Example sentences of "[verb] is a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need to communicate is a key characteristic of human society ; it serves basic social functions and it signals the ability to store information and to learn from it . |
| 2 | Drag and drop launching is a new feature , and part of the Windows 3.1 ethos . |
| 3 | The appointment of McDonald , who was still an interviewer with Trinidadian TV when News At Ten first went on the air , fits in with what sources suggest is a new reliance on star names . |
| 4 | Children are swept along by waves of enthusiasm and some teachers are so expert at whipping up energy and commitment that they can even persuade children that a tables test is a great reward for good behaviour . |
| 5 | Our ideas about faith were taken from my readings of Unamuno , and in this poem from one of the essays , ‘ Faith , Hope and Charity ’ , from The Tragic Sense of Life : ‘ A faith that does not doubt is a dead faith . ’ |
| 6 | What she might need is a good fright . |
| 7 | What you do need is a basic ability in English and maths , a pride in your work , and most important of all an interest in cookery . |
| 8 | A better , put a fibrous pad over it , so a pad , pressure directly over the wound initially , that 's the first treatment done , see to casualty put pressure immediately over the wound and raise the limb higher than the heart , then the first aid equipment that you 'll need is a fibrous pad to bind over it , to keep the pressure on . |
| 9 | Using or taking as representing is a mental act , and it presupposes that the mind has the power of seeing generality in things , by seeing the class ( or form ) in the particular . |
| 10 | Smiling and laughing is a terrific tonic for everyone . |
| 11 | Secondly , giving a second full course of vaccine without determining whether the person being vaccinated is an infectious carrier would mean that the person could potentially transmit infection for at least six months before being identified . |
| 12 | Also expected is a hand-held CD-Rom player developed by Apple and Toshiba . |
| 13 | Over-bleaching is a real hair-destroyer so do not embark on it lightly if you have dark hair . |
| 14 | Sulking is a common occurrence , but it may sometimes be carried to an anti-social extreme . |
| 15 | Something that a lot of other open systems vendors propose is a big bang approach to evolving to that type of architecture away from proprietary systems . |
| 16 | In Canberra last week , he continued to blow as coldly as he had at Twickenham earlier this month and was disappointing , though whether he will be react positively to being dropped is a moot point . |
| 17 | What it has is a big dictionary of words and synonyms classified by type ( people , locations , actions , etc ) and connected by their most likely relationships . |
| 18 | It looks as if sex evolved because it 's in the interest of genes to constantly be re-combined self interest not always in company with the same others may want to be er mixing themselves up , so they launch themselves in continually different combinations , and this presumably each gene what , what , what is happening is a constant filtering process all the time , by means of which natural selection is working on basically random changes in the final point I want to make and that 's |
| 19 | Something like the 80-degree Japanese ‘ ARK ’ shape with straightforward plain panels , glass fibre tube spars with basic joints , no stand-offs or stretchers and bridle points that will permit a wide range of trimming is an ideal introduction . |
| 20 | Not wishing to think about dying is a natural response for those who wish to direct their care and attention to the living . |
| 21 | SUMMERCHILD : Actually , what I do really enjoy is an open fire . |
| 22 | Equally revealing is a rare autobiography by an impoverished Norfolk farm labourer 's son , who had turned professional poacher and been disowned by his harsh father . |
| 23 | Church ‘ D' is a black church , now seventeen years old . |
| 24 | you may even and this is a bit I mean Saturday lunchtime is a bit I 'm almost almost er oh the producer 's going , Careful careful , which he should know is a red flag to a bull and I might say no but I wo n't . |
| 25 | The knowledge that confidence will be respected is an important feature of effective nurse/patient communication , and is incorporated in professional codes of practice in a number of countries . |
| 26 | Answer : manufacturing a battery uses 50 times more energy than it generates and the mercury it contains is an atmospheric toxin , especially if the battery is incinerated after disposal . |
| 27 | The group make use of Farnham 's musical facilities , including the Warehouse , which they say is a great place to rehearse in . |
| 28 | About 5,000 pink flamingos in western Kenya have died of a bacterial infection in recent weeks , which veterinarians say is a natural reaction to over-population . |
| 29 | Adjoining is a thrilling Go Kart circuit ( separate admission ) |
| 30 | They have pointed out that the existence of other remedies for wives in this situation is no reason for disentitling a wife to the protection of the criminal law and that the possibility of bringing charges for assault or wounding is an inadequate substitute for a rape prosecution which focuses upon the denial of another 's sexual autonomy and integrity . |