Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [is] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In emphasising form and the ‘ gratuitousness ’ to daily concerns Kolve is reflecting the writing of the Dutch anthropologist and philosopher Johan Huizinga ( 1970 ) who also sees play ( in all its senses ) as something apart from ‘ ordinary life ’ and as a means of ‘ creating order ’ . |
| 2 | Now sometimes what salesmen do is suggest the answer , do you do this ? |
| 3 | One of the simplest and most informative things to do is to measure the thickness of the pumice deposit at as many places as possible , plot these thicknesses on a map , and then draw lines on the map , rather like contour lines , linking points of equal ash thickness , say ten metres , five metres , one metre and so on . |
| 4 | The general aim of admissions work is to fill the Course with well motivated students who are likely to benefit from it . |
| 5 | The spectre of the ubiquity of the Microsoft Windows interface is pushing a lot of big names like IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co , Digital Equipment Corp , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , SunSoft Inc , Novell Inc and Unix System Labs toward standardising on some common look-and-feel features for Unix . |
| 6 | And all the bishops do is deny the existence of God and fool about trying to settle strikes and infuriate absolutely everyone . ’ |
| 7 | All these products do is to stop the damp from ruining decorations . |
| 8 | The mistake that many students make is to consider the product , in this case an A level essay , more important in itself than the process which produced it . |
| 9 | I 've found that an easy way to cut ceramic tiles to shape is to use a brand new hacksaw blade . |