Example sentences of "[adj] is [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | What is less clear is the extent to which a demonstrable need must be proven before they insist on the adoption of otherwise practicable control measures . |
| 2 | According to Lakatos , a field of enquiry is a science if it conforms to the methodology of scientific research programmes and is not if it does not , bearing in mind that this is a conjecture to be tested against the history of physics . |
| 3 | After the Newcastle upon Tyne hearing , Tracey — who now refuses to work for men — said : ‘ I hope this is a warning to men harassing girls at work . ’ |
| 4 | This is a response to sustainable management policies which encourage growth and entail the maintenance of forests , not at optimum timber volume but at optimum growth rates . |
| 5 | This is a response to the conviction of two forensic medical examiners of the manslaughter of a prisoner for whom they had prescribed methadone . |
| 6 | Perhaps this is a response to desiccation . |
| 7 | This is a small to medium sized tree which reaches its best development in Sri Lanka , but also occurs in central and southern India . |
| 8 | This is a subject to which more thought should be given , and I can think of no better organisation to pursue it than your own . |
| 9 | Ideally , this is a subject to be discussed during the pre-retirement stage . |
| 10 | This is a subject to which I shall return , but for the moment I prefer to confine myself to the typical picture and to show where my own circumstances coincided with it or diverged from it . |
| 11 | This is a possibility to which an admirer of the novel keeps having to revert . |
| 12 | Sister Margaret Traxler , of the National Coalition of American Nuns , said that she had told Dr Runcie : ‘ The Roman Catholic Church says this is a deterrent to unity ; but we say , how can this be a deterrent to unity when discrimination against women is evil ? ’ |
| 13 | This is a preface to a genteel , quietly phrased voice of reasoned desperation from the person waiting ( and sometimes waiting , and waiting ) for a deregulated English bus . |
| 14 | Division then returns , for this is a struggle to the death , or life . |
| 15 | This is a message to them not to give up hope . |
| 16 | This is a reference to Gargouille , the great French DRAGON who ransacked Rouen in the seventh century . |
| 17 | I was recently listening to a tape of a ten-year-old radio talk by literary critic Christopher Ricks , called Bob Dylan and the Language That He Used ( I should say that this is a reference to the lines , ‘ You used to be so amused/At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used ’ in Dylan 's classic song , Like a Rolling Stone ) . |
| 18 | This is a reference to the prophet Jeremiah ( 31:31 ) , where the prophet says that the agreement made with God will be written on people 's hearts . |
| 19 | This is a reference to the many mausoleums dotted around the course . |
| 20 | Under section 6(1) of the Act a court will not be able to pass a community sentence unless it is of the opinion that the offence ( or the combination of any two of the offences concerned ) is sufficiently serious to justify such a sentence ( it is a question of argument whether this is a reference to any kind of community sentence , or to the particular kind of community sentence which the court has in mind ) . |
| 21 | This is a reference to the case concerning Eddie and the two submarines . |
| 22 | Perhaps this is a clue to their function . |
| 23 | This is a clue to the inclusion of more chromaticism in the system . |
| 24 | We believe this is a development to be welcomed and encouraged . |
| 25 | This is a coda to the Old English poem The Battle of Maldon , which commemorates an English defeat by the Vikings in AD 991 , and celebrates especially the unyielding courage of the English bodyguard who refused to retreat when their leader was killed , but fought round his body till all were dead . |
| 26 | There are a number of deep paths here , since this is a route to many other peaks and low-level walks , but cross the Allt Coire an t-Sneachda and start to ascend the craggy spur that hugs the western side of the corrie . |
| 27 | This is a drive to loiter over , a spot or series of spots to invest a fine day in . |
| 28 | This is a technique to be avoided : facts learned in this way do not stay with you . |
| 29 | ‘ These are matters of national importance and this is a contribution to the public debate . ’ |
| 30 | This is a question to be considered in the round , and nothing is gained by the introduction of shifting burdens of proof , which serves only to break down into formal steps what is in reality a single appreciation of what is or is not unfair . |