Example sentences of "and [noun sg] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Re-usable trees with roots are growing in popularity and packaging is becoming a serious selling point . |
| 6 | Nowadays , in developed countries , we live in times of plenty , and every supermarket and greengrocer is offering an ever-increasing choice of food products . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | However , the point of radical art and culture is to create a political poetic of the self and the group . |