Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grand mean is derived from the four group-mean data points of b . |
| 2 | The steering wheel is made from a semi-circle of black or brown fondant . |
| 3 | While the steering wheel is offset to the left , the pedals are positioned to the right . |
| 4 | Similarly , the hero of The Prelude is taken from the ‘ educational processes ’ of the Lake District , Cambridge and so on , which take up the first half of the poem , and engages with society and history in the conflicts of the French Revolution ; the Revolution is not to be taken as a purely fortuitous occurrence , but the main event of the time , that which separates off the Modern Age from all that had gone before . |
| 5 | When the banner of religion is raised as a banner of politics , blood will flow , just as it has done in Belfast , Beirut and Colombo . |
| 6 | Religion is based on the longing for the father , and the infant 's wish for a protector to defend it against feelings of helplessness . |
| 7 | Religion is presented as a response ‘ everywhere to one and the same need ’ : the need for rituals of fertility . |
| 8 | The way formal religion is incorporated into a way of life is not constant and must relate to the social experience particular to certain groups and even to individuals . |
| 9 | This structural link between politics and religion is underlined by the legitimacy the church gives to the state as a whole , by recognizing it simply as society . |
| 10 | For when a religion is put into a position where its , albeit necessary , business activities appear in the eyes of its followers , to be outweighing in importance its original purpose , it ceases to be of the slightest use in so far as it is able to fulfil one of its most important reasons for existence , that is , to provide a satisfactory code of behaviour to be observed in that area of human conduct which can be considered as being subject to moral law . |
| 11 | The furnace is scheduled as an Ancient Monument in the care of the Department of the Environment , and can be seen at any time . |
| 12 | If a sponge is forced through a fine gauze sieve so that it is broken down into separate cells , these will eventually reorganise themselves into a sponge , each kind of cell finding its appropriate place within the body . |
| 13 | Even today , when the tottering of a Goldcrest or TESE is taken as a sign that the film industry is going under , it 's assumed that big companies are the key to surviving in the film business , because that 's the way they do things in LA . |
| 14 | If the remedy is given to the outsider , he will find it difficult , in view of the anonymous nature of the stock market , to show that he has suffered a loss as a result of the insider 's trades . |
| 15 | To verify this the remedy is stopped for a week or two . |
| 16 | It has also been suggested that requiring recourse to an alternative remedy is used as a way of reducing the number of judicial review cases and the strain on the judicial resources available to hear such cases . |
| 17 | This feature emphasises the point already made , namely , that the subsection ( 2 ) remedy is directed to the reversal of specific transactions and , unlike the subsections ( 3 ) to ( 7 ) remedies , does not contemplate orders made for the benefit of investors as a class . |
| 18 | The character of this mode of association is encapsulated in the notions of purpose , plan , policy , and power . |
| 19 | Some cautious headteacher 's insist that a headteacher 's right to veto and a headteacher 's right to dissolve the association is written into the constitution . |
| 20 | An association is established between the effects of long-term neuroleptic treatment and the symptoms of tardive dyskinesia on the one hand and the development of central dopaminergic supersensitivity on the other . |
| 21 | Is he aware that the Association of County Councils , on which his own county council and Buckinghamshire and many other Conservative county councils are represented — indeed , the association is controlled by the Conservatives — says that the removal of the power to inspect under section 77(3) of the Education Act 1944 will greatly diminish the local authority 's ability to intervene in a school that is falling below standard ? |
| 22 | But he would't comment further saying the association is suspended during the election campaign and we have nothing else to say . |
| 23 | But he would't comment further saying the association is suspended during the election campaign and we have nothing else to say . |
| 24 | If this is the case , and long-term memory for the simple association is reflected in a widespread increase in numbers of synapses , it is difficult to argue that the memory is ‘ represented , by but a single set of synapses at a particular motor neuron ; thousands must be involved , distributed across many cells . |
| 25 | Colonic crypt cell proliferation is used as an indicator of risk of colorectal carcinoma . |
| 26 | With time , normal proliferation is restored in the progress zone with the result that proximal structures are absent and distal structures are quite normal . |
| 27 | But the essential conservatism of UDC thinking is revealed in the fact that , apart from a footnote on women 's suffrage , the only addition made to a platform written within weeks of the outbreak of war was a commitment to the defence of free trade . |
| 28 | Critical thinking is replaced by a consensus that is illusory . |
| 29 | This line of thinking is adopted by the Netherlands Association for Protecting the Pedestrian which contends that ‘ children are not pocket-sized adults ’ , citing the various ways in which children interpret traffic signs . |
| 30 | During waking life primary process thinking is displaced during the child 's development by secondary process thinking , and in the adult it remains as a neurotic symptom , most clearly during dreaming , but also operating at a subconscious level to influence waking behaviour . |