Example sentences of "[noun pl] is [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the country 's top orchid growers is getting ready for a summer show … by hiding his plants away in his garage . |
| 2 | Heavy grazing levels on mountain slopes and summits ( especially in Snowdonia , the Lake District and the Peak District ) combined with moderate or heavy use by hill walkers is causing serious vegetation and soil erosion problems on access paths and summit plateaux . |
| 3 | This does not mean the abolition of expository teaching , whether in person or by sequenced AV materials ; it means that the whole range of possible methods is thrown open , for the selection of the appropriate mode and appropriate input at any one point . |
| 4 | On this view , one of the more important problems of methods is to relate these various elements together through some inferential apparatus in systematic ways . |
| 5 | On land , the use of pesticides is endangering both our birds and their food . |
| 6 | On land , the use of pesticides is endangering both our birds and their food . |
| 7 | The most effective means of reviewing the structure of such specialized lists is to consider two of the traditional subject headings lists which cover all subjects : Sears List of Subject Headings and the Library of Congress List of Subject Headings . |
| 8 | Bernard Uniforms , one of the country 's leading uniform manufacturers is to let ten staff go from its workforce of more than 160 . |
| 9 | Once again , it appears that the nature of the available remedies is having some effect on the character of the diagnosis . |
| 10 | One of the two batallions making up the Scots Guards is disbanded next month . |
| 11 | The purpose of these Guidelines is to take these general codes as a starting point and to comment on the practical implications of the responsibility owed by engineers in respect of risk issues , and to provide specific guidance to resolve risk concerns satisfactorily ( see also Guideline 3 , Resolving a Risk Concern , page 12 ) ) . |
| 12 | Wimpey Homes is building 50 two and three-bedroomed houses on land provided by the council at Pallister Park , off Homerton Road , with the aid of a City Grant from the Department of the Environment of over £400,000 . |
| 13 | To complete sales on its Felmores development in Basildon , Essex , Lovell Homes is offering special equity share deals — 80 per cent payable now and the balance in five years or on re-sale , whichever is sooner . |
| 14 | A classic device for eliminating open conflict between two parties is to ask each to describe the other 's case , to the latter 's complete satisfaction . |
| 15 | Another fashion in vinyls is to use this light-reflecting finish , and have patterns highlighted by embossing parts of the printed design . |
| 16 | Until recently , these tiles , were made by hand , but now finding suitable second-hand replacement units is becoming difficult . |
| 17 | The stress in these words is called secondary stress . |
| 18 | If you pay income tax at the basic rate , then there will be nothing else for you to pay because the interest on Premier Savings is paid net of basic rate tax liability . |
| 19 | I have often read that the use of fish knives is considered passé , and that they have never been used by the aristocracy . |
| 20 | The aim of telecottages is to create well-paid , flexible employment which will provide new jobs and make existing rural industries more competitive . |
| 21 | One way open to the individual to beat these two traps is to make dishonest returns to the tax office , the benefit office , or both . |
| 22 | Rover cars is moving two hundred and fifty jobs from one factory to another . |
| 23 | Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is to cut 950 jobs at its plant in Crewe , Cheshire . |
| 24 | Wick , where the biggest shop is Woolworths and the young girls pass reeking of cigarette smoke , and CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS is writ large on the exterior of the Harbour Mission wall . |
| 25 | There were a number of special difficulties in the successful accomplishment of what was very delicate work and , all in all , the collector of aquatint books is getting full value for money , high though the price may be . |
| 26 | Anyway , it was the sort of remark that provoked Salman Rushdie 's wrath in the Independent on Sunday : ‘ To see so diverse a list dumped on people who simply have n't read the books is to make one feel a kind of despair about the culture of denigration in which we live . |
| 27 | Increasingly the major aim of teachers and schools is to produce competent and interested autonomous individual learners , participating in their own development . |
| 28 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that the best way to raise standards in our schools is to provide more testing and to make the results of those tests publicly available — both of which the Labour party opposes ? |
| 29 | The idea of genetic algorithms is to mimic natural Darwinian selection of genetic codes . |
| 30 | Here , aerial photography taken under drought conditions during the summer months is revealing hundreds of square miles of ploughed out prehistoric ( and later ) landscapes which survive below soil level , but which are only evident as marks in the growing crops . |