Example sentences of "is the name of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intuition is the name of the game . |
| 2 | At one stage the scorer called out : ‘ What is the name of the grey-haired player ? ’ |
| 3 | What is amusing and significant about this latest reference to ‘ the roads of france ’ is the name of Talleyrand . |
| 4 | In the jargon of the trade , ‘ segmentation ’ is the name of the game . |
| 5 | A day or two later we were enlightened — Dagbladdet is the name of the daily paper . |
| 6 | Denim is the name of the blue woven cloth first made in the French town of Nimes . |
| 7 | That it is sustained almost to the point of embarrassment is exactly what is so good about it , since discomfort is the name of this film 's particular game . |
| 8 | Ours is the civilisation of instant gratification ; the word ‘ discipline ’ used to imply a commitment to some future achievement , and the willingness to make sacrifices for it : now , for many , it is the name of a sexual perversion . |
| 9 | SOUNDS LIKE BIRMINGHAM is the name of the year long festival marking the award . |
| 10 | Quality and value for money is the name of the game here ! |
| 11 | Now essentially this also relies on the children 's using their imaginations to find answers — as in the case of the ‘ sewer ’ and the ‘ Lost Valley ’ contexts — but the difference is that ( a ) each ‘ find ’ is given due weight and attention , is publicly shared , evaluated , accepted or rejected , ( b ) the focus within which their imaginations can have free range is defined from the beginning , i.e. the puzzle is clear — ‘ what could be a logical solution ? ’ is the name of the game , and ( c ) the problem-solving does not have to be hurried by action . |
| 12 | The first thing a refugee child learns is the name of his or her home village in Palestine . |
| 13 | 1 What is the name of the man replacing the maths teacher ? |
| 14 | 2 What is the name of the maths teacher ? |
| 15 | What is the name of the canal to Sheffield ? |
| 16 | Combsburgh is the name of an ecclesiastical parish of great antiquity and a civil parish whose latest status was established by the local government legislation of 1972/4 . |
| 17 | It is the name of a new strategy for regional development based on technology . |
| 18 | This is the name of a computer language that an American firm called Microdata developed to speed up the business of interrogating a database . |
| 19 | If deterrence really is the name of the game , then , so it would seem , the missiles that NATO already deploys in submarines add up to a threat to soviet cities and centres of industry that is more than sufficient . |
| 20 | ‘ That is the name of a tree I know , ’ Allen said . |
| 21 | Hygiene is the name of the game . |
| 22 | Quietness is the name of the game . |
| 23 | He said , ‘ What is the name of the Genoese ship ? |
| 24 | Toast and Marmalade is the name of the simple cream earthenware breakfast set from Bridgewater . |
| 25 | New Wave is the name of the company ; Aqua-Link the name of the filters ; and Sea-Max and Sea-Pro the name of the two models both of which incorporate extremely advanced features too numerous to mention here . |
| 26 | As with the ME-6 , simplicity is the name of the game here . |
| 27 | Your PP says : ‘ What is the name of the offspring when the father is a … and the mother is a … ? ’ |
| 28 | Here I am told I 'm free , I 'm the equal of everyone , fair play is the name of the game . |
| 29 | Now it seems that percentage rugby is the name of the game . |
| 30 | Confronted with the new philosophy that winning is the name of the game , student rugby , with its romantic vision of fun and entertainment , seemed increasingly out of touch with the pragmatic reality prevailing in the unions ' corridors of power . |