Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There is no point is souring such good memories . ’ |
| 32 | Capitalism is creating these superficial images . |
| 33 | One of Parker 's coadjutors contributed a remarkable note : ‘ Ophir is thought to be the Ilande in the west coast , of late founde by Christopher Columbo fro whence at this day is brought most fine golde . ’ |
| 34 | TEST_MODE — is an input parameter specifying whether the procedure is to enter all eligible modules ( TEST_MODE = FALSE ) or only give a report of what modules could be entered ( TEST_MODE = TRUE ) . |
| 35 | An alternative and , in some ways , simpler procedure is to establish some new response to one of the pre-trained stimuli and then , in a separate test phase , to present the other pre-trained stimuli . |
| 36 | A planner is given some such task , where any venture into search would be rash . |
| 37 | Firstly , a hemisphere difference in the rate at which information is encoded and/or read out from some sensory representation of the stimulus should be revealed by a differential effect of masking in left and right visual fields since the presumed effect of the mask is to prevent any further processing . |
| 38 | The essential part of bomb-building is collecting enough weapons-grade uranium or plutonium . |
| 39 | But if knowledge is to have any substantial meaning , what I must never say is , ‘ I know ’ , and then add , ‘ but I am sure I am wrong . |
| 40 | The object is to have all three cups facing upwards after three turns . |
| 41 | The appointment letter should also state that ( i ) in the event of the time and place not being convenient , the debtor is to name some other time and place reasonably convenient for the purpose , ( ii ) ( statutory demands ) if the debtor fails to keep the appointment the creditor proposes to serve the debtor by advertisement or post or insertion through a letter box or as the case may be , and that , in the event of a bankruptcy petition being presented , the court will be asked to treat such service as service of the demand on the debtor , ( iii ) ( petitions ) if the debtor fails to keep the appointment , application will be made to the court for an order for substituted service either by advertisement or in such other manner as the court may think fit ; ( c ) in attending any appointment made by letter , inquiry should be made whether the debtor has received all letters left for him . |
| 42 | When an extra radiator is fitted all these valves may have to be adjusted , as the available water has to be reallocated between the increased number of radiators . |
| 43 | The ideal is to have several simply-administered taxes to support the national exchequer , levied after people have earned their pay or income . |
| 44 | Its policy is to open some Japanese markets ( which it deems to be closed ) by setting import targets — an approach to trade policy that supporters call ‘ results-oriented ’ . |
| 45 | An alternative policy is to place some specialized works at small service points where , although their potential use is much smaller , they give the public some indication of the full range of stock available in the authority . |
| 46 | No creature is given such complete supremacy as to dominate all others , even man . |
| 47 | The strategy is to incorporate any good ideas from the occasion into the final Plan , which will be put to the Annual General Meeting in November . |
| 48 | An effective control is to paint each emerging shoot with neat weedkiller . |
| 49 | The function of the line ferret is to locate those muzzled ferrets that stay below the surface once they have cornered one or more rabbits in a dead-end of a burrow . |
| 50 | But while the public library is fulfilling this immediate need , they are conscious of the long-term information needs of schoolchildren who will eventually require public library services as adults , and are conscious of the necessity of promoting the public library as a resource in its own right . |
| 51 | An alternative method is to glue all mitred edges then enclose in a frame clamp . |
| 52 | The usual method is to write each main point and supporting information on a single card . |
| 53 | The tender is undergoing some further work and the boiler is the final obstacle in this protracted restoration . |
| 54 | To write a novel is to manipulate several different codes at once — not simply the linguistic codes of grammar and texts , denotation and connotation , but the narrative codes of suspense , enigma , irony , comedy and causality , to name but a few . |
| 55 | JAGUAR is to axe another 200 jobs days after launching a £2 million TV ad campaign . |
| 56 | The final chapter outlines what is involved in production planning if a video recording is to have any lasting impact . |
| 57 | Women could not normally inherit in other ancient Near Eastern countries , but in Israel the ruling is given that brotherless daughters may inherit . |
| 58 | A second approach is to use some theoretical model to calculate effective atomic charges . |
| 59 | Another helpful approach is to substitute some low-fat foods for their high-fat counterparts , for example , have semi-skimmed or skimmed milk instead of full-fat milk . |
| 60 | Word is circulating that Digital Equipment Corp will be laying off 1,000 software engineering staff in Europe over the next couple of weeks on top of the 6,000 redundancies worldwide that were announced last week . |