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

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1 Olympic Computers is offering support at preferential prices to the 18,000 Olympic Technology customers , but it will not be honouring service warranties made by the old company .
2 To set as your aim an examination seen only dimly at the end of a period of many months is to invite failure in your studies .
3 This and other studies ( e.g. Cole and Fichtler 1983 , Stohlgren and Parsons 1986 ) have led to the conclusion that the most appropriate management strategy for such wilderness areas is to restrict camping to a few designated sites , where activity can be sustained without excessive damage .
4 But the main use of this act in relation to present concerns is regarding exploitation of monopoly situations .
5 The first possibility in relation to BSL — English mixtures is to use speech in conjunction with sign .
6 The role of premises is to throw light on a subject ; the role of evidences is to give weight to it .
7 One of Britain 's leading space engineers is seeking backing for a rocket plane which would fly from London to Sydney in just one hour .
8 NEWCASTLE 'S Paul Charters is hoping victory against lightweight world challenger Racheed Lawal in Denmark tonight will boost his bid for a European title challenge .
9 The older tendency to classify muscles according to their probable functions is giving way to a system of naming them from their positions , origins and insertions .
10 A second use of the study of hoards is to provide information about the quantity of coins put into circulation ( fig. 28 ) .
11 The Act provides for the local education authority to ensure that a child identified as having special educational needs is given education within an ordinary school as long as that is compatible with efficient use of resources and efficient education , both for the child concerned and for other children at the school .
12 The political party so long lubricated and cajoled by the Transport and General workers is expressing interest in private toll roads and pricing the use of public roads .
13 For situations where assessment of these SVQs is taking place under simulated conditions , SCOTVEC is publishing extensive guidance , as well as advice on developing employer partnerships .
14 The move towards NVQs and SVQs is taking place across all industries at all levels within the industry , from engineering and manufacturing through to the provision of health and social care , from the operative to the manager .
15 ‘ Now information that a school used to retain for its own purposes is becoming part of the public domain .
16 One of the Teams ' main aims is to reduce unemployment in the area and in this regard the Teams work closely with other government bodies .
17 The expressed intention of the proposed changes is to give priority to those disabled from birth or in their early years .
18 ONE of America 's top women 's rights campaigners is facing ruin over sexual harassment charges .
19 The answer to all these problems is to put effort into two things :
20 In all of these cases the authors recommend that the best way of ensuring future timber resources is to organise forestry on a plantation basis ; this will necessitate massive afforestation schemes to combat the losses of natural forest and appropriate infrastructures to ensure survival .
21 A NEW idea of adding fragrance to your room without the hassle of placing containers is finding favour with homeowners this autumn .
22 ( 5 ) Where under a contract of sale the transfer of the property in the goods is to take place at a future time or subject to some condition later to be fulfilled the contract is called an agreement to sell .
23 Real industry the making and selling of goods is giving way to the supplying of services and the heritage business .
24 Sound Quality The synthesis of musical sounds is taken care of by a Yamaha sound chipset capable of stereo output with bass and treble equalisation .
25 Firstly , the identification and recording of unmet need is not a finding which agencies or governments will want to be made public , especially if one object of the community care reforms is to reduce eligibility for services .
26 The usual function for these wheels is to provide power for auxiliary equipment such as a saw-bench , apple crusher etc , but in this case , the system also worked in reverse .
27 ‘ One of our key objectives is to reduce unemployment in the heart of Bootle where the rate is especially high . ’
28 In this way members of any size can be supplied and practically the whole volume of both large and small trees is made use of .
29 Now the whole point of milk-fed lamb recipes is to add flavour to a meat in which , it has to be said , natural flavour is a bit on the fugitive side .
30 In North America the practice among many centres is to undertake angioplasty with an intracoronary thrombolytic agent , usually urokinase , but the impact of this approach remains to be tested .
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