Example sentences of "is [verb] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have cavity wall insulation as well , the only way you can test for its effects is to go away for a while , to a house without sources of formaldehyde . |
| 2 | That batch , the most intriguing of all , has included in recent months five members of the Grand Slam squad — Leonard , who is recovering well from a neck operation but must rest , Morris , Pears , Rodber and Heslop . |
| 3 | I point it out because it is hidden away in a lot of business about freedom of information and other issues about which he is so keen . |
| 4 | This order may be obtained whether the courts are sitting or not , if a ‘ prima facie ’ case is make out to a judge of the High Court . |
| 5 | If such a tube is placed vertically into a tank of water the level of the water in the tube will rise above that in the tank . |
| 6 | Each prospective members is checked out by a KSA officer , and the standard of its installations in monitored . |
| 7 | The landscape is broken only by a string of wine villages . |
| 8 | The final 20 minutes is filled up with a song in three parts ( Rule Two : All songs in three parts are shit , too ) called ‘ Everything Under The Sun ’ , which attempts to be like ‘ Abbey Road ’ , ‘ Tommy ’ , and ‘ Dark Side Of The Moon ’ all at the same time and instead sounds like the worst moments of 10CC , REO Speedwagon and every other would-be epic turd factory band of the 1970s . |
| 9 | The only giggle ( not a niggle , this time ) I 've had is that , in common with most of the new GST range , the BoP box is filled mostly with a chunk of pink polystyrene — a case of more is less ? |
| 10 | Nathan is propped up against a rucsac with a cup , plate and two glazed eyes . |
| 11 | Or at least got hold of the basic as I have said , the best way to do this , is to sit down with a piece of pencil and paper and work it out yourself . |
| 12 | MARTINA Navratilova is courted tonight in A Celebration of 100 Women at Wimbledon . |
| 13 | The stage is tucked away like a box in the wall . |
| 14 | Its position as the Epic of the Romantic Age is still not beyond question , firstly because it is treated simply as a verse autobiography , and secondly because it combines poetry and philosophy . |
| 15 | Lyotard 's notion of the figural is formulated partly as a critique of Lacan 's dictum that the unconscious is structured like a language . |
| 16 | This is the more remarkable since by this time , its mother may have already given birth to another tiny baby that has made its way to the pouch and is fastened on to a teat imbibing milk of a quite different composition . |
| 17 | If a complaint is received directly from a member of the public , or if further information about the complaint is needed , the matter will be taken up in correspondence . |
| 18 | All the information on one general subject is gathered together into a FILE . |
| 19 | The west wall of the gallery is given over to a work 17ft high and over 20ft long entitled Touch the Earth Again , and the ecological sentiment implied by this title is crucial to Setch 's work . |
| 20 | The allowance is given either as a trading expense or as a deduction from patent licence income ( see s528 ) . |
| 21 | A list is given here as a reminder : |
| 22 | Anistreplase is given intravenously as a bolus ( 30 units ) and is therefore more easily administered outside hospital than an infusion . |
| 23 | THE NORTH-EAST is gearing up for a bumper celebration of European arts and entertainment . |
| 24 | BARCLAYS , the biggest plastic card issuer , is gearing up for a blitz on card fraud in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 25 | The old , old fashion ! ( 2 ) The fashion that came in with our first garments , and will last unchanged until our race has run its course , and the wide firmament is rolled up like a scroll ( 3 ) . |
| 26 | By the end this quartet depart the stage in a halting dance of death and Trevitt is rolled up in a carpet , leaving Bristow alone without partner or diary . |
| 27 | Where a person claims possession of land he alleges is occupied solely by a person or persons ( not a tenant or tenants holding over ) who entered into or remained in occupation without his licence or consent or that of any predecessor in title of his , the proceedings may be brought by originating application under Ord 24 . |
| 28 | The first step , therefore , is to write down in a list all of the data that you are given . |
| 29 | The attack is warded off with a forearm block . |
| 30 | ‘ All you have to do is hang in for a couple of days , ’ she told herself . |