Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , it needs to be rapidly regenerated if exercise is to continue , and this regeneration is brought about by a substance called Creatine Phosphate ( C.P. ) . |
| 2 | A yard or so up the line from the bomb a swivel or ring is tied in as a back stop . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes it is , provided the shooting is carried out in a responsible manner . |
| 4 | An injured motorcyclist is led away as a stunned woman lies in the road . |
| 5 | Personal selling is a very expensive activity to maintain , and it may be best suited to relatively concentrated markets , such as in the UK for ceramics or steel manufacture , or those in which buying is carried out on a centralised basis . |
| 6 | Using DEG is equivalent to multiplying the radian value by 180/PI , but the result is calculated internally to a greater accuracy . |
| 7 | Using RAD is equivalent to multiplying the degree value by PI/180 , but the result is calculated internally to a greater accuracy . |
| 8 | Modernity is defined against pre-modernity , reason against irrationality and superstition , and this divide is mapped on to a symbolic geography that counterposes the West and its Orient . |
| 9 | Spraying is carried out with a coarse spray at low pressure . |
| 10 | The Club is run entirely by a committee of pupils , under the supervision of . |
| 11 | CHELSEA Football Club is edging close to a deal with Cabra Estates , its heavily indebted landlord , which could settle their drawn-out tussle over the football club 's Stamford Bridge ground . |
| 12 | Zips : the full length zip is protected inside with a zip baffle . |
| 13 | The programme is rounded off with a two-day visit to the Frankfurt Book Fair . |
| 14 | Furthermore the overall effect of this circulation is to link together into a widely ramifying network of relationships a great number of individuals of quite different status and quite different cultural background . |
| 15 | The side of the neck is swung forward in a great curving plane that is the basis of the sculptural breakdown of the neck and throat . |
| 16 | Search costs are reasonable , provided the search is carried out by a trained librarian using appropriate professional skills in search strategy formulation . |
| 17 | Lichen research is carried out on a world-wide collection which is particularly good on European crustose lichens . |
| 18 | The assessment presented in this chapter is based largely on a cognitive-behavioural model , but encompassing both ‘ psychodynamic ’ and ‘ systemic ’ approaches . |
| 19 | The German preoccupation with the theory of tragedy is bound up with a more general German admiration for Greece , to which we have alluded already . |
| 20 | An economic appraisal is provided usually on a before-and-after , or with-and-without the project basis . |
| 21 | At first sight it is a pretty enough spectacle to see a matchbox made ; one motion of the hands bends into shape the notched frame of the case , another surrounds it with the ready-pasted strip of painted wrapper , which , by long practice is fitted instinctively without a wrinkle , then the sandpaper or phosphorous paper , pasted ready beforehand , is applied and pressed on so that it sticks fast . |
| 22 | ( c ) Management problems Where a practice is carried on in a number of different locations : ( 1 ) rivalry between different offices will naturally occur and is generally healthy , but the partners should not overlook the potential for a fissiparous tendency to develop . |
| 23 | ‘ The only problem is , my car is going in for a service , so maybe you could do me a favour and give me a lift there ? |
| 24 | And the Isle of Ely college is going out for a meal , so that wo n't be back , so he ca n't have that one , so we have n't got one ! |
| 25 | American and Australian warships joined with British forces in a combined operation to intercept the Iraqis , and Defence Secretary , Tom King says it shows the multi-national force is working well as a unit . |
| 26 | The complex is closed down as a safety precaution whenever gales of more than 80mph are forecast . |
| 27 | A TIMEBOMB is ticking away in a British jail . |
| 28 | Here she is , my dream woman , and she 's madly in love with some young blond boy whose only ambition is to drive around in a sports car and drink champagne ! ’ |
| 29 | Frozen out of Japanese society , their ambition is to return home with a nest egg of at least two million yen ( £8,000 ) . |
| 30 | Boundary setting is used frequently in a variety of situations : the age at which " primary " becomes " secondary " education ; the minimum height for entry into the police force ; the marks to be obtained for a particular grade level in an examination and so on . |