Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most important is using information about the type of data stored in order to prevent howlers . |
| 2 | It should result in a clear statement of that practice area 's intended position in the marketplace and how it can differentiate itself from its competitors . |
| 3 | ‘ . ’ He is drawing attention to the fact that ‘ I know ’ is sometimes used by a speaker to commit himself to the truth of what he proceeds to say . |
| 4 | For the present exhibition , Thompson is drawing attention to the decade which witnessed the maturity of Minimalism and the emergence of Conceptual Art . |
| 5 | The ironic thing is that the flight is to publicize damage to the ozone layer and it 's gas from fridges that causes most of that damage . |
| 6 | One of the functions of their facial disc is to transmit sound to the ears . |
| 7 | Furthermore , MailSort , the Post Office 's new bulk mailing rebate scheme which will come into full use in the Summer of '89 , is bringing computerisation to the direct marketing industry because it just is n't practical to sort mail by hand into thousands of individual postcodes . |
| 8 | With astonishing speed , one of the biggest road and rail construction projects ever undertaken in Northern Ireland is transforming transport in the commercial heart of the province . |
| 9 | The Bass museum is open throughout the year , and is situated north of the town centre . |
| 10 | Bocknang is situated south in the old western half of Germany . |
| 11 | Even ignoring its importance as a local employer , to say that a sector which earns 15 per cent of GDP , which finances most of the small business start-ups in Scotland , which provides capital for companies great and small , which finances pensions and insurance for thousands of Scots , as well as backing for a quarter of the UK 's institutional funds , does nothing to help the economy , is to carry ideology to the point of folly . |
| 12 | But possibly the most satisfying task for the Hercules and its crew is to carry aid to the needy . |
| 13 | Our approach is to promote awareness of the duties the Regulations impose . |
| 14 | It is to include research into the techniques of sustainable timber extraction and the pharmaceutical and genetic potential of the South American country 's forest resources , centred on a newly-established scientific reserve of 3,400 square kilometres , close to the Brazilian border . |
| 15 | For The Possessed , outcomes ( including Dostoevsky 's healed man at the feet of Jesus ) are consoling myths . |
| 16 | For the loyalists the purpose is to remain part of the U K and those two are so far apart , those two positions , that it 's impossible to see a bridge between them and that 's the difficulty . |
| 17 | They argue that the differential in living standards between the two groups is minimal and to see this as social mobility is to detract attention from the important fact that they are all part of the large urban poor whose poverty is due to the wider social formation and , in particular , the capitalist mode of production . |
| 18 | Mr Michael is demanding publication of the report . |
| 19 | A man has lodged a formal complaint and is demanding compensation from the police for breaking into his flat and confiscating his furniture . |
| 20 | AN environmental group is demanding action from the National Rivers Authority to prevent further pollution of the Dee estuary . |
| 21 | The project is gathering information about the way understanding is achieved through the construction of shared meanings in primary classroom interactions . |
| 22 | Already more than 50,000 tickets have been sold for Saturday 's game to a public as curious about the million-dollar pitch as this new phenomenon of soccer which is gathering momentum throughout the States . |
| 23 | We saw , for example , signs of it in Popper 's differentiated model of the three worlds of knowledge , with objective knowledge residing in a quite different world from those of human consciousness and of physical objects . |
| 24 | Once again though she is enjoying pre-eminence in the taste or pre-adolescent spring — as evinced by the success of the song ‘ Stay ’ . |
| 25 | Our first task is to gather information of the ‘ best practice ’ of this vision from the parishes and diocese of England and Wales . |
| 26 | There 's fallen tree in the park . |
| 27 | When a weak-form word is given stress for the purpose of emphasis , e.g. : ‘ You must give me more money ’ |
| 28 | Some functional departmentation remains ( eg manufacturing , distribution , marketing and sales ) but a divisional manager is given responsibility for the product , product line or brand , with authority over the personnel of different functions involved in its production marketing etc . |
| 29 | Hospice administrator Deidre Shaw said : ‘ Our shop is a most essential source of income and can only operate well if it is given support by the public . |
| 30 | In America , it is estimated that 25 per cent of paperback sales are through supermarkets ; the romance title is rigorously marketed like any other brand-name ; like chocolate bars , the newest variety is given prominence on the sales stands . |