Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [is] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Usually such data are so extensive that considerable compression or smoothing is a vital preliminary to analysis . |
| 3 | One of the best major centres I have worked or seen is the International Congress Centre in Berlin , which has two auditoria with a stage in the middle . |
| 4 | For women receiving Supplementary Benefit the thought of having their money ‘ cut-off ’ ( e.g. through the cohabitation ruling ) or of Giro orders being delayed or stolen is a constant worry . |
| 5 | It will not be as simple as that , but you will have got the idea : one of the most important aspects of the ‘ climate ’ in which a gene is favoured or disfavoured is the other genes that are already numerous in the population ; the other genes , therefore , with which it is likely to have to share bodies . |
| 6 | Once you are afflicted with this inverted mentality in which every thing that exists is a pale shadow of some abstract general principle , expressed in a compound-noun sandwich , you are incapable of seeing or saying anything clearly . |
| 7 | Leaning rather than pulling is a recurrent theme in windsurfing which , once mastered , leads to rapid progress . |
| 8 | There is no evidence that I 've finished , I 've finished eating and I 've finished my meal involve different senses of finish , so we must say that complete is a cognitive synonym of finish in only a sub-set of the grammatical occurrences of the latter . |
| 9 | Because their faith tells to rejoice , but circumstances of life can be such that rejoicing is the one thing that they can not do . |
| 10 | ‘ The thing that most impresses me and most encourages my students when I use Streamline is that Streamline is an audiovisual course . |
| 11 | Although major types of plant pest are surprisingly few , it is easy to become over-sensitive , not to say paranoid , and assume that everything that moves is a potential threat . |
| 12 | Now what I 'm wondering is this : instead of thinking that staying put is natural , and then having to introduce a force of gravity — which then mysteriously pulls on everything to make them behave in the same way — why not start out by saying that falling is the natural thing to do ! |
| 13 | I do n't conclude anything from that either , except that fancying is a complicated business . |
| 14 | Well , although spaying is a common operation ( not common enough for my liking ! ) , it 's a very intricate operation and , on a scale of 0–10 for complexity , rates a good five . |
| 15 | The starting point for the three readings that follow is the increased numbers of children under 5 whose parents both work , and who are cared for outside the family ( whether in a day nursery or with a child minder ) for a major part of the day ( 25 per cent of children under 5 in the United Kingdom had working mothers in 1976 , although only a small proportion of these were working full-time ) . |
| 16 | From my personal experience of writing a Wainwright-inspired , though only palely comparable , book about York 's alleyways , I have learnt that updating is a never-ending task , with a new edition necessitated every two years . |
| 17 | The question of washing-over and insetting is a technical planning matter in which the population as a whole is not well versed . |
| 18 | Yes , I mean er something to er mitigate or er evade and evade is a bad word is n't it really ? |
| 19 | Smiling and laughing is a terrific tonic for everyone . |
| 20 | If such assumptions are correct , if ageing is an inevitable period of withdrawal from the social process , why should we intervene ? |
| 21 | Does the Minister accept that board and lodging is a second-best provision for those families ? |
| 22 | The act of faith required to permit children to judge and to choose is a simple one . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I feel lying and waiting is a poor man 's deal , and I feel hopelessly weighed down by your eyes of steel ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I feel lying and waiting is a poor man 's deal , and I feel hopelessly weighed down by your eyes of steel ! ’ |
| 25 | As a result a one day seminar was held in August and enclosed is a complimentary copy of the report from the seminar . |
| 26 | people are going out to see live bands again , and gigging is an important factor in establishing new acts . |
| 27 | Now to sell that over the phone when you have n't got the brochures and to do is a difficult side of it . |
| 28 | A blend of methodologies and careful selection of stimulus materials is valuable but above all a clearly enunciated plan of what is to be taught and assessed is the necessary prerequisite . |
| 29 | But the difference between refining and reversing is a slippery one , so it is not surprising to find those who write in terms of refining , generally say much less about reversing . |
| 30 | More profound and moving is the direct communication which the film opens up between the living and the dead . |