Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The FPC 's power to limit the use of deputising services is not confined to conditions which bear on the service 's capacity to provide an adequate service . |
| 2 | J. Boyett , Manager of Central Services and Special projects at Standard Chartered Bank , replied that , ‘ The Bank 's experience in using Headhunters is so limited that a response to your questionnaire would be worthless . ’ |
| 3 | A sound training in reading and writing skills is also given . |
| 4 | ( This willingness to delay seeking rewards is sometimes called ‘ deferred gratification ’ . ) |
| 5 | That the concept of a target real wage rate can be accounted for in terms of the behaviour of rational , maximizing agents is amply demonstrated in the works of Layard , of Carlin and Soskice ( 1990 ) and of the works of the new Keynesian school ( see Chapter 8 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ One of the secrets of solving murders is never to believe anybody — not completely — not at the start . ’ |
| 7 | Any company that that is n't in the business of paying claims is not going to be around anyway and I am concerned about the attitude of Roy because it does seem to be extremely one sided . |
| 8 | Personal information about us , once typed on record cards or stuffed into filing cabinets is now kept on computer , information which once even the bank manager or doctor could n't find is now accessible to thousands through a computer keyboard , and everyday this information is routinely sold , to employers investigating potential and current employees , to companies investigating competitors and customers , and to anyone willing to pay in a trade which grows , uncontrolled , daily . |
| 9 | According to data from animal perfusion systems , net sodium movement even in glucose containing solutions is linearly related to sodium concentration of the perfusate and this pertains equally in secreting intestine , although the threshold at which sodium absorption occurs is higher in the secretory state ( 120 mmol/l v 60 mmol/l ) . |
| 10 | Multiculturalism , as expressed in the Swann Report or in the writings of Jeffcoate , James , Lynch and Parekh , is based on the premise that the key issue facing schools is how to create tolerance for black minorities and their cultures in a white nation now characterized by cultural diversity or cultural pluralism . |
| 11 | support for the production of teaching materials is not coordinated and rarely involves monitoring the successes and failures arising through the trial of materials in classrooms |
| 12 | A pair of hauling ropes is also fastened to the leading edge of each tank , one rope towards each end of the tank . |
| 13 | Exactly it 's about childbearing is n't it , I mean having hips is also to do with your shape sexually is n't it . |
| 14 | The importance of asking questions is not confined to the needs and problem identification stage . |
| 15 | Slow fill refuelling at overnight refuelling points is also used by many fleets , and there is now the possibility of filling your vehicle at home overnight from your domestic gas supply . |
| 16 | The challenge in designing and using materials is how to delay the moment of ultimate failure . |
| 17 | Thus size determination using sieves is partly controlled by the particle shape ( Rittenhouse , 1943 ) . |
| 18 | The biggest problem is that loggers do not replace the felled trees with new saplings ; the option of creating plantations is largely ignored . |
| 19 | Indeed , its method of taking decisions is inherently biased toward caution . |
| 20 | Understandably , illegally-made porn involving children is also shunned . |
| 21 | The effect on the clarity of criteria descriptions of aggregating scores is also discussed . |
| 22 | ‘ The power to create and manipulate culture as a means or controlling others is well entrenched in the social , Economic and political institutions of a society but it is also continually resisted by opposing cultural forms ’ . |
| 23 | In a class where almost half the time is spent on administrative matters , the time left over for active engagement in learning tasks is severely curtailed . |
| 24 | In the Berlin orchestra we always looked for greater knowledge and better players but maintaining standards is always going to be difficult . |
| 25 | The purpose of making notes is primarily to set out , in a shortened but logical form , information that you have gathered from a variety of sources on a particular topic so that it can be used for revision purposes and as an aid to memory . |
| 26 | A leaf carrying eggs is easily removed for hatching , and weighted with lead . |
| 27 | The effect of housing developments is usually dismissed as being small unless the developments are very large — typical estimates are around one half a child aged 0–16 per household . |
| 28 | Mr. Routley added : ‘ We believe that a charitable trust dedicated to conserving railways is better equipped to revive the WHR than a county council . |
| 29 | A strategy using incentives is best restricted to ( and presented as ) a way of helping the child learn to do something which is very difficult , or as an appreciation of a special effort ( or sacrifice ) made . |
| 30 | Now the vital laser needed to treat children with disfiguring birthmarks is already installed at the Ulster Hospital at Dundonald . |