Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CISCO is seeking division of the Official List into segments with categories of companies set up according to their market capitalisation . |
| 2 | If kindness is giving territory to the uniqueness of other people , then it also reflects an assured sense of one 's own identity . |
| 3 | One of the main functions of the large intestine is to salvage energy from dietary carbonhydrate which has neither been digested nor absorbed in the small intestine . |
| 4 | Rhythm is taken care of by a Tube Works preamp and VHT power amp . |
| 5 | Compagnie des Machines Bull SA is taking advantage of India 's relaxation of its foreign investment rules to up its stake in PSI Data Systems Pvt Ltd to 51% from 40% . |
| 6 | Telefonica de Espana SA is discussing creation of a consortium with US telephone companies to buy a 35% stake in Greek phone company Organisacion Telefonica Elenica SA , OTE ; it sees the stake costing $1,000m . |
| 7 | However advantageous it may be either ideologically or strategically to view Nizan 's communist itinerary from a post-Stalinist perspective , the result of such perceptions is merely to obliterate the reality of Nizan 's lived experience beneath contemporary images and stereotypes . |
| 8 | It seems most likely that the breeding stock is becoming resident on its breeding waters . |
| 9 | Water authority prospectuses will carry a ‘ health warning ’ about the Opposition 's stated intention of bringing the industry back into public ownership . |
| 10 | The third way of producing a card is to present artwork to a printer and have it professionally reproduced . |
| 11 | The purpose of this thought experiment is to draw attention to the fact that a number of pragmatic phenomena can be explicated by reference to just these sorts of features : for example , as we shall see , deixis can be thought of as based on the assumption of mutual orientation , presupposition on the assumption of shared knowledge of a domain and its updating , speech acts on the making explicit , for other participants , of one 's interactional goals , conversational implicature on the assumption of interactional co-operation , and so on . |
| 12 | It 's the fourth year running that the Tudor Manor is playing host to a mini opera season in the three hundred seater auditorium set up at the side of the house . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , the BBC SSO is holding fire on balloting its members until it receives more information about the merger to create a National Orchestra of Scotland , which would double as the orchestra for both the BBC and SO . |
| 14 | This means that the court can not take account of the various breaches actually committed , for which the defendant is seeking protection under the clause , to decide if the clause is reasonable or not , either generally , or separately in relation to each breach . |
| 15 | It was only the last and biggest headline-grabber — Sir James Goldsmith 's failed bid in 1989 for B.A.T Industries — that threatened to bring junk to London . |
| 16 | A workshop , lecture demonstration and video presentation showing how Bharata Matyam is finding innovation within itself in order to reach a wider international audience . |
| 17 | Now Eleanor is Catering Manager in charge of the staff restaurant at STB Headquarters in Edinburgh . |
| 18 | To focus upon the processes of characterization is to draw attention to the definition of act or event , and interaction between potential deviant and enforcement agent . |
| 19 | In fact , a very good means of creating a contrasting episode is to have narration against a quiet , sustained choral background . |
| 20 | The loss is causing concern to Moscow doctors , who have warned that without the forest , the city 's air pollution problems will increase . |
| 21 | The auction 's attracted interest from all over the world , and Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger may be among the bidders . |
| 22 | Therefore , I regret Labour 's stated intention of abolishing all museums charges , because that would remove from museums the opportunity to be flexible about staying open later , to improve services and generally to meet the added requirements of the public . |
| 23 | I therefore approach Labour 's declared commitment to a nuclear-based defence policy with great scepticism . |
| 24 | Their pay means some will be heavily stung by Labour 's planned rape of middle-income earners . |
| 25 | Senior mandarins had gone to the trouble of finding accommodation for Labour 's promised Ministry for Women . |
| 26 | That is ironic given Labour 's supposed support for the concept of unitary authorities which the Government are pursuing . |
| 27 | ‘ Labour 's supposed conversion to multilateralism is no more than a confidence trick to try to make Labour electable . |
| 28 | Several specialist companies [ often subsidiaries of clearing banks ] offer a factoring service whereby the exporter is offered finance against book debts/receivables . |
| 29 | Therefore the role of the Young England Rugby Club is to enhance involvement in youth rugby by creating a direct link with the very top of the game , and that means the RFU and the England squad . |
| 30 | The state of goth — as catch-all historical movement for the too-ugly and the too-grim and as a modern phenom — is given little credence by UK Decay , the ridiculous Virgin Prunes , the talentless and misguided Christian Death , The Neff 's rubbish psychobilly and the new blood 's slavering adherence to the Sisters Of Mercy songbook ( eg Rosetta Stone , James Ray , Nosferatu ) . |