Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The furnace is scheduled as an Ancient Monument in the care of the Department of the Environment , and can be seen at any time . |
| 2 | If a sponge is forced through a fine gauze sieve so that it is broken down into separate cells , these will eventually reorganise themselves into a sponge , each kind of cell finding its appropriate place within the body . |
| 3 | If this is the case , and long-term memory for the simple association is reflected in a widespread increase in numbers of synapses , it is difficult to argue that the memory is ‘ represented , by but a single set of synapses at a particular motor neuron ; thousands must be involved , distributed across many cells . |
| 4 | Give Way signs are not placed at all roundabouts , but the point of entry is marked by a single broken white line across the road to indicate the give way rule . |
| 5 | The rhythm is responding to an external influence that has not been controlled in the experimental protocol . |
| 6 | In the former interpretation , the speaking persona is placed in an imagined situational context which is evoked by the text itself , so that the real and the fictional enunciations are once again rather neatly separated from each other . |
| 7 | The card is shaped like a small pint of Guinness . |
| 8 | The card is passed through a special reader which prints a receipt . |
| 9 | In this state of affairs , the electorate is presented with a clear choice between alternative programmes and parties for government in a way that enables the electorate to choose the government and the broad drift of public policy for the next 5 years . |
| 10 | The genus extraction is performed by a limited form of parsing , usually involving the identification of the head of the defining phrase . |
| 11 | At Warley the abbot of Halesowen 's rent for the farm of the manor is entered as a separate item , but the identity of the farmer is not revealed ; we may hazard the guess that he was William Hardeley , whose personal estate , amounting to £30 , made him much the wealthiest man in the village . |
| 12 | Any change in consciousness is accompanied by a corresponding change in the biophysical system . |
| 13 | Main picture : The cream and gilt furniture in the main bedroom is based on an antique French design |
| 14 | Right A 19th-century French campaign bed in one bedroom is covered with a fringed panne velvet spread . |
| 15 | Modern football is built on a shaky platform of finance and fiscal mismanagement . |
| 16 | Because motor torque decreases with increasing speed , a low stepping rate limit implies a high motor torque at all speeds and therefore fast acceleration , So the limiting speed is attained in a short time [ Fig. 8.8(c) ] . |
| 17 | 6.5 The avoidance and management of violence is seen as an integral part of good practice . |
| 18 | In ‘ The Cross Match ’ he argues with his doctor , who fails to appreciate Carkesse 's thesis that violence is justified in a good cause , and he defies anyone who is in any way concerned with his incarceration . |
| 19 | The President is elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage ; Moi was returned for a third five-year term in February 1988 [ see p. 36137 ] without recourse to the electorate , having been proposed as sole candidate by KANU . |
| 20 | The President is elected for a five-year term by popular vote . |
| 21 | The President is elected for a five-year term by a 1,000-member People 's Consultative Assembly ( Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat ) , described in the Constitution as the embodiment of the whole Indonesian people . |
| 22 | The President is elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage ; Daniel arap Moi was returned for a third five-year term as President in February 1988 [ see p. 36137 ] without recourse to the electorate , having been proposed as sole candidate by the Kenya African National Union ( KANU ) , the sole legal party . |
| 23 | Under the 1983 Constitution an executive President is elected for a five-year term , as is a unicameral Legislative Assembly , which was expanded from 60 to 84 members in March 1991 . |
| 24 | An executive President is elected for a five-year term . |
| 25 | The President is elected for a five-year term by the 1,000-member People 's Consultative Assembly ( Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat — MPR ) . |
| 26 | Under the 1979 Constitution , an executive President is elected for a single four-year term . |
| 27 | The President is assisted by a Prime Minister and a Cabinet composed of representatives of a number of political parties ; although the parties continue to exist , political activity is banned , and elections held in February 1989 to the National Resistance Council ( NRC ) were conducted on a non-party basis [ see p. 36455 ] . |
| 28 | The President is assisted by a Prime Minister and a Cabinet composed of representatives of a number of political parties ; although the parties continue to exist , political activity is banned , and elections to the National Resistance Council ( NRC — hitherto comprising 98 appointed members ) were conducted on a non-party basis in February 1989 [ see p. 36455 ] , since when the NRC , now consisting of 210 elected and 68 presidentially appointed members , has acted as a legislative body for the interim period until a new constitution is framed . |
| 29 | Sacred Cows centres on the media frenzy that results when a Democratic President is photographed in a tender but compromising situation with a milk supplying mammal . |
| 30 | The President is chosen by an electoral college composed of 50 members of the House of Assembly , 25 members of the House of Representatives and 13 from the House of Delegates [ see pp. 36880-81 ] . |