Example sentences of "is [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the Chairman has signed the minutes no one is empowered to alter them in any way . |
| 2 | Some proportional series , however , can only be extended along one axis at a time ; if an attempt is made to extend them along both axes simultaneously , unfillable structure points are created . |
| 3 | It is perhaps somewhat strange , given the proven commercial success of the VT600 , that very little effort is made to market it in this country . |
| 4 | The pesticide is most frequently used on these crops , and the EPA is seeking to ban it from these also . |
| 5 | Then a list of frames indexed by that theme noun is searched to associate it with any frames currently active ( i.e. , those indexed by previous theme nouns ) . |
| 6 | Erm there 'll be seven lectures on this subject and that 's a fair number of course but it 's not enough to cover the full range of things that I 'd want normally to talk to you about and so what I 'm going to do is to aim to introduce you to some of the central concepts of foreign policy , of ways of analysing it , of the models that are used , the ideas erm er surrounding foreign policy and also to illustrate these with examples . |
| 7 | I can hardly see that a mere frigate is going to inconvenience you to all that extent . |
| 8 | As indicated above , the notion of a de facto authority depends on that of a legitimate authority since it implies not only actual power over people but , in the normal case , both that the person exercising that power claims to have legitimate authority and that he is acknowledged to have it by some people . |
| 9 | But who is qualified to lead us on this Crusade ? |