Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Association is pleased to continue this work to maintain these close ties for the benefit of the Royal Air Force ‘ family ’ . |
| 2 | The Association is eager to recruit more shareholders and ordinary members to facilitate this . |
| 3 | ‘ Nomination ’ is the process whereby the client chooses a subcontractor to carry out specialist works under a building contract and where the contractor is obliged to employ that subcontractor . |
| 4 | The report says a public-private partnership is vital to ensure any town or city develops to its full potential . |
| 5 | Neither side is likely to take any unnecessary risks in a key game for both teams , so a draw is likely . |
| 6 | It is crazy that ( to take the second example ) the Inland Revenue is prepared to treat such a payment as exempt whereas the DSS claims that NICs are due . |
| 7 | In addition , since it is probable that alcohol produces liver damage by a number of different mechanisms , any explanation for a genetic predisposition to cirrhosis is likely to involve several genes , rather than variation at a single locus . |
| 8 | Now the former record plugger is keen to dispel any impression that his illusions are achieved using TV trickery ‘ which they are not ’ . |
| 9 | CCG sponsored the weekend and Bob Rae of the training department is keen to see more staff take part in Executive Stretch . |
| 10 | When release ceases , probably owing to a negative feedback effect of calcium , recovery occurs as calcium is pumped out of the cytoplasm ( by pumps on the plasma membrane and internal stores ) and the cell is ready to begin another cycle . |
| 11 | It might help in advance to give certain additional information to each of the three groups independently of the others ( see above section on small group work ) : perhaps the Pied Piper is prepared to let the children free if s/he can get a good deal ; perhaps the mayor is unwilling to use any public funds to buy off the Piper . |
| 12 | ‘ The Mayor is desperate to attract more money — not give it away to things like the US Open , which is more than able to take care of itself ’ , he said . |
| 13 | No purely qualitative study is likely to answer all questions about a flow . |
| 14 | Such a practice is enough to give some modern scholars apoplexy . |
| 15 | It is becoming apparent , especially on large projects , that a joint Marketing/Engineering task force is beneficial to ensure all phases run smoothly . |
| 16 | Does he agree that to stimulate demand within the United Kingdom home market , where problems exist on the retail side , the industry is entitled to expect some special attention from the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the next Budget , which could include a reduction in or the total elimination of the appalling 10 per cent . |
| 17 | But the high-tech ( not to speak of nuclear ) battlefield is unlikely to present this opportunity often ; and it is difficult to envisage the ‘ opting out ’ of any sizeable formations in light of the integrated command structure and dependency upon Soviet communications nets . |
| 18 | ( I had better say now that readers who identify the I of the Sonnets with Shakespeare 's own personality not only encourage that futility of speculation about the identity of a real-life ‘ Friend ’ and ‘ Dark Lady ’ which has pestered discussions of these poems for so long , and is now in the last stages of senility ; but in so doing they also destroy one of the essential principles of literary criticism in modern times , the independence of the I in lyric poetry , its existence as a persona or mask behind which the poet is free to impersonate any human situation without being identified with each or all of the mutations — often contradictory — taken on by his persona . ) |
| 19 | The term is supposed to encompass any intentional change in the perceptual input . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , the main emphasis of the book is upon the prejudices of racism , antisemitism and nationalism , so much so that the unqualified term is sufficient to evoke these exemplifications . |
| 21 | Switch is likely to resist any such application . |
| 22 | In running the same course of action is likely to do little more than raise a few curious glances from fellow competitors . |
| 23 | The leading Republican Senator , Robert Dole caused uproar in Israel when he suggested this money should n't be taken for granted , but there 's no sign the Bush administration is prepared to use this muscle . |
| 24 | This leads directly to a further difference : an orthodox practitioner is likely to treat all cases of influenza with the same drug , an antibiotic perhaps ; whereas the homoeopathic practitioner may use different remedies , depending on the patient 's reaction to the influenza , as we saw in the cases illustrated above . |
| 25 | The only cost involved may be that of advertising the property and , even if the diocese is reluctant to do this , it should be persuaded it is worthwhile . |
| 26 | bridge switch : Work is due to start this weekend on a £25,000 scheme to replace a footbridge over the A167 in Ferryhill . |
| 27 | The complex sequence of sites in the Ilchester area raises several possibilities for early urban development , all involving a complicated interplay between military and civilian populations ; much more work is vital to elucidate this . |
| 28 | It is not unusual for someone to wonder whether undergoing hypnosis is likely to induce any unpleasant or harmful side-effects . |
| 29 | Also a housing benefit is available to help those on low incomes cover rent and mortgage payments , while discounts are also available to help those on low incomes pay the Council tax . |
| 30 | But just as the mere thought of the long run is liable to blight any work on which one is engaged , so the thought of a tone distinct from though inseparable from the shit is guaranteed to bring even the most promising project to a halt . |