Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , there would frequently be discrepancies between the meanings of sentences with a predicate qualifier and " fuller versions " when it is replaced by a clause ; for example , consider : ( 31 ) the jury found Ernest guilty the jury found Ernest ; Ernest was guilty ( 32 ) Alastair likes his beef tea strong Alastair likes his beef tea ; his beef tea is strong In the latter case , for instance , there may not be any strong beef tea at all ; the point of uttering the sentence may be to complain about that very point . |
| 2 | Another objection to the notion of ‘ stages ’ is due to the same problem . |
| 3 | The positive charge in a nucleus is due to the several protons it contains , but the protons are not alone ; there is a second type of particle within nuclei — the neutron . |
| 4 | But you see the thing is that how , what complicates all this is that at the same time the Communist Party is trying to achieve greater equality and how that this is n't their , their sole objective . |
| 5 | One of the themes running through The State of the Prisons is that with a few exceptions , neither numbers nor conditions of prisoners have changed very much since Howard first visited . |
| 6 | What I 'm worried about at the moment is that large numbers of people are buying computers , especially some of the cheaper ones , and my prediction is that after a few weeks , they get put into cupboards , and are n't used , because they are so unfriendly , so hard to use , whereas in principle computers could be very powerful and useful devices in the home . |
| 7 | Is that in the same village ? |
| 8 | After the speedy ‘ trial ’ and a statutory appeal , which was dismissed , as is usual within a few hours , one of the six was executed and the others started long prison sentences . |
| 9 | hence a larger sample is possible for the same expenditure |
| 10 | While little data is presented here it is clear from the few examples given that the ANLT has problems with ‘ real ’ language — the number of possible parses produced and the failure to parse — which would not be solved by additional computational power . |
| 11 | Thus the pressure , both inner and outer , on teachers to have a clear , articulate rationale for what they are doing is high at the same time as the exploration of the values from which such a rationale must derive is conspicuously out of style . |
| 12 | Like the quatrain poems it is funny at the same time as serious . |
| 13 | ( You are rarely able to sample rhythms as often as you would like. ) ( a ) Are your 4 hours of observations made in a single session or a number of sessions ? ( b ) If it is a single session , is this at the same time or at different times each day ? ( c ) If it is at different times , then how do you arrange them ? ( d ) If it is a number of sessions , then how many ? |
| 14 | What 's wrong with a few tears ? |
| 15 | This is similar to the former method except that plant material does not come into contact with the water ; only the steam is passed over it . |
| 16 | Fox 's kicking is crucial to the All Black 's game but there are inevitably , other great and experienced winners around him . |
| 17 | Thus it appears that the acquisition of the grammar of a new variety of " the same " language is subject to the same difficulties and may lead to the same types of " error " and inconsistency as the acquisition of its phonology . |
| 18 | In this sense he assumes that government policy is subject to the same degree of stickiness as prices . |
| 19 | However , our own observations show that once invited to submit a proposal , a school 's case is subject to the same criteria as any other , and that these criteria are fairly rigorously applied . |
| 20 | It is subject to the same mechanisms as other parts of the id . |
| 21 | Pollution control work , then , is typical of the many areas of social control characterized by goals of regulation rather than repression . |
| 22 | This behaviour is typical of the several meals we have investigated using scintigraphic techniques , and shows that it represents a physiological relevant test meal . |
| 23 | Situated only 200 metres from the beach and within a three minute walk from the shops and nightlife , the Royal Playa is perfect for an all action holiday in the sun . |
| 24 | Klemperer 's live account of Mahler 's Kindertotenlieder with the same orchestra may not be in such good sound , but with Kathleen Ferrier as soloist this is another important document , and it is coupled with an unrivalled version of Brahms 's Liebeslieder-Walzer from the 1952 Edinburgh Festival . |
| 25 | Consistency is explicit in the same time scale of two weeks . |
| 26 | So , since they claim to know the complete and final story about the nature of mental substance , it is incumbent on them to show that it is impossible for the same consciousness to be transferred from one substance to another . |
| 27 | It is impossible in a few words to do justice to Schleiermacher 's stature and impact . |
| 28 | This has led to a change in the way in which both physical and social data are collected and combined in an effective conservation policy , or , as Pickering ( 1979 ) puts it , in such a way as to ensure the technical validity of a conservation technique is appropriate over the same area as its social validity . |
| 29 | And the other thing is that the second year 's payment is taken out a year 's later through the same banker 's order . |
| 30 | Léger appears to have joined the circle at Mercereau 's later in the same year , probably introduced by Delaunay with whom he was becoming very friendly at this period . |