Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the Model 30 's in the Computer Room has a faulty mother-board , and the cost of repair would be prohibitive . |
| 2 | An example where this is very clear is in the City . |
| 3 | This is to the benefit of both parties . |
| 4 | No , the order seems to be fairly haphazard — and I feel that this is to the benefit of the patient . |
| 5 | Yeah , I just er , like to , just to welcome the ongoing commitment to the Treasurers Department , to keep down the er , charges to the public service units through C E C. Obviously this is to the benefit , and gives them the , a greater chance of succeeding out there , in what is a difficult market place . |
| 6 | Although in this case the seller will find it hard to argue with the buyer 's concerns , where the seller himself provides the items ( even if he charges the buyer directly or indirectly for their provision ) he may well wish to keep ownership himself , either to tie the buyer to him for future orders , or to enable him to use the items for sales to third parties , even if this is to the buyer 's detriment , and against his consent . |
| 7 | Nevertheless their aim was the expression of the experience of a knowledge which integrates human faculties , not a scholastic dissection of its separate parts , important though this is to the history of thought . |
| 8 | What you want to do er what you want after that , including marrying again is a separate matter , his primary responsibility and I 'm sure he would agree with this is to the wellbeing of those children |
| 9 | This is to the extent of the amount repaid . |
| 10 | This is to the effect that General Loehr prefers to surrender his forces to an Anglo-American command and not to Marshal Tito or Russian command in order to " save members of Croat armed forces and his own troops from Tito and the Bolsheviks " " On 7 May this appeal had been firmly rejected . |
| 11 | Overall during last year , this is to the end of , of November actually because fin figures are n't available for the end of the year , the reduction was four point nine percent , which compares with four point three percent in the previous year , so not only are they still going down , they 're actually going down slightly more than they were in the previous year and that must be encouraging . |
| 12 | This is to the rent is ? |
| 13 | It will be aware of its master , in that it hears and smells him , and of its own exertions , in that it is awake , but it will not be aware that it recognises him , for this is of the order of tomorrow 's delayed return — a linguistic belief of which dumb brutes are incapable . |
| 14 | This is of the form A-BC ( which would be meaningless at levels of more general affinity , and is excluded by the homogeneity of style at the unitary level ) , where some of the mosaicists responsible for mosaic A worked on B , and some of the mosaicists responsible for B worked on 6 , but where few mosaicists worked on both A and C. At each step in such a " distributed relationship " some craftsmen are " lost " . |
| 15 | However , this is on the way to casting doubt on Butler 's whole tendency to divide the person , along lines rather similar to Plato 's , into different faculties . |
| 16 | This is a letter er submitted by on behalf of who I believe is and this is on the question of the absence of an agricultural appraisal so we will be carrying that out prior to the decision of the Planning Committee . |
| 17 | Um now of course when they 're talking about things like physiological responses , when they 're talking about things like having orgasms and the like , erm this is on the part of the victims , it 's not too difficult to detach these physiological responses from pleasure . |
| 18 | This is on the project quality plan now is it ? |
| 19 | 16 ) of the evacuation of Attica that the Athenians took it so badly because it was like leaving one 's polis ; this is on the face of it a paradox because they were going from their country demes to the polis . |
| 20 | All this is on the assumption that the proposed issue is exclusively for cash ; when it is proposed to allot shares as consideration payable to the vendor on the acquisition of a business or real property it would be impossible to make an offer to the existing shareholders on the same terms . |
| 21 | ‘ Of course , ’ she continued , avoiding his eye , ‘ all this is on the assumption that he 's going to be charged . ’ |
| 22 | This is on the assumption that everything is going ahead all right ? |
| 23 | This is on the motion of a minister but can be prevented if 20 members object . |
| 24 | This is on the tape . |
| 25 | And I saw your mother and I was going on saying all your virtues and how she 's been a good girl , how does that , how er , how erm self discipline she was and all this is on the tape |
| 26 | ‘ I presume this is on the itinerary for the royal tour . ’ |
| 27 | And this is on the bus going in to Clearwater on the free trolley as they call it . |
| 28 | This is on the basis that the acquirer is entitled to profits and responsible for losses . |
| 29 | Could I , what , what is not , touched on in the notes , but is , I I think the other side of the coin is that , if justice means treating people fairly , this is on the basis of treating the accused fairly . |
| 30 | Often , the applicants are recommended to re-contact their unions formally to seek access to accounts , stating that this is on the recommendation of the Commissioner , and access has been provided . |