Example sentences of "is [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jordan is catching up with the Western world . |
| 2 | Time is catching up with the baldly-going heroes . |
| 3 | Colleagues , it 's approximately four twenty five , what I propose to do is to go on for a short period and to take in the resolutions on the , on your erm Maastricht erm and then we 'll have a look at the time , but I think we should be able to get those in within a , a relatively short period of time . |
| 4 | It concerns me , in fact I was , I 've had a theory for a couple of years now , that what the Tories wish us all to do is to go on to the American system of medical insurance . |
| 5 | Alaska is to go ahead with a controversial plan to reduce wolf numbers in a bid to restock caribou herds . |
| 6 | If you have genuine difficulty in keeping to the diet in this book or any other diet , your best bet is to go back to the calorie-counting method , supervised by a diet club , dietitian , or doctor . |
| 7 | It is likened locally to a stranded whale , and dominates the area . |
| 8 | In the ideal situation he is hidden completely from the observed , who are not aware of the researcher 's presence at all . |
| 9 | Now the excitement is hidden away inside the bland vanilla-coloured machines themselves , frighteningly complex and entirely baffling . |
| 10 | In practice women and men are involved in different ways in giving and receiving support , but much of this is explained not by a cultural definition of what counts as women 's business or men 's business , but by three other factors . |
| 11 | Alternatively , a replacement nylon seat can be fitted which is placed firmly on the old seat and a new washer and jumper fitted |
| 12 | The artwork is placed down onto the UV light box so that the ‘ Copper Track View ’ of the artwork is downwards , towards the light source . |
| 13 | But in our present context , it raises the question as to whether the call of the Killer whaler is recognized instinctively by a new-born seal or porpoise or whether it is learnt during adolescence , while in the company of parents . |
| 14 | It is ‘ the men ’ who act as a body , and the actual organizer is recognized only as the symbolic embodiment of ‘ the men ’ , and is in no way superior or qualitatively different from ‘ the men ’ ‘ |
| 15 | The BaThonga are a patrilineal people , that is , kinship in blood is traced principally through the male line on the father 's side . |
| 16 | Atomic hydrogen ( HI ) is observed directly through its 21-cm hyperfine line , whereas H 2 is not directly observable and is traced primarily through the 2.6-mm rotational transition of the CO molecule . |
| 17 | The intensity of this erotic charge is only slightly less remarkable than its investment , a kind of reverse sublimation whereby neurosis is fantasized sexually as a potent purity inviting submission : ‘ What do I care if he kills people ? |
| 18 | Turkey is flown in with the weekly food supplies , while in Tripoli some enterprising expats even breed turkeys specifically for the festive table . |
| 19 | The call is uttered only by the male cuckoo , who arrives slightly before the female , and begins to call as soon as he reaches the breeding grounds . |
| 20 | It sets out to cover the normal stages of language development between the ages of 1 and 5 years , although it is intended principally as a clinical tool for children with delayed and deviant language . |
| 21 | The list given here is intended only as a general guide . |
| 22 | According to Mark Doran , Unix International 's technical project manager , Application Linking wo n't be a full object-oriented specification and is intended only as a stop-gap definition until the Object Group delivers object linking and embedding guidelines in two years ' time . |
| 23 | Of course H is intended only as an easy illustration of what might go wrong — and go wrong it does in some of the important generalisations of Z that arise in Section 3.6 . |
| 24 | There is bound to be considerable upheaval among the blue-chip client list which Deloitte UK is bringing over to the new firm . |
| 25 | He could have destroyed Tottenham except for their world class goalie who is shaping up for a good World Cup eh Halvard ? |
| 26 | Lawrence was fuming after Barnsley beat Boro 1–0 on Monday , and a season that promised so much is shaping up for a disastrous finale . |
| 27 | The microfilm is also an invaluable tool for disabled workers who are unable to get to the central paper system or for an interview room that is situated far from the general bureau office . |
| 28 | The steam centre based in the Warwick Road , Birmingham is situated in between the main British Rail diesel multiple unit maintenance depot and re-fuelling sidings , complete with a large car-park for several hundred cars . |
| 29 | Sulawesi is situated midway between the shallow Sunda and Sahul shelves ( see page 130 ) . |
| 30 | The mass of water ( typically 90 litres ) is heated quickly to a pre-set temperature ( 60°C ) and is maintained at this level . |