structures of such organisations , arising from the more even balance than in other industries between skilled , semi-skilled , and unskilled workers ; the relatively smaller size of plants and work units ; the changed role of management ( with the work units taking over quality supervision and the machinery controlling the level of output , management is left with the job of providing advice rather than instructions ) ; there is blurring of the dividing line between manual and non-manual work ; and the greater prosperity and lower proportion of labour costs allows management to offer higher pay levels , a wide range of fringe benefits , and a high level of job security . |
| 11 | Also in 1935 , the men were given permission to mark cards for the Ladies , but nothing is said of the reverse procedure . |
| 12 | It is built of the same materials and shows the same Moorish features of decoration and construction ( 415 ) . |
| 13 | Mention is made of the Equal Pay and Sex Discrimination Acts but there is no attempt to question their ultimate effectiveness . |
| 14 | The lecture method has the great disadvantage that the speed of delivery of information can not be controlled by the receiver , and repetition is not possible unless printed handouts are provided , the student manages to write a synopsis , or some recording is made of the actual lecture . |
| 15 | This is a figure you 're likely to achieve quite often if liberal use is made of the fifth gear which comes as standard . |
| 16 | That their duvet cover is made of the Russian flag and the Union Jack can be passed by ; better are such details as the fact that Russians call spam ‘ Roosevelt smile ’ ; the question of whether Down 's syndrome chidren are known as Mongols in the USSR , and a dispute over private medicine : ‘ You think I 've fled 1,000 miles from scientific communism just to live with Mrs Engels ? ’ asks Slava . |
| 17 | Scarcity value apart , the Stag is made of the right stuff by classic yardsticks . |
| 18 | In Fig. 11–5 a comparison is made of the two grants . |
| 19 | The display can be even more eye-catching if use is made of the wide choice of containers now available . |
| 20 | No mention is made of the lateral road on the ridge of Busaco which was so carefully restored by Wellington and which played such a vital role in the successful conduct of the battle . |
| 21 | 8.8 To ensure that appropriate use is made of the available line management support arrangements , all requests for external counselling must be discussed with the employee and approved by the relevant District Manager . |
| 22 | Kava is made of the ground-up roots of the kava bush . |
| 23 | Much play is made of the dual nature of Woman as madonna and whore : a chestnut by now , surely to God . |
| 24 | A study is made of the social characteristics of medical men , their social origins , incomes , household structures , and place and type of residence . |
| 25 | The process of the development from parable to allegory can be clearly seen when a comparison is made of the three accounts in the Synoptic Gospels . |
| 26 | At the time of writing , the THORP plant is in fact nearing completion , and the Sellafield management is boasting of the long list of multimillion pound contracts it has already won to reprocess nuclear fuel from around the world . |
| 27 | Now it 's the turn of the attack to show it 's made of the right stuff . |
| 28 | 1 to 2 pm : The rest of the Cabinet is told of the impending statement . |
| 29 | Aindow is accused of the attempted murder of Martin Peake and of attempting to pervert the course of justice and obstructing the investigating police . |
| 30 | A Lebanese chauffeur is accused of the involuntary manslaughter of Kim Brockwell from Oxfordshire . |