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 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Religion is thus allowed to speak for itself . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The widespread presence of secularism does not mean that religion is totally eclipsed or reduced to the status of a literally insignificant minority interest . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The information inherent in the crude remedy is thus transmitted to the diluting fluid by means of the energy contained in the succussion process . |
| 13 | It is particularly important when using this scale that your remedy is well selected . |
| 14 | The remedy is not to leave me . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In the early stages if no other remedy is clearly indicated or if Aconite seems to be indicated but does not help at all . |
| 19 | This remedy is often selected on its emotional picture : |
| 20 | Your first prescription was right but a new remedy is now needed . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The primary remedy is always to sell , but in the current climate , there may not be a market . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 " . |
| 26 | The Cheviot housing association is slowly taking over property in South Meadowell . |
| 27 | The Queensferry Association is already included on the structure plan mailing list and you will be notified when the document is available . |
| 28 | The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is here to gain background information on local government in the UK as part of its 42nd parliamentary seminar programme . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Support for the Association 's work continues to come forward and the Association is increasingly benefiting from working with other organisations on mutually beneficial projects with the Association often achieving both publicity and financial assistance . |