Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This attitude — stressing the instrumental value of a degree course-is taken to its extreme in the following quote , where a student who wants to take up materials science is criticizing physical science : |
| 2 | Anyways , its quite funny — Souness has been after all our midfielders at some stage ( except Strach AFAIK ) , now he s moving onto our reserves . |
| 3 | The World Food Programme is helping with its largest ‘ food for work ’ scheme in Africa . |
| 4 | perm , choose a product that 's formulated for your hair type ( see On The Home Front ) . |
| 5 | If you have set a strategy on the lines described in Chapter 7 , the way to begin to judge whether you have a good advertisement is to go to your target group , or at least a few of them , and find out if the ad affects them in the way you intended . |
| 6 | Pinnacle , based in Columbus , Ohio , had originally planned to use the Texas Instruments Inc 64-bit SuperSparc that Sun is using in its latest workstations , but realised some time ago that it was waiting at the back of a long line of manufacturers queuing for a trickle of SuperSparcs being thrown their way . |
| 7 | HyperSparc is Cypress ' Mbus-compatible alternative to the Texas Instruments Inc superscalar SuperSparc chip ( or Viking as it is often referred to ) , which Sun Microsystems Inc is using in its new generation of Sparcstation 10 systems . |
| 8 | I especially draw the attention of the House to positive relationships that the board has established with 102 training and enterprise councils and local enterprise companies for the provision of training for about 20,000 young people on its youth training schemes and to the £6.5 million that it is using from its reserves this year to maintain the momentum of training in the industry . |
| 9 | Kapuscinski is a seeker of general truths who is sparing with his generalisations , and who likes certain kinds of particularity but not others . |
| 10 | Today , Merlin , a seven year old Great Dane , is recovering with his new owners . |
| 11 | She has had no further problems and is recovering from her operation well . |
| 12 | Aethis is assassinated by his own chancellor , a secret follower of Slaanesh . |
| 13 | he 's fencing off his land |
| 14 | he 's fencing off his land |
| 15 | But the hazard warnings , rear fog lights and rear screen demister are an arm 's length away , obscured by the steering wheel , while the switch for the front fogs is hidden above my right knee . |
| 16 | The new nations of America will never take root in its soil until they confront what is hidden by their myths and make reparation to the survivors of the holocaust that began five centuries ago . |
| 17 | For our emotions , too , can be at sea unless the authority of God 's word is hidden within our hearts . |
| 18 | Elsewhere , " accusations " and " charges " against Milton are refuted , the degree and nature of Macaulay 's " sincerity " is defended , " worthy and good-natured mediocrities " are dismissed , and Arnold is rebuked for his " petulant snobbishness " . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's heard of your father 's heart attack , and wants reassurance — personal reassurance — that I will be the next chairman of the international network , which of course includes all dealings in Auckland . ’ |
| 20 | Since then his mother Gaynor has been desperate with worry , she 's heard from her husband and believes he 's brought Saeed back to England , but she has no idea where . |
| 21 | My diesel shortly is a terrible smoker , I have only had this vehicle for three months ( 1985 vintage ) but have covered about 3000 miles and tried all of the adjustments to reduce its habit , The clock reads 30,000 miles and the distributor pump is adjusted to its maximum in an attempt to reduce the smoke , but I can not stop it . |
| 22 | Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA , DEC 's European Alpha partner , will port Unix System Labs Inc 's operating system to the DEC Alpha machines it is to resell under its own name from next May . |
| 23 | One bird drifts overhead and I swear it is gazing at my quill-like yellow boat as I am gazing at its white tail . |
| 24 | ( He is gazing at his machine . |
| 25 | Some of the ambivalence shown by recipient countries towards aid is explained by its utility as a means of freeing local resources to finance projects which otherwise might get squeezed out , but which might have important political attractions . |
| 26 | Much about its character after 1944 is explained by its previous history . |
| 27 | Similarly , in Miller 's second example , the shift by particular cutlery businesses from carbon to stainless steel is explained by its tendency to make their enterprises more competitive . |
| 28 | Rosenthal 's own research , and his review of other genetic studies , also leads him to argue that the high probability that identical twins will either both develop or both remain free of schizophrenia is explained by their identical genetic constitution , rather than by a tendency on the part of their friends , relatives and parents to behave towards each of them in a very similar way . |
| 29 | The reason why acquittal would be wrong is explained by my noble and learned friend , post , pp. 1110H — 1111A : |
| 30 | Although originally asked to preface Les Chiens de garde , his preference for Aden , Arabie is explained by his ideological position in 1960 . |