Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [adj] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the problem , of course , is the vagueness , for most people , of the framework within which such thinking is supposed to take place . |
| 2 | 9.1 In terms of the Regional Council 's policy , an employee who is absent from work as a result of a reported incident of violence is entitled to receive sickness allowances in accordance with the provisions of the relevant scheme of conditions of service . |
| 3 | The proper officer , under his devolved powers , determines the time for payment , using means guidelines provided , which determination the plaintiff or the defendant is entitled to seek reconsideration by applying within 14 days on notice giving reasons ( Ord 9 , r 3(4) ; the proceedings then having been transferred , if necessary , to defendant 's home court and date , giving not less than eight days ' notice to each plaintiff and defendant , is fixed before the district judge . |
| 4 | Good visualisation of the stones during lithotripsy is essential to optimise fragmentation , especially with the Wolf 2300 lithotriptor , the focusing area being small . |
| 5 | He must receive the above certificates the day before the cremation is due to take place . |
| 6 | This programme is likely to take time to implement . |
| 7 | Mrs Rosemary Cubitt of the Ovens Women 's Action Group said ‘ Our demonstration is more to alert public opinion than to block the entrance . |
| 8 | The same must be said of the two sets of Images , for although there is no shortage of incidental felicities , I feel that the pianist is apt to over- project this music instead of allowing it to speak for itself . |
| 9 | In practice this is unlikely , however , because changing the state of a cell is likely to involve energy consumption irrespective of whether the change involves an increase or decrease in activity . |
| 10 | Motivation of staff can also be a problem , since the results of good book provision are less clearly visible than , say , the results of effective information work ( where an enquirer is likely to make satisfaction immediately known to the staff concerned ) . |
| 11 | In times of financial stringency , when almost any change in criminal justice legislation or practice is likely to affect court costs , this responsibility gives the Lord Chancellor 's Department heightened influence across the penal field as a whole . |
| 12 | The diabetic is unable to regulate sugar in this way . |
| 13 | The setting is critical to avoid smoke and damage to the engine . |
| 14 | The pharmaceutical industry is willing to keep animal insulins available for patients who need them , although it will not fund a definitive large study assessing severe hypoglycaemia . |
| 15 | ‘ Cobalt is able to get information about criminal activity linked to drugs and so is Maurin . |
| 16 | Gross investment is equal to net investment plus any replacement investment which takes place because of depreciation . |
| 17 | The grid states nothing about the degree to which investment is necessary to retain star position or sufficient to build competitive advantage . |
| 18 | Whereas oncogenes classically act in a transdominant fashion — that is alteration to one allele is sufficient to cause transformation , suppressor genes are recessive . |
| 19 | Government aid is necessary to counter market forces which operate in favour of the affluent regions where maximum profits can be made quickly , irrespective of long-term national considerations . |
| 20 | No legal aid is available to provide representation for employees . |
| 21 | In New York , gifts of pictures by artists to critics may follow a favourable review , though a critic is likely to refuse payment , even for a catalogue introduction , from a dealer . |
| 22 | By such means the clownfish is able to gain refuge within the stinging tentacles as the anemone accepts the intruder , assuming the fish to be part of itself . |
| 23 | In flight the wedge-shaped tail of the rook is supposed to help identification , but it 's hard to spot as the bird is constantly moving its tail . |
| 24 | More explicitly , visual functioning is determined by the experiences , motivations , needs and expectation of each individual in relation to whatever visual capacity is available to satisfy curiosity and accomplish activities for personal satisfaction . |
| 25 | The 1989 Housing Act is likely to increase insecurity of council property as well as private property . |
| 26 | While narrowing the old section 2 , the act is unlikely to give protection to a " whistleblower " who felt that the public should be told certain information as any defence depends on disclosure being considered to be in the public interest and that would still seem to mean " the interests of the state according to its recognised organs of government and the policies expounded by the particular government of the day " per McCowan I. in Ponting 's case . |
| 27 | A formal system of performance appraisal was introduced in late 1985 : its first full run is due to take place in May 1986 . |
| 28 | What has still to be discovered is just how much garlic is necessary to confer protection against heart disease , and in what form is best taken . |
| 29 | Revision is necessary to make provision for emerging subjects . |
| 30 | This result suggests that the truncated holoenzymes are able to open the DNA duplex in the ( -10 to +1 ) region ; this is not surprising since σ 70 of RNA polymerase is supposed to promote strand opening of the promoter ( 34 ) . |