Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] [art] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The efficient solution is rarely to have a zero quantity of the externality . |
| 2 | And the the logic of what 's being said there is effectively to abandon the flexitime scheme out of , for working out of office hours , . |
| 3 | The latest revelation about the Government 's courting of minority parties came amid persistent speculation at Westminster that , on the Europe question , Mr Major has lost control and is effectively running a minority Government . |
| 4 | £20m debt that is slowly destroying a boom town . |
| 5 | This sequence is repeated again and again with different emphases , suggesting that the novel is constantly reenacting a threshold experience which becomes a powerful metaphor of its own formal nature . |
| 6 | Now what you 're going to receive this afternoon , is what is pretentiously called a time management system . |
| 7 | From a distance it is easy to believe that a child is counting when in fact he is only reciting a number sequence and touching or moving objects at random . |
| 8 | The result is a wild , and sometimes very scary , portrait of Manson , his teachings and his bad craziness ; a look from behind those piercing cold eyes as the listener to Moran 's opera is suddenly given an expressway journey to the back of Charlie 's skull . |
| 9 | Aids researchers are now investigating if HIV is somehow triggering the suicide response of protective white blood cells , stripping the body of immunity . |
| 10 | All can be upgraded using Intel 's clock-doubling OverDrive technology which is soon to offer an upgrade path to Pentium standard performance . |
| 11 | Perhaps the newt is just providing the frog surface layer with positional signals that may still be the same in both animals : what has changed in evolution is how the signals are interpreted . |
| 12 | You might like to know that I have recently been in touch with a Mme Francine Roussel ( University of Nancy II , 23 Blvd Albert 1e , Nancy 54000 ) who is just completing a survey review of concordancers . |
| 13 | ‘ The Minister is just finishing a phone call , then I must tell him one thing before he sees you , ’ he said , briskly , glancing at the miniature switchboard beside him which sat incongruously in the draughty , high-ceilinged , dingy room . |
| 14 | The EC is already funding a management programme for the threatened wetlands , and according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , the Commission would be " pouring its own money down the drain " if it were to decide to back the scheme . |
| 15 | Her claim will not be affected if she is already receiving a state pension , providing this is based on her own contributions . |
| 16 | In the meantime , however , fans will be pleased to learn that Belfast promoter Eamon McCann is already negotiating a return visit . |
| 17 | The Belgian consumer organisation is already marketing a consumer magazine in Spain . |
| 18 | This is usually called a care plan , which may be discussed informally , or at a special meeting . |
| 19 | The ‘ Crombie ’ is usually considered the skinhead coat — but only in the broadest sense of the word ‘ skinhead ’ can this be accepted . |
| 20 | Tom turned his eyes from the paper and started singing the song from Don Giovanni that is always called the Champagne Aria . |
| 21 | CHAT show host David Letterman offers these signs that your marriage is n't working : YOUR wife is always leaving the dinner table to go on dates . |
| 22 | The bearded head gardener who is always tending the apple tree ; the wise old sea-captain who never rushes to judgment ; the character you 're not quite introduced to , but who is giving you a creepy feeling by Chapter Four … pack them off into storage , all of them . |
| 23 | The first step in making structure drills ( grammar drills ) is always to identify the learning problem . |
| 24 | Three had their convictions quashed by the Appeal Court earlier this year — the fourth had his appeal turned down and is still serving a life sentence . |
| 25 | Only eight weeks into the job , Mr Gerstner is still concocting a rescue plan . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , their first single , ‘ Something New ’ , a jaunty hybrid of spacey synths , unrepentantly catchy pop melodies and funk/rap , is rapidly becoming a clubland favourite with remixes by the likes of Happy Larry ( aka Nick Harris ) and The Rapino Bros . |
| 27 | Although the prison is euphemistically called a rehabilitation centre , the women staff workers are known to arrange appointments for the prostitutes with the male guards in exchange for a small return and there is no attempt to train the women to help them find some other form of employment when they are freed . |
| 28 | Perhaps they believe that a change in sentiment is temporarily transforming the gold market , despite its poor fundamentals . |
| 29 | Riderhood 's daughter , Pleasant , is an unlicensed pawnbroker in a very small way of business : ‘ possessed of what is colloquially termed a swivel eye … |
| 30 | The liquidator 's objective in pursuing the appeal is clearly to maximise the sale price of the estate for the benefit of the bank . |