Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [pron] is [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also often supposed that there is less contact these days with neighbours and friends ; in Young and Willmott 's ( 1957 ) telling phrase , modern life on council estates is not face-to-face but window-to-window . |
| 2 | In saying this , of course , we are simply restating the fundamental question of psycholinguistics and it is not to be expected that there is some answer to the problem of explanation or even a commonly agreed way of investigating the issues involved . |
| 3 | Generally it is recommended that there is more fibre in the diet to keep the gut working smoothly and efficiently . |
| 4 | Suitable attire is essential ; careful attention should be paid to the weather and its forecast ; and extra rations and a heat-reflective sheet for warmth must be carried if there is any possibility of encountering adverse environmental conditions . |
| 5 | It is difficult to see how any of the dramatic problems of the modern world thrown up by the exhaustion of Fordism — can be solved unless there is some sort of co-operation among major and lesser powers and some sort of political involvement of those groups and movements that articulate concern about these global problems . |
| 6 | Now , with Government aid as a part of the national British Shipbuilders , modern equipment has been installed but there is less work due to foreign competition . |
| 7 | It is sometimes darkly hinted that there is little point of applying the rational expectations hypothesis to a model which is so irredeemably based on the non-optimizing ( i.e. irrational ) assumptions of sticky money wages and money illusion . |
| 8 | Its estimates of job losses in the ferry ports are still broadly accepted although there is little evidence of much decline as yet . |
| 9 | Diamond and Smith ( 1982 , 1984 ) and Diamond ( 1985 , 1987 ) have argued that there is little evidence that all students not admitted to their first-choice institution will be prepared to substitute an alternative institution particularly if this is one from a different sector . |
| 10 | Conversely , some econometricians have argued that it is more cost effective to use a ‘ drip ’ system , advertising more or less continuously over a long period at a very low weight . |
| 11 | If SBUs with largely separate commercial lives can not be identified , or are misidentified , the first basic requirement of this type of analysis is not met and there is little point continuing with the technique . |
| 12 | Application is normally made for Part A and Part B registration might be granted if there is some doubt about the mark . |
| 13 | Forget about embarrassment : a landing out has to be made if there is any doubt about getting back . |
| 14 | Prefixes are not always used , and a direct inquiry should be made if there is any doubt as to where or by whom a particular rug was made . |
| 15 | She was an extremely angry , very bitter woman , who was determined to get everybody around her as angry as she could , and she succeeded , and I do n't know where she 's moved now , but I 'm sure she will go on and do the same thing , and frankly , I despair of anything being done unless there is some provision made for people such as herself , and one of her friends in particular . |
| 16 | Lest it be thought that there is little help at hand , the Office of Fair Trading ( OFT ) , responsible for much of the supervision of the 1974 Act , does supply some helpful explanatory material . |
| 17 | In the case of Venus thermal tides make a very large contribution and it can be shown that it is this component of the overall circulation that may drive the 4–5 day zonal circulation and thus speed up the axial spin ( section 4.2 ) . |
| 18 | Laboratory experiments comparing " dreamers " with " non-dreamers " have shown that there is little difference between these groups in their EEG/EOG patterns while asleep.3,4 In all subjects there was the same orderly sequence of sleep stages , with REM sleep periods recurring at about 90-minute intervals throughout the night . |
| 19 | Scientific experiments with certain species , such as rats , have shown that there is some association between colour and temperament , regardless of breeding or upbringing . |
| 20 | I , I do n't wan na stray that much erm from the text we 've got but there is some text that has written , namely the one on intelligible beauty |
| 21 | It should be noted that there is some evidence from two studies that mean levels of serum cholesterol are higher in subjects with just impaired glucose tolerance than age-matched controls ( Ostrander et al , 1980 ; Yano et al , 1982 ) . |
| 22 | It must be recognised that there is another repository of values , language , which needs to be freed of male bias . |
| 23 | Furthermore , the value of MRI in other areas of oncology , is beginning to be recognised and there is little doubt that further advances in technology and in the development of new contrast agents will carry MRI into a new era . |
| 24 | This represents a homogeneity of effort but is criticized because it is some way away from full partnership . |
| 25 | Provided that there is some information on the basic anatomy and organisation of the animals being dealt with , it is possible to identify many animal groups without extensive knowledge of the group . |
| 26 | ‘ In competitions your fish wo n't be weighed if there is any litter or discarded tackle around you . ’ |
| 27 | A kick should never be attempted if there is any risk of not being able to return to a solid stance in time to parry a counter-attack . |
| 28 | That way the surface area is restored and there is little sign that you have been digging underneath . |
| 29 | When a speaker takes the trouble to use a restrictive relative clause in a noun phrase equipped with a definite article but no attributive adjective , it will naturally be presumed that it is this clause which makes recognition possible ; there is no need for such an assumption when the clause is non-restrictive . |
| 30 | If the traders in a passing-off action operate in different fields of activity , it will usually be assumed that there is less danger of confusion and thus less danger of damage to the plaintiff . |