Example sentences of "is [adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The main pathogenic effect is due to the larvae which , by the late L4 stage , have heavily sclerotised buccal capsules capable of tearing tissue and they cause much damage to the liver and occasionally other organs in their wanderings .
2 This is because the ratchet entitlement is inherent in the shares themselves from when they are first issued and affects the price or value of those shares at the time of issue .
3 Remember this will be a professional opinion from someone who is interested in the qualities you now have to offer , so bear such comment well in mind .
4 Her conscious understanding of how she was using language is clear from the explanations she gives for the expressions she uses in the poem : ( on line 2 ) " She lived outside in the open , so the air was like her house " ; ( on line 5 " the streets were like a giant shop where she could pick and choose out of bins and gutters " ; ( on line 8 ) " this means she was close to nature and she felt like the yew was her mother " .
5 I ca n't agree a solution with our officers that is acceptable to the residents I represent and I put it to this council to try and get something done about it and all I get from the chairman of the committee is the officer 's comments pushed back down my throat .
6 All it requires is that its instructions will reflect the reasons which apply to its subjects , i.e. that they should require action which is justifiable by the reasons which apply to the subjects .
7 But to go to the other extreme and elevate people suffering from such abnormalities into a norm for society not only threatens society but is dangerous to the individuals themselves , since it excludes them from the consideration of help and treatment .
8 His letter written to congratulate his elder brother Lodovico when his engagement was announced , is typical of the sermons he preached at the marriages of so many friends .
9 Although this is an isolated example it is typical of the problems I encountered and which led me to the conclusion that the product simply is n't ready for release into the market in its current form .
10 Manchester 's Assistant Chief Constable Jim Paterson , said : ‘ It is typical of the terrorists who are operating in this country that they should act with a complete and utter disregard for the civilian community .
11 Hall is philosophical about the sacrifices which a musical career demands , and feels that she had a ‘ fairly normal childhood ’ , and only felt deprived in her late teenage years , when ‘ the social life has to go , and you tend to form passing acquaintances rather than real friendships . ’
12 This is consistent with the findings which indicate that young people tend to adjust relatively easily to working life and that the less academic tend to do so more than others .
13 This is consistent with the results we reported earlier showing good performance on the causal task ( see Table 3.1 ) .
14 ‘ The catering industry is unique in the challenges it offers young people and every effort must be made to ensure that it plays a central role in careers advice , ’ he said .
15 ‘ It is good for the passengers to have a choice of airlines and it is good for the airlines themselves to have to respond and innovate .
16 3.1 Scope : activities restrained In order to demonstrate that a particular provision is reasonable between the parties it is necessary to demonstrate that the scope of those activities is reasonably referable to a legitimate interest , although it is not necessary to have absolute consistency between the restraint and the relevant interest .
17 In such phrases as India and Pakistan or the idea of it , /r/ is likely to be pronounced wrongly between two vowels where no /r/ is present in the words themselves .
18 I would disagree with the premise erm I 've found that where public money is involved in the arts there is very occasionally public criticism of what we do .
19 His devotion to her is evident in the letters he wrote whenever they were separated .
20 The reality of such disability is evident in the limitations it imposes on aspects of everyday life .
21 Perhaps he is jealous of the players who were offered huge sums of money for to tour , while he was n't .
22 Much of the work of these researchers is concerned with the conditions which either favour or result in the formation of a complex ref-O ( hence enabling plural reference ) , or preclude complex ref-O formation .
23 In that sense the development of a post-industrial economy is unconnected to the forces which shaped industrial society .
24 It is difficult for the athletes who know Daley to understand why so many people are unable to get along with him .
25 Its central purpose , as the head of one the agencies put it , is ‘ to produce a river which is suitable for the uses which are needed downstream — providing a potable water supply , for fisheries , just amenity .
26 Simmel emphasizes the paradoxical nature of culture , recognizing the essentially positive process of modernity which has allowed for hitherto unimaginable possibilities ; but he is wary of the forces which lead towards reification and autonomy , both of which are inimical to human interests .
27 Having talked sensibly to Anna about her chosen course of study , I am certain she is aware of the demands it will make on her .
28 For Labour , Mr. Kinnock has said he is appalled by the figures which he claims are worse than he expected .
29 First , it is relative to the conditions which are imposed on a particular empirical enquiry .
30 To describe them as having a ‘ positive lifestyle ’ is laughable considering the laws they break and the havoc they cause .
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