Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This would at least have allowed the dollar banana firms , such as Chiquita , to import as much as they want , and it is not clear how the dollar banana quota is to cope with a possible increase in demand . |
| 2 | Malvern-based chartered accountant Alan Kay is helping with a detailed investigation of the activities of certain copier companies that are widely criticised for malpractice , as well as the leasing companies that finance them . |
| 3 | Note that at the back of the head an allowance of approx. ½in has been left , and this is bevelled with a smoothing plane so that when viewed from above the head will lie at an angle to the neck . |
| 4 | The plan is to go into a neighbouring country … in this case Salisbury Plain … and evacuate civilians using soldiers to protect them . |
| 5 | from escaping through the top and if you 're i if it 's a fa you know , there 's some light or disturbance you and want to sleep and the best thing to do is to go into a light doze cos , you know , you ca n't do much else that 's cover your face . |
| 6 | Documents we have obtained show that one contract for the extension to the London Underground Jubilee Line is to go to a German firm , even though a British company is desperate for the work . |
| 7 | A STOCKTON woman 's bid to turn an empty shop into a taxi office is to go to a public appeal . |
| 8 | A relatively safe way of doing this is to go through a local agency or someone who has passed the test to become a member of the Magic Circle . |
| 9 | Well according to , these blokes said , the only safe way of getting er money on overdraft is to go through a German bank . |
| 10 | This utility will total up the number of bytes each directory is using across a given path . |
| 11 | THE cab driver who was forced to carry an IRA bomb to Downing Street is recovering with a double birthday celebration . |
| 12 | Patrick , who joins Michael and EastEnders actress mum Lizzie Power for a family holiday in Sardinia on Wish You Were Here , was born with cerebral palsy and is recovering after a major hip operation which his father describes as ‘ monstrous ’ . |
| 13 | I also regret to say that our chairman , Mrs Dorothea Garnons Williams , who would I am sure have liked to attend , is recovering from a serious operation . |
| 14 | And three-times 1930s champion Perry , in a letter from the American hospital bed where he is recovering from a triple heart bypass operation , added : ‘ To the youngsters who will use this centre , I say , use it with pride . |
| 15 | The chough , the rarest member of the crow family in Britain and Ireland , is recovering from a severe decline in numbers . |
| 16 | Paul Dodge , once the hard centre amongst England 's backs , is recovering from a pulled hamstring and expects to make the Orrell trip , but there are still doubts about the fitness of John Wells , the England B flanker whose hamstring problems may keep him out for two more weeks . |
| 17 | And for the biggest test of the season Town are missing three regulars Micky Hazard … is recovering from a minor knee ooperation … and with Craig Maskell still out Steve White has the task of leading the goal hunt |
| 18 | In many statements of this sort racism is likened to a contagious disease , which people catch off each other , or a cancer in the body politic , something which can only be stopped by either eliminating its carriers , or protecting others , especially children , from contact with its ‘ breeding grounds ’ . |
| 19 | One such sceptic , a certain Montgomery , is likened to a prickly housemaid . |
| 20 | Compensation is calculated to a complex formula which includes a basic award related to gross earnings and length of service and a compensatory award which seeks to meet the employee 's actual and future losses arising as a consequence of the dismissal . |
| 21 | The normal corporate tax rate is 31% and personal tax is calculated on a sliding scale , reaching a maximum of 30% for a taxable income of S$800,000 a year . |
| 22 | Unemployment Benefit is calculated on a daily basis , so that each day on which an Unemployment Benefit recipient works is a day for which he is not entitled to claim any benefit . |
| 23 | Supplementary Benefit is calculated on a weekly basis and is reduced by the equivalent of any earnings in the week that are in excess of £4 . |
| 24 | It is calculated in a similar way to ordinary pinch pleats in that the total measurement of unpleated fabric , i.e. , scallops and spaces , must equal the pole length . |
| 25 | The systematic or market or non-diversifiable risk of the portfolio is calculated in a similar way to that of an individual security ( see Eq.5.16 ) ) : variance due to the market ( 5.21 ) The unsystematic or non-market or diversifiable risk is calculated as follows : non-market variance . |
| 26 | The portfolio beta is calculated in a similar fashion : . |
| 27 | The yield to put is calculated in a similar manner as the yield to call . |
| 28 | Firstly , Dustin is hidden under a folding bed which he is repairing in readiness for his first sexual experience , and then he is off-camera , talking to his parents , in the one comic-satiric scene that Woody Allen might not have disowned . |
| 29 | Remote from motorways and dual carriageways and the usual routes of tourists , the valley is hidden in a deep fold of the hills and has remained a sanctuary of rural peace unspoilt and unscathed by modern developments . |
| 30 | Multilateralism is the opposite of bilateralism under which a country 's trade and investment is arranged on a reciprocal basis with specific partners . |