Example sentences of "is [verb] [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the long run it is by making efficient investment decisions that capacity is adjusted to ensure that this price also reflects long-run marginal cost . |
| 2 | The new directive is intended to ensure that national authorities process toxic substances as close to source as possible , thereby minimising the risk of accidents while in transit . |
| 3 | This requirement , it says , is far more burdensome than the equivalent requirement in the directive , which is limited to credit and financial institutions . |
| 4 | The very fact that the installation of a protective system is considered presupposes that some degree of control of the fire is desired , and if this is the case , the degree of control required must be capable of being quantified . |
| 5 | But Sony is expected to argue that this contract has moral and legal force , was freely negotiated and is of a type common in the industry . |
| 6 | It involves close cooperation between central and local authorities and is designed to ensure that large scale developments bring the greatest possible benefit to the areas in which they are sited through , for example , the use of local labour and materials . |
| 7 | An attempt is made to demonstrate that this reasoning is faulty and that the disintegration of the Byzantine state was accompanied by economic growth in the provinces which reinforced the power of the provincial aristocracy in relation to the state . |
| 8 | ‘ No insolvency proceedings shall be invalidated by any formal defect or by any irregularity , unless the court before which objection is made considers that substantial injustice has been caused by the defect or irregularity , and that the injustice can not be remedied by any order of the court . |
| 9 | In the tear-down bay the engine is carefully dismantled and an initial ‘ eyeball ’ inspection is made to see if any snags become apparent . |
| 10 | Although every effort is made to ensure that all details are correct at time of going to press , times and dates of events can vary . |
| 11 | Therefore it is fitting to remember that such houses are no substitute for fair rent housing from local authorities or housing associations ( Clark 1981 ) . |
| 12 | Fimbra , as the regulatory body of middlemen who sell investment and insurance products , is attempting to require that these intermediaries hold professional indemnity insurance cover through a centralised scheme provided by Fimbra . |
| 13 | A national study is needed to see whether these trends are representative but little information about night visits is collected centrally . |
| 14 | The broad concept of confidentiality agreements is unobjectionable but care is needed to ensure that such agreements do not impose limitations in the scope of our work such that it would be impossible to report in accordance with the terms of engagement . |
| 15 | The broad concept of confidentiality agreements is unobjectionable but care is needed to ensure that such agreements do not impose limitations in the scope of our work such that it would be impossible to report in accordance with the terms of engagement . |
| 16 | or another remedy is needed to follow before complete resolution occurs . |
| 17 | These are n't my figures they 're County Council figures The point is this , what is going to happen if positive action is to reduce the flow of traffic , I have to emphasize with you the flow of traffic is not taken . |
| 18 | You also write out of the realisation that the world you know is going to end and this sense relates directly to my response to my mother 's death . |
| 19 | ‘ Its purpose is to help middle and secondary schools plan their overall curriculum to include an adequate coverage of pupils ’ study needs : the ability to formulate and focus a question , find possible sources , judge their appropriateness , extract the relevant information , reorganize it and prepare it for future use , or reorganize it and prepare it for future presentation to others . |
| 20 | If only a single character is suggested then word knowledge is used to detect and correct errors in the hypothesis . |
| 21 | Instead , the Commission indulged in some verbal gymnastics with : ‘ This work is beginning to suggest that some types of tree grow better in air that has most of the pollution removed from it . ’ |
| 22 | He is understood to feel that compulsory sales would break up historic estates . |
| 23 | Such opposition is bound to spread as further prospecting continues in all provinces . |
| 24 | In the alternative form the system matrix , modal matrix and spectral matrix of ( 17 ) are , respectively , unc and the reader is invited to check that these matrices satisfy ( 17 ) . |
| 25 | Once a module has been copied to the hard copy volume , the Location file is updated to show that hard copy is ‘ in progress ’ . |
| 26 | " This Meeting recommend to the Collector to procure from the County town Models of the Imperial Weights and measures , and to put them in the hands of Samuel Lamont , who is appointed to ascertain that all weights and measures within the Island be corrected and marked by the standard . " |
| 27 | This remarkable transformation is believed to occur because this zeolite has highly acidic surfaces ; they create carbonications from the methanol that polymerise . |
| 28 | The police committee is asked to consider whether local government should begin to contribute towards Victim Support schemes . |
| 29 | The stress on Levi 's insensitivity to religion is allowed to suggest that all Jews are religious , and there are readers for whom this might signal the corollary that all Jews are Zionists , and are likely to be supporters of Israeli government policy . |
| 30 | Mr Clinton may say that he wants to concentrate on domestic policy until he is blue in the face ; the truth of the matter is that in a federal system such single-mindedness will not get him far , because most domestic policy is reserved to state and local governments . |