Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [prep] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was to be known whether the mines " are like to continue as they have been , & whether the Oare is like to continue at the same rate it hath been at , and whether it be of the same goodness as it hath been . " |
| 2 | The net result is like sitting in a club with all the right credentials but failing to have a good time . |
| 3 | Now we 've covered the basic techniques of sailing , the best way of putting them into practice is by sailing round the triangular course and so I 've laid out these three marks . |
| 4 | The point seems to be that Macbeth 's greatest crime is in tampering with the future . |
| 5 | Instead of ribs , the machine has a canvas roof to shield us from the weather , and although one can peer out through slits here and there , the effect is of travelling in a closed world , like an outsize gypsy wagon . |
| 6 | In Prague the talk is of starting with a break-up of the monopolies , and letting the market rip later — but de-monopolising the economy might take a long time . |
| 7 | Friendship is about caring for the other person , respecting the other person , sharing your interests with the other person , enjoying just being with the other person — but not about suffocating the other person with big slobbering kisses ! |
| 8 | Even on a fine day , the corridor could be so dark that the effect was like walking through a tunnel . |
| 9 | THE CASE of World Athletics versus All Credibitity has now reached such a pitch of mealy-mouthed , farcical dithering that some of us in the public gallery are considering leaping into the well of the court and making a noisy scene . |
| 10 | Moving together is essential , and the only reliable means of stopping a fall is by jumping to the other side of the ridge . |
| 11 | My skill is with putting in the detail , so photography is the ideal reference . |
| 12 | MY SKILL IS WITH PUTTING IN THE DETAIL AND BUILDING LIFE INTO THE DRAWING SO PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE IDEAL REFERENCE |
| 13 | My skill is with putting in the detail , so photography is the ideal reference . |
| 14 | MY SKILL IS WITH PUTTING IN THE DETAIL AND BUILDING LIFE INTO THE DRAWING SO PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE IDEAL REFERENCE |
| 15 | This error is like climbing below a col , and coming up on the wrong side of it . |
| 16 | WHAT a spoilsport the Queen is for objecting to the Spitting Image royal puppets being displayed in the window of Liberty in London . |
| 17 | Entering the village was like passing under an invisible triumphal arch , quite splendid . |
| 18 | For the novice , who had spent a mere two months in training in the city , far from home in Scottish pit village or Norfolk town , the introduction to beat work was like plunging into a cold shower . |
| 19 | The only way to view the Chancellor was by scrambling through the neighbouring graveyard and looking at the house across a row of tombstones . |
| 20 | ‘ Selling is about getting on the telephone , ’ Brown says , ‘ and using a variety of techniques involving charm , bullying and whatever else you can muster . |
| 21 | With reference to figure 10.8(b) , application of Kirchhoff 's voltage law to the input circuit yields and since the closed-loop gain may be represented as This time the closed-loop input impedance is With regard to the output impedance , if is the input impedance of the feedback network , Kirchhoff 's laws applied to the output circuit give Assuming that the impedance of a source of e.m.f. connected to the input is negligible compared with , Kirchhoff 's voltage law applied to the input circuit yields Hence from which the closed-loop output impedance is Often the first term of this expression is negligible compared with the second in which case |
| 22 | The onus is on writing as a medium to demonstrate that it is capable of forms of communication which are impossible in the oral media , and that it therefore still has a place in contemporary society . |
| 23 | WATCHING Paris Match is like tucking into a plate of meringues and discovering that they are all Styrofoam fakes . |
| 24 | The point is worth considering for a moment , partly because it is of relevance to greatly more than the present conceptual issue . |
| 25 | His first known job was of advising on the course alterations at Pyecombe in Sussex in 1902 , but he is better known for designing from scratch some of the country 's most stunning courses — Carnoustie , Dalmahoy , Blairgowrie and Royal Blackheath , plus many , many more . |
| 26 | The 25 workers at Julie 's company Ranzau were in mourning at the office in Milton Keynes yesterday . |
| 27 | Search consultants are often called in when an organisation is considering going into a new business sector , as Marks & Spencer did when they went into financial services with their credit card ; as when BP were trying to diversify their business and spot winners by developing new technology ; as financial services institutions do when they wish to launch a new product or enter new markets . |
| 28 | Above : Clarissa 's ballgown is from Putting On The Glitz ; hire prices from £45-£95 . |
| 29 | In the States , the emphasis is on sticking to the tried and true . |
| 30 | In statistical analysis , on the other hand , the emphasis is on presenting to the machine information that is exceedingly diverse in nature and often very extensive and which can have a complicated , possibly hierarchical , structure . |