Example sentences of "the [noun sg] is [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the change is taking place at a differential rate which seems to be related to the relative prestige of the various media . |
| 2 | The next meeting of the Board is taking place on Wednesday 19 May 1993 at 2.00pm in the Borders Regional Headquarters , Newtown St Boswells . |
| 3 | In the case of the Lorenz equations , several new phenomena have been located in this way { 10 , 35 } , and the technique is showing promise in other systems { 10 } . |
| 4 | The ban is to take effect after six months , allowing merchants time to liquidate their existing stocks . |
| 5 | Thus it is sufficient to know the general location of the participants in order to interpret : ( 25 ) This city is really beautiful and to know the set of potential addressees in the situation in order to interpret : ( 26 ) You can all come with me if you like and to know when the interaction is taking place in order to know which calendar year is being referred to in ( 27 ) We ca n't afford a holiday this year We could formulate the distinction thus : gestural usages require a moment by moment physical monitoring of the speech event for their interpretation , while symbolic usages make reference only to contextual coordinates available to participants antecedent to the utterance . |
| 6 | Even in the home the male is given precedence in many obvious and subtle ways . |
| 7 | The loss is causing concern to Moscow doctors , who have warned that without the forest , the city 's air pollution problems will increase . |
| 8 | Finally , the college is seeking funding for general SVQ programmes in business administration , care , and technology for unemployed workers . |
| 9 | Unusually , the wedding is taking place at the groom 's home rather than that of the bride , whose mother lives in a sizeable mansion outside Newmarket . |
| 10 | The applicant is seeking permission from Darlington Borough Council to change the use of a shop in Northgate to a hot food takeaway and snack bar , but council officers fear any extension to opening hours would result in early morning noise and disturbance to residents nearby . |
| 11 | Thus in [ 12 ] the hearer is given access to the entry for SPRINT . |
| 12 | The IBOA is seeking parity for the Bank Official Grade under three headings : — Parity of Pay with Bank Official Grades , Parity of Career Prospects , that is a direct progression to the top of the SBO Scale , Parity of Pension Entitlement . |
| 13 | The key is to reduce glare from the screen , and support your back properly . |
| 14 | The action is slow to build up , but once midway through the first act the melodrama is unleashed layer upon layer , with liberal use of corpses and skeletons — the worms of decomposition having done an admirably speedy job in some cases . |
| 15 | The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper BEN McCABE ( 15 ) PAGE wom |
| 16 | The aim of the fence is to improve security at Park Royal . |
| 17 | Several specialist companies [ often subsidiaries of clearing banks ] offer a factoring service whereby the exporter is offered finance against book debts/receivables . |
| 18 | The principal aim of the research is to collect information about how the use of donor insemination to solve childlessness affects the members of the family so created as the child grows up . |
| 19 | This means that the court can not take account of the various breaches actually committed , for which the defendant is seeking protection under the clause , to decide if the clause is reasonable or not , either generally , or separately in relation to each breach . |
| 20 | The usual way of bolstering the value of the pound is to increase interest on the international scene : But this action invariably effects small business adversely : This makes their survival more difficult , because of increased costs and pressure from suppliers who want their bills for supplies paid quicker to minimise their own costs . |
| 21 | The effect is to draw chemical from a drum , via a feed pipe , to a projecting delivery spout . |
| 22 | I am very concerned about the implications of this judgement if the effect is to sanction death by starvation which can not be morally right . ’ |
| 23 | This is inherent in the nature of the charge , but the effect is to destroy confidence in its validity . |
| 24 | Seating arrangements will , of course , depend on the nature of the activities being undertaken and the extent to which the work is taking place in informal groups or in a more structured teaching situation . |
| 25 | The girl is looking off-screen to the right , so she has been placed to the left of the frame to give her ‘ looking room ’ . |
| 26 | The council is providing cash towards the cost of a major survey in Hemlington , Middlesbrough , where plans for a Community Action Plan are under way . |
| 27 | The council is organising distribution of 100 Kwik Cricket sets donated by National Westminster Bank , which is working with the National Cricket Association to promote the game as an ideal way of developing skills and interest in the ‘ full-length ’ version . |
| 28 | The purpose of the audit is to add credibility to financial statements for the immediate benefit of the shareholders . |
| 29 | If the law is to attribute possession of land to a person who can establish no paper title to possession , he must be shown to have both factual possession and the requisite intention to possess ( animus possidendi ) . |
| 30 | The exercise is taking place on a purpose built village on the Central Ammunitions Depot at Kineton . |