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

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1 But Colette 's son , Sam is fascinated by Dodo the duckling , particularly by one aspect of Dodo 's behaviour .
2 Designer Labels is intended to short-cut the procedure , and allow you to do what you want with labels in a short time , and for the most part , it succeeds .
3 ‘ Jus ’ look at what 's goin' on wiv the miners , ’ Don went on .
4 That controlling function is an attribute of the life force , and when that is withdrawn at death the whole complex biochemical organization falls into decay .
5 What upsets and angers my hon. Friends is that the Department of Energy is praying in aid the proposed European Community directive on working time as a justification for that change .
6 The South China Sea is considered by geologists the one reasonably accessible area in the world where a major new oil province could be found .
7 Because it is surrounded by uplands the Empire acts like a huge basin into which drain countless mountain torrents .
8 In the wake of Dutskche 's wounding in Berlin the Nanterre students descended on the Sorbonne , the ancient university of Paris .
9 To be subordinate is to accept without challenge the ascribed authority of another .
10 ( Householder 's formula relates to the more general case where a matrix of rank unc is added to A. The additional , modifying , matrix may be written CRT with C of order ( n × p ) and RT of order ( p × n ) .
11 what 's happening on March the second ?
12 As with the compromise approach the voting approach is designed to sooth the egos of those involved and not Co solve the problem .
13 Yet it still finds that the official statistics-gathering system is designed to measure the state economy , but not the rapidly growing private one .
14 The present study is designed to asses the extent of this problem and the factors which influence it .
15 It also infers ( to me ) that Wilko IS looking to strenghthen the squad following Battys departure .
16 However , a major difficulty in ensuring the effectiveness of any support scheme is to reach in time the small proportion of the population least able to cope with their crisis .
17 The objective of all the Departments within the Faculty of Humanities is to set before students the example of the highest standards of performance , to teach them to think for themselves , to develop their individual abilities , and to express their ideas cogently and objectively .
18 Fundamentalism , then , is a simple expression of a faith which is said to enshrine the sacred tenets of a belief-structure .
19 At any energy there will be at least one closed orbit , and this orbit is said to parent the family of non-closed orbits that librate around it .
20 Whenever a database request is made via Oedipus the details are recorded in the Trace Log .
21 Our model , which is made by Haws the specialists , is beautifully proportioned , capacious ( it holds ¾ gallon ) and painted a garden-friendly green .
22 Indeed , the visitor could be forgiven for being a little disappointed , although when it is floodlit at night the theatre very much comes to life .
23 Initially , three sets of largely orthogonal joints develop , but as the overlying rock is unloaded by erosion the release of pressure in the upper 100m or so of the batholith generates a secondary set of joints aligned roughly parallel with the surface .
24 If we accept that more of the caring is done by women the second problematic issue for family care of elderly people is the number of women who expect to be employed outside the home .
25 If the draft is approved by ministers the general levy for cattle will rise from 190p to a maximum of 219p , calves from 12p to 14p , sheep from 34p to 39p and pigs 48p to 55p .
26 Yasmin Le Bon is envied by women the world over .
27 They know that their personal life is rooted in God the Trinity .
28 Milton is paying to Eden the highest compliment in his power .
29 The reciprocal of the p/e ratio — the earnings yield — is thought to measure the claim by shareholders on a firm 's cash flow , so the higher the p/e the lower the cost of capital .
30 When DC information is requested for transfer the following details are available for viewing :
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