Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sounds a further note of caution : ‘ It is sometimes difficult to be sure you are sending your cars to be serviced at a garage that is properly equipped to deal with diesel vehicles and has appropriately trained staff . ’ |
| 2 | Item 4 of the same Schedule specifies the ‘ place where the property is situated ’ for an appeal where there is a dispute over a valuation , but this statement is only intended to apply to property within the UK — the authorities can not be compelled to travel to Portugal to hear the appeal ! |
| 3 | As with many ghosts this headless horseman is only permitted to travel between midnight and dawn . |
| 4 | The art critic is thus bound to consider with care what standards of comparison should be used . |
| 5 | Two months of treatment has failed to clear up the trouble , so Molby has had surgery and is not expected to return to action for another six weeks . |
| 6 | The Stock Exchange smaller companies working party is not expected to report until autumn of this year . |
| 7 | The case is not expected to finish before Christmas . |
| 8 | In cases in which pain and suffering is not expected to continue for life the court has to form a view as to how long it is likely to continue . |
| 9 | If the spot price is not expected to change over time , then in contracts with a positive basis the futures price in the contracts with nearby delivery dates will be lower than the futures price in the contracts with distant delivery dates ( a situation known as normal contango ) . |
| 10 | That case is not expected to come to court for a few months and Dairy Crest wanted to stop him trading in the meantime . |
| 11 | The review will refer to , but is not expected to cover in detail , the adult education literature nor that on the 14-18 pre-vocational curriculum . |
| 12 | An arrangement whereby a limited partner invests a capital sum in the business which he is not permitted to withdraw until dissolution of the partnership ( which will not automatically occur on death or bankruptcy etc ) and which represents his maximum liability in respect of the firm 's debts and obligations , who is given a profit share but who is excluded from the management of the firm , is doubtless seen as too restrictive . |
| 13 | For the rule is that while children may always blame parents for their problems , this privilege is not allowed to work in reverse . |
| 14 | This book is not designed to engage with exposition of doctrine though it will inevitably point to its importance ; rather it attempts a mode of appreciation of these texts to help readers , whether or not they have prior knowledge of the subject , to respond to them as literary witnesses to a life of faith understood as a game . |
| 15 | Jane 's is now negotiating for new hangar space to house its eight engineers , a number which is shortly expected to increase in line with the company 's expansion . |
| 16 | Where A makes a promise to B in consideration of B doing or promising to do something which he is already bound to do by reason of a duty imposed upon him by law , whether by a Statute or otherwise : for instance , the duty of a local police authority to afford adequate protection to A and his property ; |
| 17 | The word quark is supposed to be pronounced like quart , but with a k at the end instead of a t , but is usually pronounced to rhyme with lark . |
| 18 | This does not mean , however , that the Commissioner is always determined to go to court . |
| 19 | The reader is also asked to bear in mind that the strategic perspective covered is as described in chapter 4 . |
| 20 | It is also expected to lead to student transfers between the two centres , distance learning through new technologies and Kirkcaldy running franchised courses for at least the early years of Dundee 's courses . |
| 21 | The crematorium , which is also used to dispose of BSE infected cattle , caused a storm of protest when it was built . |
| 22 | It is stress causing hostility and aggression that is now thought to contribute to cholesterol deposits in arteries . ’ |
| 23 | The once-in-a-while reward is often used to deal with disobedience about coming to the parents ' bed in the middle of the night . |
| 24 | Since the whole database is regularly copied to tape for recovery purposes the archive will also be secured by the same operation . |
| 25 | This is an advantage that the cuckoo is well advised to exploit with care — clearly a young cuckoo reared in a blue tit 's nest box would never be able to escape when it was mature . |
| 26 | As Education Secretary of the Georgian Group , he is well qualified to write with authority and commitment on critical matters such as paintwork , glazing , upholstery and furnishings . |
| 27 | This image is then used to put in doubt the very existence of its counterpart in the previous chapter : |
| 28 | In Iraq is sometimes forced to move in daytime when ground gets too hot for it to rest on . |
| 29 | In the one set of cases , the adjective is used not merely as a subordinate element in qualification but also to apply a property directly to the entity designated by the noun , the head word of the phrase ; in the other the adjective mentions the same property but it is merely , in some way , to be associated with that entity ; it is certainly intended to assist in entity-identification — and that is why it is there — but as a property it actually belongs to someone or something else . |