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

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1 If that opportunity is denied the search company then they will have significant problems convincing their clients that they can do a good job .
2 As each dot is required the respective element is rapidly heated and the minute area of paper under the element changes colour .
3 Thatcherites , and the Prime Minister herself , believe in a meritocracy of talent — and that talent is changing the face of the Conservative Party .
4 We can say that the problem being defined here is not so much that the pupils are getting the wrong education ( though they might be getting the wrong teachers ) as that industry is getting the wrong pupils !
5 Each script is to provide the basis for an 80 page Activity Book .
6 This grant is to encourage the continuation of a series which has become an accepted and much quoted source of reference .
7 This grant is to complete the work started under ESRC grant B/00/23/2053 for July-December 1984 and March-October 1985 .
8 The effect of this change is to increase the group 's revaluation reserves and the book value of freehold and long leasehold premises by £18.4m .
9 .. our task in this parliament is to create the force powerful enough to remove the Tories ; to assemble the policies capable of sustaining a different government ; and to draw together the forces in Britain which will bring change and reform . ’
10 The purpose of a book of this kind is to distil the essential from modern specialised scholarship and to present the whole in some recognisable form .
11 My only reason for including this story is to record the short but pithy comment of Canada 's leading humorist who , when we had paused to take in the scene , turned to me and said , ‘ I do n't think it 's a bit funny ! ’
12 All you have to do in this case is to stop the fraying at the cut by zig-zag stitch .
13 In English it is not necessary to be able to class a vowel as ( +front , +round ) , whereas this is necessary for French and German ; it could be said that the major task for the learner in this case is to learn the combination of these features , not to learn the individual vowels , and ( in French ) .
14 At this afternoon 's meeting the government will hear calls for concerted action against Norway which produces as much salmon as the rest of Europe put together .
15 At this afternoon 's meeting the government heard calls for concerted action against Norway which produces as much salmon as the rest of Europe put together .
16 THE purpose of this Part is to consider the protection afforded to investors in , and creditors of , a company .
17 The real challenge of this technique is to deceive the human eye .
18 This award is to help the development of cooperation in the field of South Asian studies between the Oxford Asian Studies Centre and CNRS
19 Le Palace presents a reconstruction of the events of a day , a night and the next morning during the Spanish Civil War , apparently in the mind of a student — into this narrative is imbricated the ‘ Récit de l'homme-fusil ’ by an Italian who has committed an assassination .
20 However , Smith also points out that there is another division in the subject , between the logical positivist ( objective ) and the phenomenological ( subjective ) approaches , and that this split is delaying the development of a rural recreation geography paradigm .
21 The effect of this decision is to reverse the trend that was evident from the preceding cases in which there had been a gradual tendency to expand the range of third parties to whom accountants might be held to be liable as a result of errors in financial statements .
22 One consequence of this decision is to extend the definition of " consumer " and therefore the number of cases where ss6 and 7 of the UCTA 1977 will prevent reliance on an exclusion clause .
23 The impact of this decision is to give the police greater freedom to arrest in the public interest and correspondingly to devalue the liberty of the individual .
24 This component is called the atmospheric path radiance .
25 The principal use of this variety is to provide the backbone essential to Champagne blends .
26 The obvious intention of this provision is to override the Court 's case law and empower Member States to legislate on matters covered by Community legislation , at least where that legislation is enacted under Article 100A .
27 This provision is to cover the situation where a person works the same number of hours within , say 4 days , instead of 5 .
28 The purpose of this provision is to prevent the accumulation of unused permissions and to discourage the speculative land-hoarder .
29 If this provision is to apply the tenant may wish to negotiate personal arrangements with the landlord for occupation outside these hours for special circumstances .
30 For all these writers the key which gives access to this experience is understanding the essentially dynamic implications of the Incarnation .
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