Example sentences of "is [det] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little to see of the Potteries at Fenton other than relatively modern factories , but a couple of bottle ovens , now rather rare ( see Longton ) survive near King Street . |
| 2 | Market buildings , in particular , have proved especially elusive in the small towns and there is little to compare with the forum or macellum of the cities . |
| 3 | When this is done there is little to choose between the UK , France and West Germany . |
| 4 | Despite extensive evidence from numerous independent sources to the effect that there is little to choose between the performance of a well formulated detergent and the invariably more expensive combined products , known as sanitisers , a whole industry has been built around marketing sanitisation . |
| 5 | ‘ As to the ability to determine that issue between the parents , it appears to me that there is little to choose between the family court in England and that in Australia . |
| 6 | There is little leaching from the catchment area , which is small and covered with perennial ice , bare rock or scree , with hardly any mineral soil or vegetation . |
| 7 | Over the past decade subcontracting small firms have formed a significant proportion of all new business formation on the UK and yet there is little known about the characteristics , performance and the specific needs/demand for financial services by these firms . |
| 8 | The head deals with the first , class teachers with the second , and there is little blurring at the edges . |
| 9 | An important class of surnames is that based on the pursuit of occupations or the holding of various civil or ecclesiastical offices . |
| 10 | If you 've had office copy entries , the date from which to search is that given at the foot of each page , when the office copy entries were issued ; your search will then reveal any entries that may have been made since that date . |
| 11 | The term ‘ annunciation ‘ ( announcement ) is that given to the message presented by the angel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she would in due time be delivered of the Son of God , and the festival commemorating this — Lady Day — has the date 25 March . |
| 12 | A representative assessment is that given by the library manager : I would say that one of the biggest advantages was the fact that senior management … from the Head down , from the very word go , were after making it a success … one thing we have got is a greater awareness from a greater number of staff , because they come in here to supervise and help [ and ] get involved … but I think the biggest advantage has been the fact that time devoted to … library skills for all the first year … [ has ] been extended to an hour a week … |
| 13 | A useful minimal definition is that given by the World Health Organization that ‘ Health is a state of complete mental , physical and social well-being , and not merely the absence of disease . ’ |
| 14 | And is that done in the work ? |
| 15 | Mr Grigson , is that moving in the direction which you wished to get an answer to your question ? |
| 16 | The power vested in the federal government is that delegated in the United States Constitution : all other powers not delegated rest with the states or the people . |
| 17 | Is that opposed to the number of adults |
| 18 | The most intellectually satisfying explanation is that embodied in the doctrine of karma , in accordance with which the dead child may be regarded as having completed the final stage of a soul-life that , in previous incarnations , had almost earned its passage and , after one more brief sojourn , was able to escape from the cycle of death and rebirth . |
| 19 | A typical legend is that attached to the Hole of Horcum , a great natural hollow , and Blakey Topping , a prominent cone-shaped hill , both in the Yorkshire Moors . |
| 20 | Winch 's contention is that to conceive of the relation of an act to the person who acts in terms of the Kantian maxim ‘ acting for the sake of duty ’ is mistaken since ‘ there is no general kind of behaviour of which we have to say that it is good without qualification ’ . |
| 21 | Is that approved by the assembly that that is then given to the panel as a new responsibility ? |
| 22 | The Local Government Act 1972 specifically states that the only business which can be transacted is that appearing in the summons convening the meeting . |
| 23 | Reception under conditions of distraction is taken to its extreme in television , which is half watched in the course of pursuing other activities and in which very often , especially among children , entire programmes are not viewed at all ; instead , fingers rarely leave the remote control device as there is a constant change of channels ( Ellis 1982 , p. 137 ) . |
| 24 | Yet the irony is that it is this quarrelling within the Church Of England which is largely responsible for that lack of interest . |
| 25 | How is this affected by the ratio of key range to address range ? |
| 26 | So , has the ‘ brasserie boom ’ brought about good value in restaurants and , if so , is this recognised by the public ? |
| 27 | Rarely is this expressed in the statute . |
| 28 | Is this done during the evenings , or during holidays , or weekends ? |
| 29 | It is this sharing in the suffering of God that is so convincingly and magnificently expressed in Margaret Spufford 's recent book , Celebration . |
| 30 | Is this coming into the open of crimes against women useful in assisting reforms in this area ? |