Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it happens , this corporate death toll is unlikely to include famous names . |
| 2 | The microprocessor software occupies a minimal amount of store and program development is not restricted by timing considerations ; the microprocessor is free to perform other tasks between each motor Step , provided the external clock interrupts can be tolerated . |
| 3 | Similarly , ex the excellent output of the research department is essential to formulate effective responses to the ever more sophisticated management who constantly employ new techniques in human resource management and attacks on our members ' pay and conditions . |
| 4 | Further research is necessary to show annual flows , that is the way in which the stock is changing . |
| 5 | The action is likely to have wide implications . |
| 6 | In its simpler , popularizing aspects the emphasis is on illumination and elucidation , and in its more advanced interpretative reaches the critic is concerned to trace unnoticed patterns of coherence and unity , or , more probably these days , incoherences and aporias . |
| 7 | The Mafia is supposed to make gigantic sums of money . |
| 8 | Crawford wrote to the committee responding to their charges , and their reaction cam in terms probably familiar to many professional cricketers dealing with committees of enthusiasts : ‘ Mr Crawford should have shown more enthusiasm in his work , but the committee is willing to overlook past shortcomings on the understanding that improvement is shown . |
| 9 | Coun Bob Brady , chairman of the housing and community services committee , said : ‘ The council is unable to build new homes itself , so we are working closely with the private sector . ’ |
| 10 | The Faculty is keen to attract young women and men with the intelligence and flexibility of mind to play their part in the development of information technology and to maximize its application . |
| 11 | The Faculty is able to register well-qualified applicants for its LL.M. , and M.Sc. |
| 12 | When a child is able to produce phonemic strings which sound like real words , reinforcing adult responses become contingent upon the child 's use of words to create meaningful word-referent relations . |
| 13 | This proposed an enlarged Article 19 which concerns ‘ specific measures to assist agricultural holdings in environmentally sensitive farming areas ’ and is an attempt to provide a clear basis for supporting whatever type of farming is necessary to conserve designated areas ‘ to protect the countryside , including traditional landscapes , and wildlife . ’ |
| 14 | This wonderful device is supposed to do great things for Britain 's arts and architectural heritage , among other good causes ; it is to provide the jam on the plain bread and butter the Treasury says it will continue to provide . |
| 15 | Failure is likely to have serious consequences , both for patients and for the medical workforce . |
| 16 | Any Graphical User Interface is likely to make heavy demands on a PC , and Windows is probably the heaviest of them all . |
| 17 | The proposals have set off a heated debate within the milk industry , whose outcome is likely to have important ramifications north of the Border , where the Scottish milk boards are facing a similar fate to that of their English and Welsh counterpart . |
| 18 | In emphasising the significance of the ‘ socio-political context ’ , Grant and Wallace point out that the existence of a pro-labour climate is likely to encourage high levels of violence . |
| 19 | Although we have identified a recognition sequence for the DNA-PK , this does not necessarily mean that the kinase is unable to recognise other types of sequence . |
| 20 | The second is that the plaintiff is unlikely to recover substantial damages . |
| 21 | The small , bouncing stretch routine is likely to introduce minute tears in muscle fibres and so should be avoided . |
| 22 | A court dealing with an offender who is already subject to a community service order may make a further consecutive order , so long as the total number of hours remaining to be performed does not exceed 240 ( as this is a matter of principle rather than statute , the court is prepared to contemplate minor departures , as where the offender has very few hours to work off under the original order . ) |
| 23 | The treatment of public disorder in a serious documentary on a public television service is likely to have different preoccupations from the main news bulletin on the same channel . |
| 24 | The confident person is happy to try new things because in the past they have had success at similar related tasks . |
| 25 | As for the future , much depends on how far the King is prepared to renounce constitutional prerogatives . |
| 26 | However the latest development is sure to create new storms within the troubled Labour party in the area , where divisions are still deep over the so-called ‘ Monklands Mafia ’ affair which has brought out claims not only of jobs favouritism but accusations of sectarianism and abuse of power . |
| 27 | All encrustment and blisters must be scraped off and then the metal is wire-brushed to remove loose fragments . |
| 28 | All encrustment and blisters must be scraped off and then the metal is wire-brushed to remove loose fragments . |
| 29 | Recruiting the practices through a special interest group and through self selection is likely to have biased results . |
| 30 | Faris claims that unlike the Josephson junction , the quiteron is insensitive to stray magnetic fields , and returns to equilibrium automatically when the external excitation is turned off . |