Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A production assistant hot-footed it round to Camera 3 's position and came through with : ‘ Jeez , boss , three 's crook — he 's fell over in the heat . ’ |
| 2 | But where , on the one hand , the hierarchy of the chivalry is systematically catalogued , from dukes to mere gentlemen , the commonalty is differentiated only to the extent that a passing reference to ‘ the chief of theis folkes , as the substantiall marchauntes , the welthie grasiers and farmers ’ acknowledges the existence of sub-species . |
| 3 | An example , using a very simple model of the bonding in nickel(II) complexes in which the charge is calculated simply from the electronegativity difference between the central atom ( Ni ) and the attached ligand atom , is illustrated in Fig. 6.8 . |
| 4 | Morrow ( 1980:Part 4 ) takes the subordination of text to purpose and prediction so far as to use the questions to construct the text ( through a series of student activities like speed-reading of parts of the text , reordering , and blank-filling ) while the text itself is hidden away at the back of the book for consumption afterwards . |
| 5 | The red light shows it 's in action , the switch is hidden away inside the car . |
| 6 | 3 ) Whey is drained off during the cutting process , leaving banks of curd that are turned constantly by hand until the correct acidity level is finally achieved ( centre ) . |
| 7 | The pressure of the air springs is adjusted constantly by the computer via one inflation solenoid valve per spring and a single deflation valve to maintain body level at all times . |
| 8 | One meeting of all members is arranged annually in the autumn alternating between the four home Countries . |
| 9 | Antoine 's failure to analyse his actions in anything other than a purely technical sense is explained primarily by the tempo of his life dictated by an excessive work load that leaves no time for leisure , for reflection , for self-scrutiny : |
| 10 | As is explained later in the book , despite the high-sounding words with which the Bill was presented to Parliament it is a complete sham . |
| 11 | The problem is compounded further by the fact that software houses are unable to predict what precise configuration is going to be present and so they are forced to provide numerous drivers for peripherals such as displays and printers . |
| 12 | The alternative version has the same two properties together making up a property complex that is applied to the immediately adjacent subject of the sentence ; moreover in both cases the complex as a whole is assigned syntactically to the subject E ; the sole difference is in the matter of which property is taken as " senior " to the other within the bounds of the complex , as in ( 63 ) , and in such a case this will produce an infinitesimal semantic difference : ( 63 ) However this sort of syntactic trading is only possible where the language contains suitable lexical items ; it must have an adverb and verb with the appropriate meanings ; thus , in the absence of an adverb equivalent to after a change and a verb meaning to be orange , for instance , English can not offer such an alternative for ( 64 ) : ( 64 ) in spring , their skin turns orange 5.8 The range of verbs which can occur with postverbal adjectives is in fact quite wide . |
| 13 | Emphasis is placed however on the need for fairness in applying regulations to groups of institutions , given the need to stimulate neutral competitive conditions . |
| 14 | In all the tanks where my fish are housed a small terracotta saucer is placed on to the bottom where the food is placed , this does help when it comes to cleaning the uneaten food off the aquarium bottom . |
| 15 | The choir is raised high above the crypt in which , according to the early Christian custom , the saint 's tomb is placed immediately underneath the altar in the choir above . |
| 16 | In other words , the distance that a subject is placed away from the host or hostess , plays a major role in behaviour . |
| 17 | The mats are formed by a special cutting and macerating machine which harvests the grass and presses it into a five to ten millimetre layer which is placed back on the stubble . |
| 18 | Instead , a layer of doped silicon is placed directly underneath the channel . |
| 19 | Yes , this is what big shops , particularly in America , have now been doing for a few years , in that the till that takes your order as it were is also a computer terminal on line to large computers somewhere else , and every time your tin of baked bins is checked out by the girl on the till , it is adjusting the stocks on its large computer and saying , ‘ Hey , we 're going to run out of baked beans at approximately ten o'clock tomorrow morning . |
| 20 | This is recognized taxonomically by the division between the Ponginae , which contains only the orang-utan and its putative fossil relatives , and the Homininae , for the African apes and humans . |
| 21 | In particular , the continued growth of owner-occupancy is emphasized here with the comparison of the 1971 and 1981 figures . |
| 22 | Shortly after he is flown back to the mainland , to the most south naval base of Rio Grande in Tierra del Fuego . |
| 23 | It is flown there as the alternative to the massive O-dako or rectangular Edo kites , largely because its three-spar construction enables it to be rolled up when the spine is removed . |
| 24 | Art is biased heavily towards the Renaissance . |
| 25 | It is situated right in the centre of the resort and has all the facilities of the shops , restaurants and sports centre close at hand . |
| 26 | The Oxford Union is situated right in the centre of Oxford , two minutes ' walk from Carfax , in St Michael 's Street , which leads off Cornmarket Street . |
| 27 | The Gateway itself is situated deep in the brain stem . |
| 28 | It is situated just beyond the saw mill and by the side of the canal , from which it draws water . |
| 29 | Under the Revenue Acts goodwill is situated locally with the business : Inland Revenue v. Muller & Co. [ 1901 ] A.C. 217 . |
| 30 | The Pleasure Dome is situated upstairs at the Dome |