Example sentences of "and [noun] is [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The drainage of peatbogs for forestry and agriculture is making a significant net contribution to greenhouse gas emissions , the report concludes . |
| 2 | One of the functions of the marketing expert in commerce and industry is to develop a clear idea of the target market and also to identify and axe both unprofitable product lines and unprofitable customers . |
| 3 | The wind is about Force 4 here and Ken is using a large sail . |
| 4 | Imaginative writers know as an important item in their craft , that the way to convey emotion with most lucidity and particularity is to choose the apt words , not for the emotion itself , but for the image or scene which activates it . |
| 5 | The fall is real enough ( remembering my earlier distinction between real and literal , p. 36 ) , and to take out the story of Adam and Eve is to make a terrible hole in the gospel . |
| 6 | And IBM is financing an ambitious project by a young Californian company , Patriot Partners ; it would let software companies write programs compatible with OS/2 and Unix , an operating system with similar capabilities originally created by AT&T 's Bell Labs . |
| 7 | flying high in California is hanglider Pete Harvey from Milton Keynes … the world championships have just got underway and Pete is leading the British challenge … last time out the team won gold … |
| 8 | It is a matter of concern that much of mankind 's industrialisation and urbanisation is disrupting the natural ecology of the Earth , both on a small and large scale . |
| 9 | Re-usable trees with roots are growing in popularity and packaging is becoming a serious selling point . |
| 10 | An orientation towards customers ’ needs and rights is becoming a prevailing ethos in society which the police can not ignore . ’ |
| 11 | Before I can summon up some energy , we 've parked near the Old Dungeon Ghyll and Gordon is hoisting a huge frame rucksack onto his back , packed with his Hasselblad medium format camera and various other photographic gizmos . |
| 12 | Many of these are drab little fish of minimal significance in the hobby — but surely , no-one wishes to see any species go extinct , and Derek is performing a remarkable service in keeping these going alongside his more lucrative fish . |
| 13 | Nowadays , in developed countries , we live in times of plenty , and every supermarket and greengrocer is offering an ever-increasing choice of food products . |
| 14 | He wrote to the NME : ‘ They are the victims of bathos , and life is mimicking the ultimate economic distinction in the this absurd scene : the rich and the poor , the landed and the lost , the Royal Family — regal and splendid — and The Wedding Present , recently starved , surviving on cheese sandwiches . ’ |
| 15 | I am sure myself that Europe is stronger when Britain , France and Germany are working together , and Britain is paying a full part at the very centre of the European community . |
| 16 | All I can now remember of questions and answers is writing a three-hour essay on ‘ Security ’ , and I can not think that it was very good . |
| 17 | If the marriage between small businesses and financiers is to have a happy ending , the couple need more than a guiding hand from a few enthusiasts dedicated to their cause . |
| 18 | And totes is offering a free pair of its Nassau-style sunglasses to the first 50 readers to write to : . |
| 19 | However , the point of radical art and culture is to create a political poetic of the self and the group . |
| 20 | Persons to whom we have been introduced are exceedingly kind and John is acquiring a vast fund of information in the ornithological department , which must , I think , prove interesting to the lovers of that science . |
| 21 | For example , each language is followed by its literature , and material on jobs and careers is given a significant place . |
| 22 | Accountancy Courses and Conferences is running a two-day international tax conference on practical personal and corporate tax planning on 16 and 17 November . |