Example sentences of "[det] is [verb] [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 This is called precession of the perihelion , and is not in itself curious because it had long been known that precession of the perihelion is one result of the gravitational influence on a planet 's orbit of all the other planets in the Solar System .
2 This is to take account of the new SVQs now available in sport and recreation .
3 This is to acknowledge receipt of your cheque for one place at the above at the member rate of Five Pounds ( £5.00 ) .
4 As the cost of funding a loan(s) fluctuates in the interbank market this is taken account of in the determination of interest rates payable by the borrower at pre-arranged reference date intervals of three , six or twelve months as set out in the loan contract .
5 This is to keep sight of the positives for so often professionals working with very vulnerable elderly people focus on the pathology and forget what the client may have going for her/him .
6 By this is meant placement of black children in white homes .
7 The answer today to the question whether objects which were originally chattels have become fixtures , that is to say part of the freehold , depends upon the application of two tests : ( 1 ) the method and degree of annexation ; ( 2 ) the object and purpose of the annexation .
8 This is the best equation one could use to forecast the current value of that is given knowledge of the current composite disturbance , and is therefore the one which rational agents will use to forecast given their information .
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