Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] is [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time they are five or six , most children 's breathing is going the opposite way of what nature intended . ’ |
| 2 | The challenge to the Lord Chancellor 's Department is to preserve the best features of the tribunal system while providing the necessary advice and support needed by claimants to ensure that all of them put their cases at their best . |
| 3 | One approach to investigating Hymen 's characterization is to identify the other roles for male sopranos in Lully 's ballets in order to establish what kind of affect they may have had . |
| 4 | THE Ulster People 's College is to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Irish women obtaining the right to vote . |
| 5 | Surely a Government 's job is to address the overall rise in crime that has taken place while they have been in office , and also to deal with this new phenomenon — the amazing increase in youth crime . |
| 6 | This would be the most natural way of questioning any of the predicative adjectives in ( 30 ) — and could be used just as well for the second and third cases of ( 28 ) : ( 30 ) his accountant was sensible Helen 's profile is striking the new coin is octagonal Just as the contrast between how ? and which ? reflects the contrast of structural position between postnominal attributive and predicate qualifier , so the contrast of question words between how ? and what ? or what … like ? allows us to infer that an adjective in ordinary predicative position is not a plausible origin for the predicate qualifier . |
| 7 | The project 's aim is to map the current position by concentrating on the perceptions of the major actors in the cereals policy community . |
| 8 | Others say there is no political will for real land reform , since the leadership 's aim is to keep the previous system intact and in working order , not to break it up . |
| 9 | Owen 's aim is to repair the moral order breached by the challenge to the teacher 's authority and the assumptions of intrinsic worth upon which it is founded . |
| 10 | The Chancellor 's aim is to reduce the administrative burden on small businesses , and the reform will be accompanied by a document examining the need for the statutory audit for small incorporated businesses . |
| 11 | Here the style ‘ gentleman ’ identifies him as Dale of Tickencote : the name of Richard Collyn 's landlord is spelt the same way . |
| 12 | Caird 's achievement is to capture the sheer energy of the piece while also doing justice to its underlying darkness . |
| 13 | To all intents and purposes this camera 's output is treated the same as that from any of the cameras down on the studio floor , and can be manipulated accordingly . |
| 14 | The thrust of Peter Roper 's paper is to outline the practical use that can be made of computer technology in Industrial Relations applications , not to give detailed descriptions of programs or suites . |
| 15 | The individual 's responsibility in conversion is to repent and believe ; God 's initiative and response are his gift of forgiveness and his gift of the Holy Spirit ; and the church 's role is to welcome the new believer into fellowship , symbolizing this publicly in the act of baptism . |
| 16 | Lesk 's method is to compare the various sense definitions of a word with the definitions of other words in the immediate sentential context . |
| 17 | Even though things can look bleak for the unemployed , Mr Scott 's advice is to take the long-term view — sooner or later an opportunity is bound to arise . |
| 18 | On the jumping front , Laura 's Beau is to miss the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse on Monday and will now rest until next season . |
| 19 | ‘ The Government 's objective is to keep the underlying rate of retail price inflation within the range of 1 to 4 per cent . |
| 20 | IOSCO 's goal is to achieve the widest possible international consensus in regulatory matters relating to the integrity of markets , efficiency of cross-border capital formation and protection from fraudulent market activity . |
| 21 | At the specified time , Offline will display the offline workload at an Operator Terminal , and the Offline Operator 's task is to mount the appropriate media items requested by Offline and dismount them when Offline has completed its specified workload . |
| 22 | The student 's task is to supply the correct tense forms . |
| 23 | The object of the executors ' year is to protect the personal representatives from demands for immediate payment but it is not to be relied on to cover undue delay in dealing with the estate . |