Example sentences of "[verb] [is] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The solipsist is in the position of claiming that he has a language in which he describes his present and past experiences , and perhaps speculates about the future . |
| 2 | Because there is this impasse between what the officers wanted to do and what the residents find acceptable the only way I can get this matter resolved is for the council to refer the possible closure to the committee so that the committee can consider all the facts er in the light of the advice of the officers erm and I therefore beg to move this . |
| 3 | I do n't think the arrears , when they , when it occurred is on the report |
| 4 | If law is to be used as ‘ an instrument for casting an alternative political vote by exposing the decision making process to contending views of public necessity ’ ( Lewis and Harden , 1982 , p. 68 ) , the most obvious way in which such an aim might be pursued is through the development of a test case strategy . |
| 5 | The last thing I want is for the case to be closed . |
| 6 | I would n't put it into a company where the profit record was likely to be poor , because the last thing you want is for the share price to be lower than the option exercise price ’ . |
| 7 | But what I really want is for the book to be read and enjoyed by the people who read the other books . |
| 8 | He says all he wants is for the lies to stop . |
| 9 | All he wants is for the RAF to make sure it does n't happen again . |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers verses Swindon Town.Now all it needs is for the Swindon players to hold their nerve and hold on to their two goal advantage . |
| 11 | Er , sir , at the risk of straying slightly into into two B , you , do forgive me in advance , but you raised the specific point about size , and and erm there was er one or two statements that there is n't a a clear view on size in P P G three , I think it 's important to bear in mind the interrelationship between all P P G s and as Mr Curtis said , the research that that backs them up , and I I I point you to three quotes in the statement that C P R E have put in , erm i i i paragraph four point one seven , an and s the quote that attaches to that is taken from the research that erm er backs up draft revised P P G thirteen , transport , and erm I shall quote from that on this question of size , i it is also evident that smaller settlements , those with populations of less than fifty thousand , but particularly very small settlements are characteristically less transport emissions efficient than larger settlements , I think the the erm essence of of that particular piece of research is not as Mr Davis was implying to achieve totally self contained settlements , I do n't believe such a concept exists , it 's actually erm a planning land use in the long term to reduce C O two emi emissions something that is essential now to government policy , I think perhaps more instructive though is is the quote that I 've in included in paragraph four point one nine and that 's taken from er er this book here which I perhaps should submit the whole chapter in evidence to the panel , I 've only just included one quote , it 's it 's I suggest one of the more interesting reads that you may have as a result of this panel , it 's by Colin Ward , and it 's called New Town , Home Town , it 's undertaken by er , sorry includes some of the work that 's been undertaken by the University of Reading , erm and er David Lock Associates , on erm er new town research , and this this is due to be published by H M S O shortly , it 's unfortunate that it was n't available in time for this E I P , but I think erm , if you 'll bear with me , I will read out the quote that I put in four point one nine , because I feel that it is useful on this question of of size , we concluded that if you are interested in environmental impact , energy conser consumption , and sustainability , new settlements have to reach a certain size to be worthwhile , it 's parallel to the old arguments that used to take place around self containment in new towns , we found that new settlements of much less than five thousand houses , that 's about fourteen thousand people are not really worthwhile because if they are smaller than that you are simply putting a housing estate in the countryside , a phrase that that has already been put round this morning , it appears that the best minimum for a new settlement , the best minimum , is about ten thousand houses , that 's that 's twenty five thousand people , which as it happens is about the size of the original garden cities . |
| 12 | " It would have been immensely preferable for my return to be accomplished by the [ legal ] process , " de Gaulle told Dulac , but added cryptically : " Tell General Salan that what he has done and what he will do is for the good of France . " |
| 13 | What needs to be done is for the leaders who gather in Edinburgh to accept all that and begin to forge the new kind of European Community which is needed . |
| 14 | The second way in which this trend can be seen is in the content of advice given . |
| 15 | There are also pressures to raise agricultural productivity to accommodate population increases , though most of the land that can be thus exploited is in the uplands and is consequently susceptible to erosion . |
| 16 | So much of what has been written is of the doom and gloom variety . |
| 17 | The most obvious occasion where this occurs is in the sale of a private company with multiple shareholders . |
| 18 | The most likely of these barrages to be built is across the Mersey , which would meet half of Liverpool 's electricity needs . |
| 19 | If , however , your basic pension is your only source of income , you will not have to worry as the amount you receive is below the income tax threshold . |
| 20 | The ultimate sanction and one which is most commonly applied is for the mortgagee to sell . |
| 21 | ‘ With adults the process of acting is about the losing of inhibitions . |
| 22 | These and many other factors are of great importance to practising physicians , but to do justice to them and to the controversies which they provoked is beyond the purpose of this book . |
| 23 | Something that I noticed is in the towns like Kirkwall and Stromness there 's a kind of slovenly way of speaking Orcadian where they go butter water . |
| 24 | In condemning such acts of desecration , I am of the opinion that the only exception that could be made is in the case of books already seriously incomplete and in bad condition , when the completion of its unhappy disintegration may be forgivable . |
| 25 | I mean he 's such a good son in law to me , he really is , I mean he , he , he 'll help Pete with any thing , especially when they lived here , he 'll help Peter with any thing and erm , he 's very , very good to Deb , he get 's in after a days work , he does the shopping and housework , look 's after the cats which he does n't particularly like |
| 26 | ‘ Look 's like the base of a large shell or bomb , ’ replied one of the Commandos . |
| 27 | Sometimes all that is needed is for the smear to be repeated in 6 months or a year . |
| 28 | Sometimes all that is needed is for the smear to be repeated in 6 months or a year . |
| 29 | All that is needed is for the philosopher 's stone of artistic intention to be applied to them . |
| 30 | WHERE difficulties can occur is in the matter of families . |