Example sentences of "[conj] is [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Primary cases involve any allegation that a child is being physically or sexually abused , neglected , is failing to thrive , is left alone , or is severely at risk of being abused . |
| 2 | It 's the one room that has in some way to accommodate the changing interests of all members of the family ; it 's also the room that is most on show , the room where your guests stay the longest . |
| 3 | Er , the second issue is did the plaintiff , Mr ask Peter to get him out of the contract between exchange and completion er that is clearly in dispute but if he did then the further issue is this , were the defendants in breach of contract in failing to advise the plaintiffs at a stage as to the effects of national condition of sale twenty two two and a way out of the contract which was open to him . |
| 4 | So it is quite true that it is the father that is principally in focus ; but that does not necessarily mean that " mother " is only there by accident . |
| 5 | But I intend to drive the strategy that is already in place and leave my successor to drive it even further . ’ |
| 6 | The two researchers do not recommend introducing pigs into existing woodland , but favour planting new areas specifically for a sylvopastoral system with pigs or planting trees on an outdoor range that is already in use . |
| 7 | At a much simpler level , engineers being what they are , recognition of achievement is an effective motivator that is always to hand and , as long as it is ‘ felt fair ’ by peers , runs no great risks in being applied . |
| 8 | ADVANCES in microelectronics are making it possible for countries to switch to a military strategy that is purely for defence and has no offensive capability — if they want to . |
| 9 | Doubtless this wish was at bottom an ideological one , inspired by the same mania for dividing the world into masculine and feminine that is still at work today . |
| 10 | The 1967 University Grants Committee report on British university libraries ( the Parry report ) contains much information that is still of interest . |
| 11 | During the past two days we have heard a vast number of contributions and I pay tribute to the common sense and foresight of Labour Members who have not only pointed out the inequalities of the system that is still in being but the pitfalls that we see ahead of us . |
| 12 | ‘ And it is not just a one off thing — it must be a programme that is still in place long after we have a democratic government here . ’ |
| 13 | The most convenient place to find a statute that is still in force is in the official publication Statutes in Force . |
| 14 | It emphasises the importance of trying to push ahead with the peace process that is now under way . |
| 15 | : Mb This scheme has been designed to overcome many of the objections that were raised to the earlier scheme , particularly in relation to the car parking that is now in excess of that which was originally required . |
| 16 | It was an immensely brave step for President Yeltsin to take , and on that basis I believe that it is right for the United Kingdom to change its policy on a rouble stabilisation fund — as an indication that we are prepared to support the reform programme that is now in place . |
| 17 | ‘ I have that to tell you that I should have told before this , since it has to do with the issue that is now in dispute among all here . |
| 18 | Such occasions are not the rule though , for their whole design suggests a fish that is more at home when his hollow belly is gripping the bottom and the surging current is pushing down on his drooping snout and coursing past his streamlined body . |
| 19 | It is as though we can not reach an expression that is midway between total holding in and violent , destructive rage . |
| 20 | Erm and and a point was raised in our our evidence given the existing overshoot of structure plan figures , erm the the the county county wide the figures have overshot the agreed structure plan figures , that should focus attention surely on on the need to more closely control the release of the committed land erm er that is currently without planning permission , through the development control process . |
| 21 | Two alternatives are possible , either to sell the machine now for £4,200 or use it in a new project that is currently under evaluation . |
| 22 | Legislation for petroleum and water is currently being designed , and a water-resource planning map is projected , based on a computerised hydrological database that is currently in hand . |
| 23 | I 'm not saying , I 'm not drawing any conclusions until I know but I 'm saying I think it 's an area that is perhaps worth investigation . |
| 24 | May I make it clear to my hon. Friend that this is a document that the Labour party simply could not write , because the principle of being critical of the producer is anathema to a party that is totally in thrall to the producers ? |
| 25 | It is interesting how many of the social workers who regard themselves as identified with their clients , sharing some sense of oppression by the ‘ bureaucracy ’ that weighs upon them both and working therefore to help the clients receive resources from the ‘ system ’ , have a view of social security field staff that is directly in contrast to their view of their own position . |
| 26 | The price of this simple structure is that there is no framework to help the teacher make the choices from the large total number that is often in principle available . |
| 27 | Moreover , in the course of his research Kaplan uncovered evidence that Mahler himself conducted the movement at a tempo far more brisk than is currently in vogue . |
| 28 | Dr Ranganathan was one of the most brilliant and imaginative figures the profession has seen ; his Colon Classification went through many revisions and new editions , and is widely in use in his own country , yet elsewhere it is admired but , for good reasons , not employed . |
| 29 | But Poulantzas argues that this interpretation is a mistake because the policy actually serves the interests of monopolies better than any available alternative , and is thus in line with their strategy . |
| 30 | There may well be all sorts of deviations and fluctuations here ; the whole system expands and becomes complicated , develops and is continuously in motion and oscillating but , taken as a whole , it is in a state of equilibrium . |