Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One essential requirement , before attempting to fly a model equipped with a gyro for the first time , is to ensure that the gyro is working in the correct sense . |
| 2 | Grand mean is derived from the four group-mean data points of b . |
| 3 | Entry is achieved in the same way as any other type of module via a package and an active DC . |
| 4 | When work is complete on a range of entries only the text of the latest version of a new or changed entry is transferred to the main archive . |
| 5 | 12 Entrants may submit as many entries as they wish , provided each entry is accompanied by the specified proof of purchase coupon . |
| 6 | Melatonin is produced by the pineal gland , a tiny organ buried in the centre of the brain . |
| 7 | The contractor is paid for the actual costs he incurs plus a previously agreed lump sum for his overheads and profit . |
| 8 | POWYS Fire Brigade is represented at the 50th anniversary celebrations of Fire Service Benevolent Fund in London today . |
| 9 | Various methods are used , depending on market circumstances — the ‘ tap ’ method , where stock is issued gradually in order not to flood the market and depress the price ; the ‘ tender ’ method , where institutions are invited to tender for a given issue ; and the ‘ auction ’ method , where stock is sold to the highest bidders among the twenty or so gilt-edged market makers ( GEMMs ) . |
| 10 | But here there is no minimum price specified and stock is sold to the highest bidders and sold at the price that each has bid . |
| 11 | But he was by no means alone in Britain , for a combined silversmith and jeweller 's stock is known at the extensive settlement of Snettisham in Norfolk . |
| 12 | The Mermaid is frequented by the local fishermen for breakfasts and lunches , which makes me think its fish must be the freshest . |
| 13 | Note that ‘ Middle ’ means that the card is placed across the central strip . |
| 14 | The third card is placed on the u of mutus and the fourth card is placed on the second u in mutus . |
| 15 | In medical schools a great deal is taught about the medical and other consequences of high alcohol consumption but little or nothing is taught about alcoholism , the addictive disease . |
| 16 | Yes , competitive tendering is based on the simple proposition that health service managers are trained to manage health care institutions , not laundries or cleaning forces . |
| 17 | The metaphysical framework for the neurophysiology of perception is provided by the Causal Theory of Perception ( henceforth referred to as the CTP ) . |
| 18 | This type of partnership is described in the 1990 Act as a ‘ multi-national partnership ’ ( ‘ MNP ’ ) . |
| 19 | That there was no need for this artificial regeneration is shown by the successful regenerations of central Cardiff , spearheaded by Cardiff city council , and of the Atlantic wharf area , spearheaded by South Glamorgan county council . |
| 20 | This polymer has terminal hydroxyl groups , which are esterified with an unsaturated acid , and an aziridine ( ethylene imine ) ring is added to the double bond . |
| 21 | Schools and teachers are part of a wider political arena and it is inevitable that school disruption is sucked into the wider debates about and responses to law and order . |
| 22 | The dominance of thermal convection is aided by the infrared opacity of the atmosphere below 0.2 bar altitude , which reduces the effectiveness of radiation transfer as a competing heat-transfer mechanism . |
| 23 | Recourse is had to the growing body of scientific knowledge to demonstrate that the traditional classification no longer reflects the external realities of life . |
| 24 | Because of Sub-Committee E 's special remit to scrutinize the vires of any Community proposal , any document which shows that there is doubt or controversy over the appropriate legal base will be identified and sifted to E. About a quarter of all documents are sifted to a sub-committee and the remainder , when the sift is endorsed by the full Select Committee at its next meeting , are cleared . |
| 25 | Now , since consciousness is adapted to the practical needs of society and that society divides into subsocieties which have a different type of existence , it follows that these different subsocieties develop their own consciousness . |
| 26 | The King 's bedroom is dominated by the eighteenth-century state bed . |
| 27 | With open.loop control the operating speed is fixed by the clocked phase control signal , and the switching angle varies automatically until the motor torque is matched to the load torque . |
| 28 | Dunning and co-workers ( 1986 ) further point out that there is little proof that soccer violence is caused by the excessive drinking of alcohol : many hooligans seldom drink prior to the match to keep a ‘ clear head ’ for any aggression which might take place . |
| 29 | But the possibility of radical feminism recognising biological and instinctive bases of male violence is spoilt by the early ethologists and sociobiologists overstating their case . |
| 30 | In music of a definitely pictorial kind such as this , every effort must be made in the direction of realism , provided that no violence is done to the musical outline of the original . |