Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , the field of comparative religion is opened up for the students in the study of the faiths of the modern world . |
| 2 | Each particular religion is marked off from others in two ways — outwardly , by its origins and history , and inwardly , by the particular way in which it gives expression to the essential religious consciousness . |
| 3 | A huge land-grab is going on in Bosnia-Herzegovina today as Serbs and Croats fight to divide up the country . |
| 4 | It 's real big boy stuff ’ — the senator 's voice was very bitter — ‘ and all of that garbage is washed down with alcohol and pickled in nicotine . |
| 5 | My jeep 's broken down . ’ |
| 6 | It is only when a remedy is taken over an extended period that proving symptoms are likely to occur . |
| 7 | This process is called a Proving of the remedy and strict criteria are laid down in order to ensure that the true action of the remedy is brought out and not any interferences from other sources . |
| 8 | This kind of thinking is leading on from the question of analysis to that of evaluation . |
| 9 | When the above entry is printed out according to the SIL MANUSCRIPT ( MS ) programme it appears like this : Many people will find it preferable to type the words of their dictionary in alphabetical order so that the computer prints them out in alphabetical order without further programming . |
| 10 | Each dictionary entry is divided up into sequences of the required gram length . |
| 11 | Most surprising of all is The Ride of the Valkyries , whose main dotted rhythm is swallowed up , trivializing its character ; nor do I find that the silent-movie tempo and pinched recording quality do much for the Lohengrin in Act 3 Prelude . |
| 12 | Also , if a contractor is to carry out the work the more information we can supply to them the easier it is for them to provide an accurate tender . |
| 13 | But when such rifts occur , they are not necessarily evidence of lack of love ; they are more often due to the temporary emotional instability of the mourners , and usually heal swiftly , family unity being restored as the grief is worked through . |
| 14 | If at the moment he speaks he thinks he is meeting his child in a land of real stones and tree-stumps , he is sadly mistaken ; if he realises he is not , then already a touch of grief is creeping back into consolation . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's no use telling you disbelieving bastards anything , but I will tell you this : The Brigade is moving out of this place tomorrow . ’ |
| 16 | In those places where stock is kept out in winter , undrained grassland is unusable during floods , and in summer is susceptible to trampling by animals , and so supports less stock than drained pasture . |
| 17 | When an offer is under-subscribed , the unsold stock is taken on to the books of the Bank of England and used as a tap stock for sale to the market over time as and when demand develops or can be created . |
| 18 | Postie is gunned down on holiday |
| 19 | If all is satisfactory the credit card is handed back to the customer with a copy of the sales voucher and a receipted bill . |
| 20 | Teachers should be aware , particularly of that aspect , I think , because phonic method is very often used in schools , by which I mean that the teacher wil hold up a flash card , and on it would be a pair of letters , say , suppose for example sh the teacher will hold up a large card with sh on it and will say to the class ‘ this is shuss ’ and the children will all say shuss whenever this card is held up — that 's fine , but the dyslexic pupil may not be seeing sh in the same way that the other children are . |
| 21 | The result is a sense that a great deal is going on , although how good all this writing is and , even more significantly , what the make-up of the new public and the social function of its reading are matters for debate . |
| 22 | A great deal is going on in those regions , and people in the south who have not been north of Watford Gap for a few years should go and see what is happening there . |
| 23 | For managers , the nice thing about chapter 11 is that it protects the firm from its creditors until a rescue deal is sorted out ; and the firm can stop paying its interest charges . |
| 24 | ‘ We could say Kylie 's just having fun , being a big kid , giving us a giggle ; but then the grown up Kylie goes and writes a caption to go with the picture , ’ began the psychologist 's summing up . |
| 25 | This perception is picked up later , more than once , as Tate moves through the poem : ‘ subtly and imperceptibly the rhythm has changed … ’ , ‘ there is constant and sudden change of rhythm … ’ , ‘ a broken and distracted rhythm ’ . |
| 26 | Sometimes while approximate balancing is carried out it is necessary to provide for a reduction in sensitivity of detection through incorporation of a suitable attenuation network . |
| 27 | ‘ My ambition at the Warehouse is to build up an audience and exercise my own tastes . |
| 28 | With most modern softners regeneration is carried out automatically , being initiated by one of two main methods . |
| 29 | Both assume that local intervention should be deeper and more fundamental than merely ‘ servicing capital ’ , and both also accept that it is necessary to change the structure of declining local economies if regeneration is to come about . |
| 30 | Therefore , it needs to be rapidly regenerated if exercise is to continue , and this regeneration is brought about by a substance called Creatine Phosphate ( C.P. ) . |