Example sentences of "[verb] is [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stage I sleep is defined in terms of the EEG and EOG records as consisting of a low voltage EEG with some slow activity , and occasional vertex sharp waves , and slow rolling eye movements ( see example . ) |
| 2 | Reportedly OSF is motivated in setting things up like this to see the technologies can stand on their own . |
| 3 | Indeed , work is one of the key bases on which honour is established in the eyes of family , kin and locality . |
| 4 | Blackcaps have begun wintering in the British Isles , instead of Spain , a change in migratory behaviour that scientists suggest is linked to global warming . |
| 5 | Much of his criticism of the talks process is centred on Hume , whom he regards as ‘ the antithesis of reconciliation ’ . |
| 6 | A human touch was added to Nash 's report : ‘ I could heartily wish more respect were paid to the remains of this amiable though unfortunate Queen , and would willingly , with proper leave , have them wrapt in another sheet of lead and coffin , and decently interred in some proper place , that at least after her death her body might remain in peace ; whereas the Chapel where she now lies is used for the keeping of rabbits , which make holes and scratch very indecently about her Royal corpse . ’ |
| 7 | Furthermore , the information which the ‘ midyear population estimates ’ provide is limited to sex and age group and is not normally available for a finer grain of spatial unit than the local authority district and health authority area . |
| 8 | If an ex-pupil of an education authority bequeaths £10,000 on the condition that the money is invested and the interest earned is awarded as a prize to the best academic performance each year , the money can not in law be used to keep local taxes down . |
| 9 | What behaviour is expected is determined by the job , but we can generalize . |
| 10 | An indication of when these are expected is shown in the message . |
| 11 | The value of exports from all sectors included is estimated to be £351.3 million . |
| 12 | Permission to prospect for oil and gas in blocks of the seabed in UK waters is given to oil companies that bid under an annual licensing round to the Government . |
| 13 | In 1993 , eight years short of its 250th anniversary , and still trading under its original name , it has fewer branches than Thins and a turnover probably around £13m ( Thins is believed to be around £15m ) . |
| 14 | The trend in numbers of night visits claimed is shown in the figure . |
| 15 | It seems that the only recourse a sufferer now has is to appeal to the landlord . |
| 16 | The only recompe the only resource anyone has is to go to the courts , for the courts to decide what the law is at that present moment . |
| 17 | The only bookcase he has is stacked with video tapes whose titles I do not read . |
| 18 | New Zealander Chisholm has is expected to be off work for two weeks . |
| 19 | Water thus lifted is spread onto the surface as the cloth is wiped in a rapid sweeping motion . |
| 20 | An important aspect of Piaget 's approach is his claim that , since children the world over are very similar physiologically and neurologically , and since the world they explore is regulated by the same laws of nature , progress , in terms of their ability to make sense of the world , will be broadly consistent across all children . |
| 21 | The possibility of conflicts of interest and duty occurring is enhanced by the nature of the organisational structure of the financial services industry , ie the prevalence of conglomerates . |
| 22 | At the end of the day , the best Theakston 's ever brewed is made by Geordies ! |
| 23 | Within the above breakdown one can suggest the following modules ( none of which is comprehensive , only the flavour is indicated ) — the way in which each of the modules would be approached is indicated in the sample courses given in Section 5 : |
| 24 | if you do n't think that the girl that you 've interviewed is gon na do as good a job as |
| 25 | Perhaps EGF is stored in the endothelial cells of the normal mucosa and when inflamation develops is rapidly utilised to stimulate cell proliferation because EGF is cruicial for the change from quiescent cells to the S phase of the proliferative cycle . |
| 26 | That there is something he does not know is shown by the fact that if he were to gain his sight , he would come to know something that he previously had not known . |
| 27 | And all these are going to sort of pile up so that your The chemistry that you do know is going to you know |
| 28 | Another way in which initially simple models of language comprehension have had to be modified is illustrated by another topic we discussed in this chapter , namely , the relation between syntactic and semantic processing . |
| 29 | Furthermore , almost all of the residential care they supply is provided under contract to local authority social services departments . |
| 30 | To see how the total information reported is related to the previous risk ratings given to stimuli the films were divided according to the categories in Table 7.1 with two separate factors relating to risk , junction risk and exemplar risk . |