Example sentences of "[ex0] is [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman , er I do n't want to prolong the debate because as I 've mentioned before there is indicated support from a number of people er but I 'm grateful er to the Liberals in the fact that they feel that they are in a position to support this amendment . |
| 2 | The British public is increasingly distrustful of industry on environmental issues and there is rising support for the idea that " the polluter pays " , according to Bob Worcester , chairman of market research firm MORI , which has been tracking attitudes to the environment since 1969 . |
| 3 | there is hidden selection within option schemes ; |
| 4 | In man and other species , there is accumulating evidence that gastrin stimulates acid secretion by releasing histamine . |
| 5 | There is accumulating evidence that the action of IGF-I in target tissues is modulated by insulin like growth factor binding proteins ( IGFBP ) but there is a lack of published data in children with Crohn 's disease . |
| 6 | Tony is er Professor of Economics at Cambridge and is a world renowned luminary in economic circles and er he 's , he 's here for the next week as a special professor and er is giving a number of lectures er most of which are open to , to all , to all students and he is a very famous economist , very clever chap you know if you can get to see him I , I 'd reco I 'd recommend it erm presuma there may be a sort of programme of his visit stuck up on the student notice boards erm , if there is n't er he 's giving a , a lecture tomorrow two o'clock in B seventy four and that 's , that 's if , he is going to be talking to the M A students er taking Economic Development and Policy Analysis and his topic there is comparing income inequality and poverty in Europe erm so if you , you know , if you are free tomorrow at two it just might be interesting to go along to , feel free to go to B seventy four tomorrow at two o'clock . |
| 7 | This is obviously a partisan statement , but there is corroborating evidence . |
| 8 | And finally on the A four one this evening , there is patching work on the A four one at various locations throughout the road this evening , which could hold you up as you travel along there . |
| 9 | On Sundays during the tour there is extended coverage from 5.30 to 6.30pm . |
| 10 | There is festering resentment in dark green quarters over what is seen as Julia 's reluctance to state baldly that there is no such thing as a green product , or that continued consumption at the present rate can only lead to us all dying in some particularly horrible way . |
| 11 | In addition there is Go Corp 's Penpoint ; ATAT 's Hobbit RISC and signal processing technology ; and then the AT&T , DECT and Groupe Speciale Mobile cellular networks , which are all supported in Eo 's device . |
| 12 | Suffice it to say that in some countries where great importance is attached to the tackling of sexual prejudice there is planned action by national authorities , as well as decentralized and private initiatives . |
| 13 | Collecting bias seems to be greater for molars than for incisors , not surprising when it is considered that incisors are easier to locate in the pellets than are molars , and so an excess of incisors may be combined with a deficit of molars where there is collecting bias . |
| 14 | The first show to open there is called Inheritance and Transformation , reflecting the anomaly between exterior past and interior present at the site . |
| 15 | He can not ‘ frame a general notion by abstracting from particulars ’ to form an ‘ abstract idea ’ of ‘ man ’ 'wherein , it is true there is included colour , because there is no man but has some colour , but then it can be neither white nor black , nor any particular colour ; because there is no one particular colour wherein all men partake . ’ |
| 16 | There is mixed news concerning two of England 's leading hookers — Brian Moore and Steve Brain . |
| 17 | Kitchens are generally bright , well lit areas so there should be no exposure problems on that score except if there is mixed lighting , that is a mixture of daylight and artificial light , illuminating the scene . |
| 18 | There is published evidence that P cepacia is transmissible , directly or indirectly , between individuals , and that in a proportion who acquire it the infection is associated with rapid deterioration or death , even when they were previously in good health and clinically stable . |
| 19 | — there is published material specifically designed for use in the training of teachers to teach English as a Second or Foreign Language . |
| 20 | It is May and fifty feet above there is scorching sun but down here it is damp , cold and depressing . |
| 21 | There is erm so there is processing equipment . |
| 22 | Clerk of the course Nick Lees said : ‘ There is standing water in the straight and the weather forecast is bad as well . ’ |
| 23 | There is controlled development of all four skills from the start of the course , to build students ' confidence in using English . |
| 24 | There is anchoring space in both harbours , even during the most popular events such as Race week and Charter Agents week . |
| 25 | There is decreased ability to stay away from the first use in any day of the substance or process of addiction . |
| 26 | In previous studies it was shown that the serum concentration increases in conditions where there is bile acid loss — for example , after ileal resection and cholestyramine treatment , and decreases where there is decreased bile acid synthesis — for example , in cirrhosis of the liver . |
| 27 | The middle phase is where this tolerance is progressively lost so that there is decreased control over use and over associated behaviour . |
| 28 | There is implied permission to tap someone on the shoulder to attract their attention . |
| 29 | There is implied permission for a person to enter premises and state their business to the occupier . |
| 30 | Studies in which rats have been fed ethanol have suggested that there is reduced ability of hepatocytes to bind to laminin , type I collagen , and fibronectin ; a possible explanation for which is that there is reduced expression or activation of specific receptors for these matrix components . |