Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] is the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the most Anglophobe of Pound 's books is , appropriately , the one that is most full of shoptalk — though of shoptalk of a special kind , the talk of the master to his apprentices in the shop that is a workshop , the atelier where the talk that goes on is the vehicle by which an artistic tradition is transmitted , not in conceptualizing , and tendentious readings of history , but where it is concrete , in tricks of the trade and rules of thumb and words to the wise . |
| 2 | excellent , scale and ability what we need to agree on is the skills and abilities that we want in there . |
| 3 | The signal that is picked up is the difference in potential between the two electrode positions . |
| 4 | One Character in this chapter which really stands out is the Queen of Hearts . |
| 5 | But what stands out is the price of progress . |
| 6 | What I should like to find out is the effect of an intenser blue in the sky . |
| 7 | The one thing you ca n't quibble about is the voice . |
| 8 | Then , all you will have to worry about is the width of your trouser legs . |
| 9 | The other aspect Mr Mayor that I , that I want t to dwell on is the thing about housing benefits themselves , there 's been a lot of talk by a lot of speakers about benefits and er means testing in the years gone by and well okay I 'll give councillor a few more years than I have , I do n't remember the forties because I was born towards the end of them but , y'know , maybe that happened . |
| 10 | Funny how turning points can visit in plain clothing and only on looking back is the impression found , an impression made by the weight of a moment so apparently modest it 's hard to recall . |
| 11 | All that can be made out is the letter ‘ S ’ , then possible an ‘ E ’ followed by another letter . |
| 12 | Another danger Haslam warns about is the complacency that comes from being a successful innovator . |
| 13 | I know but what all going on is the history , that fact is since the mid-fifties we , we have had dealings cos they 've been one of the stronger of the world |
| 14 | " We are convinced that what is going on is the beginning of Renamo in South Africa , " said Mandela on Sept. 14 , in a reference to the actions of white-backed rebels in Mozambique . |
| 15 | The important point to focus on is the relationship between the modern economic sector and the informal sector which is clearly not as negative as the formal/informal dichotomy would imply . |
| 16 | There is one community that is chortling to itself over IBM Corp 's worldwide shredding of its mainframe price list , and that is the big leasing companies : while any prudent data processing manager has to call in Amdahl Corp , Hitachi Data Systems Ltd and Comparex Informationssysteme GmbH to be sure that the bid is n't a rip-off , there is still the nagging doubt that other people may be getting much better deals from IBM , and the only community that sees a wide variety of deals going down is the leasing fraternity , and the big ones say their people have n't been so busy in ages ; the effect of all this is to stretch out the buying process by weeks , to the likely detriment of the IBM first quarter figures . |
| 17 | It is on the way to being as reasonable as refusing to say about the see-saw that one end 's going down is the effect of the other end 's going up . |
| 18 | As the picture shows , Mrs Perdigao ( right , with the wife of President Mario Soares , left , at the prize-winning ceremony ) took the view that turning up is the key to victory . |
| 19 | What makes Cerebral Fix — ex-Sounds EP stars — stand out is the way they 're busy twisting things around in the Death/Doom category . |
| 20 | What makes Cerebral Fix — ex-Sounds EP stars — stand out is the way they 're busy twisting things around in the Death/Doom category . |
| 21 | Altho the players marks were as expected … you cant take anything from these normally as I reckon they do them from match reports rather than from going to matches … the one thing they CANT lie about is the shots/corners scores … and here goes … |
| 22 | If you 're familiar with Ventura Publisher , the first thing you 'll notice when you load up is the absence of an icon-based toolbar . |
| 23 | The only disadvantage in moving across is the fact that you need to process the resulting film or bromide photographically — an extra stage which costs both time and money . |
| 24 | STEPPING OUT is the story of the lives , laughs and loves of a weekly tap dancing class with ten ladies of assorted ages , ambitions and sizes … plus one man who does n't want to be noticed , and usually is n't ! |
| 25 | One thing that must be pointed out is the fact that these remarks , however romantic-sounding , are all self-centred . |
| 26 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the secret of contracting out is the drawing up of a contract between those who buy a service and those who supply it , and that , together with independent inspection , that is an essential ingredient to ensure that quality and standards are maintained in the public 's interest ? |
| 27 | The third factor which argues against a low rate of inflation coming through is the extent of the devaluation that has taken place so far . |
| 28 | A similar item coming up is the attitude to Maastricht — the first major debate to be held by the new parliament . |
| 29 | The first misunderstanding that I should like to clear up is the assertion that the Government have chosen King 's Cross as the terminal for the channel tunnel link and that Stratford will be merely a station along the route . |
| 30 | BBont are very interested in it , because there is natural fauna and flora there and the other thing that I think needs to be brought up is the site they are proposing is next door to a leisure park . |