Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patriarchal religion is built on many millennia of repressed fear of the power of female bodily processes . |
| 2 | Where religion is reduced to either , and treated as if it were simply a form of knowing or a form of doing , it is lost to sight altogether . |
| 3 | Gastrointestinal epithelial cell proliferation is influenced by many hormonal , paracrine , and intraluminal agents . |
| 4 | The complementary side of this partnership of thinking is composed of all those willing to join in the intellectual effort with the energy that it calls for . |
| 5 | Despite the current recession , demographic changes and the ‘ greying ’ of the workforce means urgent new thinking is needed on such issues as flexible working and retirement , taxation and superannuation rules ( especially abatement provisions ) , and employment laws . |
| 6 | If no entry is made at this prompt , the current VMS directory will be used by default . |
| 7 | If no entry is made at this prompt , the current VMS directory will be used by default . |
| 8 | If no entry is made at this prompt , the current VMS directory will be used by default . |
| 9 | Another large international entry is anticipated for this year 's event |
| 10 | At the present time most public library stock is chosen without any clear idea of the underlying stock needs of the user . |
| 11 | An application leaflet for the NatWest WWF Card is enclosed with this issue of WWF News . |
| 12 | A great deal is riding on those words and what they produce . |
| 13 | A good deal is concealed by such broad statistics . |
| 14 | Process rights are modelled closely upon those of ordinary courts , and any balancing is undertaken within this context . |
| 15 | The effect of the new subsection is to cater for this problem by limiting the amount of the capital sum which can be brought into charge to income tax upon the settlor where a loan is repaid . |
| 16 | It is , however , in the best interests of the partners if the partnership is commenced in this way , since the document agreed upon by the partners will make provision for most eventualities which may affect the partnership . |
| 17 | Because the nation is seen as only partially liberated , and particularly by the membership of the largest party Fianna Fáil , the animus of the national-popular consciousness is focused on this issue , to the detriment of class-based politics . |
| 18 | However , the evidence that one set of abstract concepts has made the transition from scientific to popular consciousness does not imply that modern consciousness is dominated by such similar notions . |
| 19 | Because , at this level , the floor of the extension is considerably higher than the floor of the main block , the master bedroom is reached from this landing via a flight of five stairs . |
| 20 | The Li parents ' bedroom is outclassed by that of their eldest son : he has a new sofa , cuddly toys and silk flowers , their newness preserved by protective plastic wrappers . |
| 21 | For instance , the section on nitrogen metabolism is prefaced by that famous anonymous ditty which starts How inoffensive are the faeces Of all the graminivorous species , That grind on grain and graze on grasses . |
| 22 | Service of an originating process out of England and Wales is permissible without the leave of the court provided that each claim made is either : ( 1 ) a claim which , by virtue of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 , the court has power to hear and determine , made in proceedings to which the following conditions apply : ( a ) no proceedings between the parties concerning the same cause of action are pending in the courts of any other part of the United Kingdom or of any other Convention territory , and ( b ) either : ( i ) the defendant is domiciled in any part of the United Kingdom or in any other Convention territory , or the proceedings begun by the originating process are proceedings to which art 16 of Sched 1 or of Sched 4 to the 1982 Act refer , or ( ii ) the defendant is a party to an agreement conferring jurisdiction to which art 17 of the said Sched 1 or Sched 4 applies . |
| 23 | Both cars are supported in proper metal slings , and while a safety gear is provided under each , this is not connected up for operation owing to the small size of the model . |
| 24 | The form of a volcano is controlled by several variables . |
| 25 | The whole dictionary is processed in this way , a frequency count for each gram is collected , and each gram has a flag which is set to true if it occurs as a separate word ( i.e. dictionary entry length equals required gram length ) . |
| 26 | The pre-head is composed of all the unstressed syllables in a tone-unit preceding the first stressed syllable . |
| 27 | An introduction to the use of computer simulation models in geography is presented in this chapter . |
| 28 | At the moment the sail is only attached down its needed edge but before we can use it , we 've got to control it properly and that means to tuck it in the boot the jaws clip on here , the down-haul clips on to the sail and is threaded through the jaws before we make it up on the cleat the position of the boom and hence the sail relative to the wind is controlled by this rope , the mainsheet . |
| 29 | And the odour can be carried as much as a mile away if the wind is blowing in that direction . |
| 30 | Juniper is regarded by many intuitive aromatherapists as having the power to cleanse on a psychic as well as a physical level . |