Example sentences of "[noun] is [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this method the longitudinal scan of the gall bladder is divided into series of cylinders of equal height , with diameters perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the gall bladder image . |
| 2 | Infection inside the bladder is known as cystitis . |
| 3 | The best measure of average grain size , the mean is computed from sizes of particles spread through a range of percentile values . |
| 4 | The truth is , that the whole long history of religion is littered with evidence that it is this very failure continually to revise , supplement and , where necessary to ruthlessly reject the scriptures , that has brought about , in this late twentieth century , some of obvious that there can be no real hope of salvaging the old order . |
| 5 | That this has not always to be the case in religion is demonstrated by religions like Buddhism and Hinduism where laughter plays a big part . |
| 6 | Themes like " rites of passage " or " festivals " can so attract attention to sociological aspects of religion , that the impression is given to pupils that religion is about how people organize themselves and give meaning to their lives — that the essence of religion is manufactured by societies and by people . |
| 7 | The same is done when religion is reduced to ethics , or treated simply as a movement within history , to be explained and defended , or even proved , by historical research and demonstration . |
| 8 | RE-DESIGNING RELIGION is suggested by Rev. Don Cupitt at 19.30 on FRIDAY 22nd MAY in St. William 's College . |
| 9 | Hedging exchange rate risks is considered in Chapter 16 . |
| 10 | This spreading of risks is known as risk transformation . |
| 11 | The tapping from the furnace is done by means of tap holes in the side of the furnace and these are plugged with clay and what happens is one of the workers has a lump of clay on the end of a long metal rod . |
| 12 | The progesterone , as explained above , inhibits FSH-RH secretion ; the sponge is left in place for 21 days and when it is removed the goat starts to cycle , comes on heat and ovulates . |
| 13 | This also confirms the idea that the intense action of a highly succussed remedy is diminished by dilution . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Once the right to reject the goods has lapsed , the buyer 's only remedy is to sue for damages for breach of contract . |
| 16 | Superficially , the approach is the same whether the remedy is contained in conditions of sale or conditions of purchase , and in many cases the wording of the remedies may be very similar indeed . |
| 17 | Mr Stringer , 48 , began his managerial apprenticeship at Carrow Road five years ago in similar circumstances to those Mr Crosby is facing at Roker Park . |
| 18 | Stukeley 's claim for All Saints ' College at Wothorpe is based on Speed 's early seventeenth-century map , and is just a misreading of an entry in Valor Ecclesiasticus , Henry VIII 's survey of the value of ecclesiastical property . |
| 19 | AS THE POWEROPEN ASSOCIATION IS BORN IN PARIS |
| 20 | It is necessary to assume , for instance , that the complete absence of an event can function as a US ; that some mechanism exists whereby whatever association is formed during conditioning brings about a reduction in the magnitude of the unconditioned response ( i.e. the attentional response ) initially evoked by the stimulus that is trained as the CS . |
| 21 | " Do you wonder " , he wrote , " that the Association is treated with contempt and indifference by the British Deaf ? " . |
| 22 | Your report today ( earlier editions ) on Berwickshire District Council 's plans to sell 2,200 council houses makes interesting reading , especially as the proposed housing association is to operate at arms length . |
| 23 | Two Castles Housing Association is working on plans to build a block of flats on the Court Arcade site in Darlington 's town centre . |
| 24 | Our data are also consistent with observations in man that mucosal proliferation is increased in patients with large adenomas or cancer . |
| 25 | The view that fat cell proliferation is triggered in infancy is now being questioned as it would appear that there seems to be a critical phase in infancy for this to occur . |
| 26 | There are seven grades to be allotted , from A to G. Grades A , B , and C are aligned to the old O level grades A , B , and C , and to CSE grade I. Grades D and E are aligned to O level grades D and E and to CSE 2 and 3 ; while grade F is aligned to CSE grade 4 , which used to be considered the average grade in the population as a whole . |
| 27 | from such a simple diagram it is easy to assume that all the thinking is done in terms of functions . |
| 28 | The very term ‘ lunatic ’ , which was widely used in this discourse , implies a lay psychological theory : the term denotes people whose thinking is disrupted from logicality by personality or stupidity . |
| 29 | The current thinking is to sell off freight services first . |
| 30 | The early or lower stages that he has identified are first , a stage in which children 's thinking is rooted in obedience to adults , fear of punishment and acceptance of authority ; then a stage of an essentially self-interested acceptance , for the sake of reciprocity , of a principle of fairness between peers ; and then a further stage of seeking approval and desiring to be well thought of by one 's community or group . |