Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some estimate the volcano is pouring out one million tons of debris a day , at a rate of 15 ft per second , from a fissure that opened in mid-December . |
| 2 | The wind is whistling up this and within seconds my face is frozen . |
| 3 | The paper versions ( hard copy ) are extremely difficult to search through systematically , particularly if the search is to extend over several years . |
| 4 | The big digger is holding up all the traffic . |
| 5 | The purpose of this chapter is to fill out certain of the areas of the study of crime which have been discussed or referred to in earlier chapters , and to provide readings or extracts from original sociological work in this field . |
| 6 | The outbreak is killing off large numbers of fish , which die for lack of oxygen , and many sheep and cattle , which die of thirst due to the absence of drinkable water . |
| 7 | By using the relatively new and rather powerful transactions cost analytical approach , combined with conventional and radical approaches within organisation theory , and insights from the sociology of work , combined with the results from recent empirical work on the introduction of new technology , the intention is to set out some of the possibilities and choices about the use of new technology at work , indicating the different pay-offs to particular groups , and suggesting that the outcomes in specific cases will depend not just on the technology itself but on the strategy and power of the various interested parties . |
| 8 | The seller 's intention is to play off one buyer against another and introduce elements of haste and competitive bidding into negotiations in order to maximise the price . |
| 9 | As preparations are made for Constantin 's visit CAR is sending out another load of relief for the orphanages in Romania . |
| 10 | The college is taking on extra staff to make sure that anyone who visits or telephones the college can have a confidential chat with adult education experts every day next week . |
| 11 | Unless the translator is carrying out some kind of linguistic exercise , for instance for research purposes , transferring the devices used in the source text into the target text will not do . |
| 12 | Blood is made up millions of cells . |
| 13 | This April , Dent is venturing down this path , with paperback reissues of works by eminent names : Beth Chatto , The Dry Garden ( 0460 86087 9 ) , The Damp Garden ( 86088 7 ) , and Garden Notebook ( 86095 X ) , Allen Paterson , Plants for Shade ( 86096 8 ) , and Herbs in the Garden ( 86094 1 ) , all at £9.99 , and two books at £11.99 , Alan Mitchell 's Gardener 's Book of Trees ( 86085 2 ) and Graham Stuart Thomas ' Perennial Garden Plants ( 86051 8 ) . |
| 14 | Consider this brief passage , from an essay by a non-native speaker ( numbers have been added to identify sentences ) : [ 1 ] One of the functions of a literary work is to pass on some crucial truths or information , give some didactic indications , or convince the reader of some general laws . |
| 15 | A good system for storing electricity will not become possible before 1995 , Meanwhile , the date for artificial intelligence is shunted back 20 years to 2020 and the time for weather control is 2030 instead of 2015 , All kinds of obstacles , not so much technological as human and economic , have interfered with the 1962 predictions , as with many others that people have made with seemingly unimpeachable authority over the past 50 years . |
| 16 | Overseas , Wimpey Construction Management is carrying out fee-based technical and management services for the £200 million Colombo Centre project for Sonae Group in Lisbon , Portugal and will vigorously attempt to develop further this market in 1993 , a market which will also provide opportunities for the consultancy arm of GROVE PROJECTS . |
| 17 | THE BBC 's Board of Management is rallying round beleaguered director general John Birt amid a stream of calls for him to resign over revelations about his special tax arrangements . |
| 18 | The next column is going up 1 , 3 , 5 so the next will be 7 and the £s are going up in ones . |
| 19 | Holiday numbers are now being reduced and the Britannia Airways subsidiary is leasing out surplus seats overseas and selling two older Boeing aircraft . |
| 20 | Holiday numbers are now being reduced and the Britannia Airways subsidiary is leasing out surplus seats overseas and selling two older Boeing aircraft . |
| 21 | The worrying fact is that serious over-use is drying up some of our rivers and natural underground water levels . |
| 22 | Staff at the complex will shortly embark on training in disability awareness and Derry City Council is to carry out extensive renovations to the complex to improve access and comfort for people with disabilities . |
| 23 | I suppose it 's really proof of what er the approach that North Yorkshire County Council is taking on this issue because nothing is is as simple a as it seems . |
| 24 | But the corridor is lit up both ways . |
| 25 | but now she 's moving on , and another girl 's going out this week or next week to er join them |
| 26 | If the function of the leave requirement is to weed out unarguable or vexatious cases it might be expected that only a small proportion of cases would fail at this stage . |
| 27 | Since it carries the sole generator ( and hydraulic pump ) the left engine is fired up first . |
| 28 | I am not rejecting the idea of Jesus being my representative — all I am doing at the moment is to point out some difficulties with it when it is considered as the central idea in the atonement theory . |
| 29 | If the former Soviet Union and all the republics are ever to put the situation right , the most urgent job is to bring about economic reform . |
| 30 | General Accident is putting up 500,000 for research on the psychology of the road user . |