Example sentences of "[conj] is [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The crossover point ( where is at 440 K.
2 The exchange structure enhances , or is at any rate available to enhance , " investor confidence " , by its special " market integrity " .
3 A classic example of this can be found in the Interviewers Manual ( Social and Community Planning Research , 1977 ) in the section defining the head of the household as the man who owns or rents the property , or is in tied accommodation because of his job :
4 ( 1 ) A licensing board shall not refuse to grant a licence under this Part of this Act except under subsection ( 2 ) below or on one or more of the following grounds : ( a ) that the applicant is disqualified by or under this or any other enactment for holding a licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to hold a licence under this Part of this Act ; or ( b ) that the premises to which an application relates are not fit and convenient for the purposes of the canteen ; or ( c ) in a case where objection has been made to the situation of the canteen , on the ground specified in the objection ; or ( d ) that the applicant or body providing the canteen has entered into an agreement limiting the sources from which the alcoholic liquor or the mineral waters to be sold in the canteen may be obtained ; but nothing in this subsection shall prevent a licensing board from specifying in the licence granted by it the types of liquor ( including if the board thinks fit types of liquor other than those in respect of which the application for the licence was made ) which may be sold under the licence , and the holder of the licence or his employee or agent shall be guilty of an offence , if he sells alcoholic liquor of a type other than that specified in the licence .
5 ( 3 ) A licensing board shall not refuse an application for the renewal of a licence under this Part of this Act except under subsection ( 4 ) below or on one or more of the following grounds : ( a ) that the manager is disqualified by or under this or any other enactment for holding a licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to be the holder of a licence under this Part of this Act ; or ( b ) that the rules as to the persons entitled to use the canteen have not been observed or that the canteen has in other respects been improperly conducted ; or ( c ) that the manager or the body providing the canteen has entered into an agreement of the kind mentioned in paragraph ( d ) of section 41(1) of this Act .
6 ( 2 ) A transfer of a licence under this Part of this Act shall not be refused except on the ground that the applicant is disqualified by or under this or any other enactment for holding a licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to hold a licence under this Part of this Act .
7 However , the proximity of Mr. Tee to Winchester , as it was perceived by Norwich , did cause concern to Norwich , and on 11 May they wrote to the applicant , requesting that he ensured ‘ that [ Mr. Tee ] does not attend Winchester Group 's premises or is in any way involved with the running of the business . ’
8 Where the beneficiary 's interest comes to an end to any extent or is in any way disposed of during his lifetime after 25/3/74 , then unless he becomes at the same time beneficially entitled to the property in which the terminated interest subsisted or to another interest in possession in it CTT is prima facie chargeable in respect of its value .
9 Where the beneficiary 's interest comes to an end to any extent or is in any way disposed of during his lifetime , then unless he becomes at the same time beneficially entitled to the property in which the interest subsisted or to another interest in possession in it CTT is to be charged as if he had made a transfer ( Continued on page 129 ) of value at that time and the value transferred had been equal to the value of the property in which the interest subsisted .
10 may occur earlier when sufferer has regular contacts with family/friends ; lives in a rural community or is in sheltered housing .
11 As long as any advert does not bring the profession into disrepute nor is in bad taste then it is permissible .
12 O K , I want to before we , we go any further , to let us have a look at something that is on this agenda which is called commercial awareness .
13 Breaking sharply with some of the dominant ideas of traditional labour movement socialism — but not with the necessity of having class politics — the conference leaflet stated that Women for Socialism ‘ aims to create a socialism intrinsically feminist that is for all women including Black women , lesbians and differently abed women … developing an anti-racist , anti-imperialist feminist perspective which is inseparable from the struggle for socialism ’ .
14 In a sense it can be thought of as a direction of time that is at right angles to real time .
15 In other words , the perception is a mental effect that is at one step in the causal chain beyond the physical events .
16 Later we go to sleep with the noise of rain on the flysheet , that noise that is at one time both infuriating because it means that tomorrow 's enjoyment may be curtailed , and soothing in a strange way .
17 Both include wilderness , an altogether more delicate asset that is to some degree marred by almost any human incursion .
18 For the same reason , it should be a category that is of substantive interest .
19 The failures in the Savings and Loans industry are something that is of global significance in terms of public interest .
20 These computer workshops have been included to ensure that graduates will have ‘ hands on ’ experience of the accounting and business software that is of increasing importance to the accountancy profession .
21 Each method has limitations ; it is possible to collect detailed information by means of tests , but if the tests are concerned with some aspect that is of little relevance to the total situation , then the value of the results will be limited .
22 I shall not now be able to raise in the debate a subject that is of deep concern to my local education authority in west Sessex .
23 This large and increasing number of old , and very old , people will contain a high proportion of individuals who have either no family setting and connections , or at any rate none that is of practical relevance to their way of life .
24 Strategic information is the rich , top layer of information that is of primary interest to the business historian .
25 But for the moment he is determined to see Armagh get past the Ernesiders tomorrow — a match that is of crucial importance to both sides .
26 Repeated official and unofficial enquiries have suggested that the foreign exporting sector buys very little that is of Irish manufacture , and even when it does buy locally it tends to buy low value-added goods , like packaging materials and industrial consumables .
27 But let me return to the question that is of genuine interest , this question we so enjoyed debating when our evenings were not spoilt by chatter from those who lacked any fundamental understanding of the profession ; that is to say , the question ‘ what is a great butler ’ ?
28 The purpose of the project is to transform this potentially extremely valuable research resource into one that is of actual benefit to scholars working in the field of German studies by making its contents accessible .
29 Vernon , that simple , noisy creature , has hit upon a scheme that is of great service ; he has laid Folkestone cutters all round the coast , which are continually relieved and bring constant notice of everything that stirs .
30 The river basin is a well-defined spatial unit that is of great interest to hydrologists , geomorphologists and geographers .
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