Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 MIPS ' known design wins , including SNI , Sumitomo Electric Inc , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA , Acer Group Inc and parent SGI , are not the stuff of massive volumes despite MIPS ' claims that Sony Corp and NEC Corp are racking up the numbers in Japan .
2 Around this lily-covered pond are growing just a few of the 3,000 members of the Araceae family .
3 It appears that the German Infantry facing the Marines has surrendered , and now No. 4 Commando Brigade are following up the retreating Germans .
4 It is perhaps not surprising that when older pupils come to sit their leaving examinations , they generally view the prospect of the examinations without much apprehension ; this may be because most decisions about their future are taken on the recommendation of their teachers rather than directly on the basis of examination results .
5 The club are to set up an office where tickets will be available from 9.30am-noon from Monday to Thursday .
6 While the BARB meters can record whether the VCR or an on-air programme is being watched , there is no way of telling whether people watching a time-shifted programme are cutting out the commercial breaks — or , indeed , what programme they are watching .
7 The first three songs on the album are tuned down a half step . ’
8 More interested in the style than the fashion , Huggy Bear are carrying on the feminist tradition of punk bands like The Slits and X-Ray Spex with all the musicality of Pete Duel & The Shit or Alien Sex Fiend .
9 MOTORISTS in the North-East are snapping up a new device in the battle to beat car crime .
10 Should the Doom Diver be slain then the catapult can not shoot in its following turn while another Doom Diver steps forward to replace him — the model can therefore be removed and replaced in its following turn .
11 For the managers , if the case for absolution from competitive tendering were lost then the strategy for Banstead was rendered non-viable .
12 It is only when a remedy is taken over an extended period that proving symptoms are likely to occur .
13 Also , if a contractor is to carry out the work the more information we can supply to them the easier it is for them to provide an accurate tender .
14 ‘ My ambition at the Warehouse is to build up an audience and exercise my own tastes .
15 The wind is coming up the valley — quite slowly , like an army that will win .
16 It is currently 35 degrees Fahrenheit out and the wind is blowing up the canyon at 87 mph hour which gives us a wind chill factor of — just a moment while I look at the chart — says ‘ Should not be skiing ’ which is good because we are n't .
17 If , however , a constructive total loss is paid then the damaged vessel would become the Corporation 's property , if we so desire and policy cover would cease .
18 Once the illness or pregnancy or death or disappointment is accepted then the preference ranking will shift again .
19 The result is to connect up a network of contracts by a uniform set of rules and thus give them multilateral force .
20 The club is revving up a grand welcome for four-wheel fans from all over Britain .
21 The club is taking over a second-floor suite of offices on a short-term lease , but it is to continue searching for new premises , almost certainly still in Edinburgh .
22 — BLACKHALL Royal British Legion 's 100 Club is putting on a special show on Monday May 25 , featuring comedy hypnotist Tony Sands and singer Suzanne Preston .
23 If the Opposition is to achieve even the most limited of its ambitions , and push John Mayor into a minority government , Labour 's bottom line is to achieve a swing larger than that seen at any election since the war .
24 Another good way of obtaining animals from a pond is to scoop up the surface layers of soft mud from the bottom-use the net ( carefully ! ) , a small shovel or a large spoon .
25 In the RSPB 's biggest-ever reedbed rescue , a mechanical digger is digging out the surface of the entire 55 acres of fen and volunteers are carrying out strenuous scrub clearance .
26 Silverpoint can be resharpened on a metal file so that as the silver is worn down the point can be redefined easily .
27 However as in the sentry the message of hope is a false one and the soldiers died anyway , while the snow in the phrase ‘ until this morning and this snow ’ is assuredly a description of the same it would also appear to be in contrast to the warm sun as death is the contrast to life and the day the soldier is brought out the sun fails to wake him and there is snow .
28 The aim of the research is to examine how the right to buy policy has affected the Afro Caribbean community .
29 Research is filling in the tale of their counterpart in the New World — maize
30 The purpose of the research is to carry out a critical analysis of the literature both on the role of beliefs in social and political order , and on the principles of legitimacy of particular regimes , so as to develop a systematic theory about the legitimation of power .
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