Example sentences of "[adj] is [verb] [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 This is called precession of the perihelion , and is not in itself curious because it had long been known that precession of the perihelion is one result of the gravitational influence on a planet 's orbit of all the other planets in the Solar System .
2 This is to take account of the new SVQs now available in sport and recreation .
3 This is to acknowledge receipt of your cheque for one place at the above at the member rate of Five Pounds ( £5.00 ) .
4 As the cost of funding a loan(s) fluctuates in the interbank market this is taken account of in the determination of interest rates payable by the borrower at pre-arranged reference date intervals of three , six or twelve months as set out in the loan contract .
5 This is to keep sight of the positives for so often professionals working with very vulnerable elderly people focus on the pathology and forget what the client may have going for her/him .
6 By this is meant placement of black children in white homes .
7 yeah sort of Eng er how English is spoken sort of around er in different , you know , circumstances in private places and universities and television and
8 The greatest depth of the top surface of the Carboniferous is reached north of Hamburg ( more than 8000 m below sea level ) .
9 The first is to construct the whole thing from scratch , using your own materials , but making use of standard sizes or door and internal storage systems ; the second is to make use of a wardrobe kit , which basically provides the door and the frame to make the wardrobe front , but allows you to choose your own internal fitments .
10 Barry Swart of First National is to become chairman of Ansbacher , with present chairman Richard Fenhalls remaining as chief executive .
11 Arkesilas IV is called king of many cities by Pindar .
12 Commenting on his support for the campaign , Fuzz from Silverfish told the NME : ‘ I believe Charter 88 is creating awareness of the many injustices doled out by society today .
13 The first is to make use of the rating services and have a rule that , say , you will only deposit money with a triple A bank , ie a bank with a credit rating of AAA .
14 The answer today to the question whether objects which were originally chattels have become fixtures , that is to say part of the freehold , depends upon the application of two tests : ( 1 ) the method and degree of annexation ; ( 2 ) the object and purpose of the annexation .
15 This is the best equation one could use to forecast the current value of that is given knowledge of the current composite disturbance , and is therefore the one which rational agents will use to forecast given their information .
16 Our most important target for 1986 is to increase membership of the Society .
17 One is to study our closest relatives , the monkeys and great apes , a second is to study the way that particular functions , like the visual analysis of form , are done , irrespective of the species involved ; and the third is to take advantage of differences between species and correlate structural with behavioural differences as means of analysing the functions of brain systems .
18 The sharper increase in relief expenditure once the boom of the early 1790s gave way to the food crises of the mid 1790s , with only brief respite before the hyper-crisis of 1800 – 1 , is unmistakable even if the wartime inflation from 1793 is taken account of .
19 Do any of you down in Oxford know what the latest is regarding availability of tickets for the home end ?
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