Example sentences of "of [noun sg] is [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem of course is getting access to a machine and finding time to do all the viewing you want . |
| 2 | Now a new line of research is taking shape in the US to combat these and other toxic chemicals that are known collectively as chlorinated aromatic compounds . |
| 3 | One of the processes of digestion is to reduce food to a substance which can be absorbed in the bloodstream as sugar . |
| 4 | To focus upon the processes of characterization is to draw attention to the definition of act or event , and interaction between potential deviant and enforcement agent . |
| 5 | He stated : ‘ If we apply [ the fraud vitiates consent ] idea to the present case , it is difficult to say that the prisoner was not guilty of rape , for the definition of rape is having connection with a woman without her consent . ’ |
| 6 | One of the principal effects of inflation is to redistribute wealth between lenders and borrowers . |
| 7 | The way to escape from the poverty of Esarn is to find work in Bangkok . |
| 8 | If the purpose of art is to simplify reality into significant patterns then , here , nature has already done the job on a superhuman scale . |
| 9 | The Royal College of Nursing is to lobby Parliament on 24 October in protest at the Government 's plans to shake up the National Health Service , the union has announced . |
| 10 | As a result , the way in which higher education can support and even develop the general cultural base of society is given attention before the internal culture of higher education . |
| 11 | Much youth work in the region is led by young people and a lot of training is taking place for the leaders of different groups . |
| 12 | This kind of proof is called proof by cases . |
| 13 | The only certain method of prevention is to exclude light from the water , and the employment of a light aluminium roof on a tank is becoming common practice . |
| 14 | The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality … ’ |
| 15 | Probably most serious attempts at suicide in which some form of self-injury is inflicted result in death . |
| 16 | There is a large body of case law concerned with the meaning of particular expressions in particular contexts , but the drafter should bear in mind the cautionary words of Lord Esher MR : No general rule exists for the computation of time , either under the Bankruptcy Act or any other statute , or , indeed , where time is mentioned in a contract , and the rational mode of computation of time is to have regard in each case to the purpose for which the computation is to be made ( Re North , ex parte Hasluck [ 1895 ] 2 QB 264 ) . |