Example sentences of "is [verb] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An Collins 's expression of self-effacing humility is better than Herbert 's in the sense that Collins 's humility is paramount where Herbert is maintaining a strong concept of self and , indeed , self-applause . |
| 2 | the best thing to do , check with the Health Board , they 'll the only other way is to go a certain distance into nowadays |
| 3 | The most popular method or organic farming is using a multi-culture system in which crops are grown and livestock reared . |
| 4 | An operating team from Princess Margaret is using a spare theatre at the RAF Hospital . |
| 5 | However , I wonder if the Institute is using a different version of FRS 1 from mine . |
| 6 | That our instinctive loathing for the way Dr. Briant is manipulating human life , is using a human child as a lever to open the box that holds God 's secrets about life , our response , I say , is not reactionary , not the stupid fears of little men , but is born of our awareness of the dangers of knowing too much , is a God-given warning , if you like . |
| 7 | We must remember that he had started his active life as a lawyer and as a student of rhetoric , and he is using a common figure of rhetoric , hyperbole , within carefully controlled limits . |
| 8 | The only thing she 'd done is make a small scratch with a rose thorn and was unfortunate enough to get a piece of contaminated soil |
| 9 | So , if the green lacewing larva is to enjoy a decent meal of woolly alder aphids , it has to find a way of avoiding being attacked by the ants . |
| 10 | Bellway is forecasting a pre-tax profit of around £16 million for the year to end-July . |
| 11 | At the same time it is bringing a new generation of management into the MB Group boardroom to mastermind the next phase of the company 's expansion . |
| 12 | On top of this the micro-revolution is bringing a massive rise in computer literacy . |
| 13 | The House , at Lytham St Annes , provides convalescence for 23 guests , and is situated a short walk from the sea and promenade . |
| 14 | The Government is pursuing a similar line of developments in television . |
| 15 | A current research trend , however , is pursuing a unifying concept of susceptibility of disease from powerlessness , that is , having a ‘ lack of control over one 's destiny ’ ( Syme , 1988 ; Haan et al , 1989 ) . |
| 16 | Mobile minister the Rev Bill Harper , who is to conduct a special service for Maude , is to take her a letter from the Queen Mother and a signed photograph from Dr George Carey . |
| 17 | A very effective way to achieve publicity for a new factory opening , an exhibition , a fashion show , a lunch or a conference is to issue a general invitation to photographic agencies and to the picture editors of the daily press . |
| 18 | Now what I 'm proposing to do is to issue a revised programme in respect of the afternoon session this afternoon , which will take in some of the business that er has has already fell off which would be at the end of the private session this afternoon so we 'll try and get in er rule twenty Regions in their Manage and their Management which will take in three motions , thirty six , thirty seven and forty and then we 'll turn , hopefully , to the Social Security Payments Resolutions , you 'll remember that they fell off , composite two eight three , motions three seven nine , three eight five and three eight six . |
| 19 | Meta says its problems have been compounded by the rise of IBM 's DRDA , which is seeing a tidy flow of SAG members defect to its ranks , including Oracle and Informix , who say they simply can not afford not to pick up DRDA because of IBM 's huge installation base . |
| 20 | Another common mistake is to compare a current figure with a previous but untypical period which was affected by special events like strikes or summer shutdowns . |
| 21 | In reality , full scripts are seldom ready in finished form by this date , especially on serials where the pressures on the Script Editor , who is handling a whole team of writers , are extreme . |
| 22 | The normal method of securing is to drive a long nail through the end of the sleeper at an angle into the one beneath . |
| 23 | Alternative Medicine 9/10/11/12th July Rainbow Room Kensington is manning a static stand at this event and will be advertising all aspects of our work . |
| 24 | PAUL SHERWEN , manager of the Raleigh-Banana professional team , is to attend a disciplinary hearing in Stoke-on-Trent to explain the behaviour of his team . |
| 25 | One of the aims and functions of a high-fibre diet is to sustain a large bulk of semi-fluid matter in the stomach , and to produce more soft and bulky faeces . |
| 26 | Nadine Meisner visits a Royal Ballet project that is encouraging a different sort of child to put on pointed shoes |
| 27 | Borders Regional Council is to promote a private bill in the Commons which is necessary if public roads are to be closed for motor racing events . |
| 28 | A development is to include a small piece of cloth in an adapted end loop of a brush . |
| 29 | In either event a possible technique for calibrating measurements is to include a light subject of known area in the field of view . |
| 30 | The coastguard is designated a non-military organisation under the constitution , and its use as an escort would therefore not be as controversial . |