Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Indian bow — the kaman-i Hindavi-is made of cane . |
| 2 | His biggest problem , of course , is to cope with demand . |
| 3 | We now have two new people involved with bringing you the news — Anne Seaton , away up in Scotland , who is helping with page three 's editing and Victoria Osborne , from Surrey , in a more general way , her first contribution is the report of our very successful Reunion held last November . |
| 4 | The charm of his style , the persuasiveness of his appeal to history , the breadth of his understanding , the way in which earnestness is blended with joyfulness in his religion — and all things pervaded by reason and good sense — have won disciples for Hooker in all subsequent generations . |
| 5 | Cocoa butter is blended with sugar and flavourings and , sometimes , milk powder to produce confectionery , or is further processed to remove the fat , leaving cocoa powder . |
| 6 | In this country much of that experience is differentiated along class lines : crudely , the very well-off use the predominantly single-sex public and boarding school system to accustom their children to an elite future , and the middle class ensure that their neighbourhood state school reinforces the values of their children 's socialisation at home and that , in a streamed system , their children are all in the higher streams ; meanwhile , working-class children are largely concentrated in the less well-resourced state schools , are often in the lower streams , and are frequently regarded by their teachers and even encouraged to think of themselves as ‘ no-hopers ’ . |
| 7 | Gerry Turvey is to retire as director general of the Freight Transport Association in October 11 , his 59th birthday . |
| 8 | For those who might be interested in switching , perhaps because a major aim is to retire before age 60 , you should know that whereas until recently insurance companies were virtually the only outlet for buying individual pension plans , today these are also available from banks , building societies , unit trusts and friendly societies . |
| 9 | Play instinct is redirected into working ability and willingness to perform tasks . |
| 10 | ONE of the biggest private users of the rail network is to go into liquidation because it can not afford British Rail 's rates . |
| 11 | The other is to go into coalition with some of the other regional parties that may also hold some seats in parliament . |
| 12 | Our next plan is to go for endowment to stop the roller coaster ride we 've gone on with the city ’ . |
| 13 | Your second option is to go for replacement windows that combine the latest design and constructional techniques with materials that promise minimal maintenance , and which include the bonus of having sealed-unit double glazing and built-in weatherstripping . |
| 14 | We understand the intent is to go for breadth first , and depth — how the application programming interfaces will actually work — later . |
| 15 | We understand the intent is to go for breadth first , and depth — how the application programming interfaces will actually work — later . |
| 16 | ‘ My job is to go on stage and make people forget about their problems — I do n't want to tell them about mine . ’ |
| 17 | THE WORLD 'S third incompatible videodisc system , VHD , is to go on sale in Japan on 21 April . |
| 18 | THE world 's strongest beer — more than 17 per cent alcohol — is to go on sale by Christmas at pubs owned by London-based brewery Firkin . |
| 19 | A velvet court dress made for him by his fellow tailors is to go on show at the Croydon Museum . |
| 20 | SERIOUSLY Fun , an exhibition of models made out of Lego toy building bricks , is to go on show at Bersham Heritage Centre , near Wrexham , from June 26 August 22 . |
| 21 | A silver salver which was presented to Lieut Col Leonard Laing , Commander of the 9th Durham ( Sunderland ) Battalion of the Home Guard , is to go on display at the Monkwearmouth at War Exhibition at Monkwearmouth Station Museum in Sunderland . |
| 22 | In practice the younger the child , the more likely it is to go with mum , and seventeen out of every twenty children do so . |
| 23 | ‘ Anyway , Anne , the important thing is to go to court and accustom yourself to its ways , ’ she said practically . |
| 24 | That issue is to go to court . |
| 25 | Chief officers and chairs will begin the process of deciding the share of the budget that is to go to education , social services and housing in the light of the strategic analysis discussed above . |
| 26 | One possibility is to go to bed one to two hours later than normal each night and get up one to two hours later each morning . |
| 27 | If your stomach feels tender and you have a slight temperature ( cystitis is an infection ) the best remedy is to go to bed with a hot water bottle wrapped in a towel against your stomach . |
| 28 | Another identity-shy correspondent states that ‘ the correct arena for changing the law in respect of hunting is to go through parliament . ’ |
| 29 | The best advice is to go in search of some coaching . |
| 30 | Now all you have to do is think of number five for me , cos you just say the number . |