Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The transperitoneal approach to the gall bladder is usually avoided because of the risk of intraperitoneal bile leakage or bowel perforation . |
| 2 | Would-be delinquents in Saltash during most of the Nineteenth century had to face up to the threat of a short , sharp punishment ; a visit to the ‘ Black Hole ’ under the escort of one of the ancient borough 's best known characters , ‘ Nandie ’ Keast . |
| 3 | As Stephen Parrish points out in discussing the very earliest ‘ complete ’ draft ( Ms JJ ) , the embryonic Prelude is best understood as an extension of the structure of Tintern Abbey : ‘ The last poem Wordsworth wrote before leaving England was Tintern Abbey , completed in mid July , and the affinities between Tintern Abbey and the autobiographical verse he began to write in Germany three months later help to point up The Prelude 's earliest design ’ ( Introduction to the Cornell edition ) . |
| 4 | They are not caused by individual neurosis , but it is being asserted that religion is best understood as if it were a symptom of a neurosis of humanity as a whole . |
| 5 | In some countries where religion is not acknowledged to be in any way a necessary part of life , and also to a lesser degree in some where it is , the very important regular holidays , i.e. the single days or short periods of relief from work , which are spaced throughout the year , and which are additional to the long summer vacations , are fixed by arbitrary law and not by reference to religious feast days . |
| 6 | Morality may not be the same as religion — although in many of the great religions this distinction is not clearly perceived — but sincerity in pursuing religion is normally expected to carry with it sincerity in pursuing a high moral code . |
| 7 | Religion is thus allowed to speak for itself . |
| 8 | Religion is often castigated for encouraging an attitude of dependence upon authority or tradition , which is at loggerheads with the attitude of taking responsibility for oneself . |
| 9 | A deeper analysis of religion is therefore needed — one which can affirm , instead of being rather dismissive of , the intuitions behind the confessional approach which has the merit of taking religious claims to truth seriously . |
| 10 | The widespread presence of secularism does not mean that religion is totally eclipsed or reduced to the status of a literally insignificant minority interest . |
| 11 | The peoples of these republics are overwhelmingly Muslim ( mostly Sunni ) by religion , and their traditional customs and values , with which their religion is inextricably bound up , have been altered relatively little by the experience of Russian and Soviet rule , which has in fact lasted for no more than a century or so ( most of what is now Soviet Central Asia came under Russian control in the second half of the nineteenth century ) . |
| 12 | At a time in their lives when self-image is intricately interwoven with feelings about sexuality and identity , young women talk about how they feel when they look in the mirror , and what they feel from the inside , looking out . |
| 13 | The information inherent in the crude remedy is thus transmitted to the diluting fluid by means of the energy contained in the succussion process . |
| 14 | It is particularly important when using this scale that your remedy is well selected . |
| 15 | The remedy is not to leave me . ’ |
| 16 | However , in two important respects the Misrepresentation Act 1967 has removed some bars to rescission so that s1 provides that , whether or not the representation has become a term of the contract , or that the contract has been fully performed , the right to the rescission remedy is not lost . |
| 17 | If the remedy is not indicated it will be ignored by the body and will have no effect , and if it is indicated it can only be beneficial . |
| 18 | My thesis is that the remedy is not to discard voluntary bodies but to infuse them with a new purpose and to make new demands upon them ; and I have suggested that the new purpose is nothing less than to preserve the individuality of man . |
| 19 | In the early stages if no other remedy is clearly indicated or if Aconite seems to be indicated but does not help at all . |
| 20 | This remedy is often selected on its emotional picture : |
| 21 | Your first prescription was right but a new remedy is now needed . |
| 22 | The immediate remedy is usually to petition for winding up in the public interest , so that a provisional liquidator ( the Official Receiver ) can be appointed , halting the company 's activities . |
| 23 | The primary remedy is always to sell , but in the current climate , there may not be a market . |
| 24 | Obviously the indicated similar remedy is still chosen on the same principles as before but choice of potency , up to now our main variable factor for controlling the response to the remedy , is not such an issue when using the LM 's . |
| 25 | The genes producing these peptides are quite distinct but it is not clear whether both peptides are produced in all L cells , as dual localisation is only seen in a proportion of them . |
| 26 | The new Association is best seen not so much as a pressure group founded to further the professional interests of teachers of English , but rather as a class-based mobilization which drew in not only most professors of English Language and Literature , but also like-minded politicians , administrators , and " men of letters " . |
| 27 | The Cheviot housing association is slowly taking over property in South Meadowell . |
| 28 | The Queensferry Association is already included on the structure plan mailing list and you will be notified when the document is available . |
| 29 | The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is here to gain background information on local government in the UK as part of its 42nd parliamentary seminar programme . |
| 30 | As well as using the grant to provide a new cafe and shop , the association is also planning to stage a new exhibition at Thiepval using the latest state-of-the-art audio-visual technology to tell the Ulstermen 's story . |