Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [prep] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I have to do is think of the most unpleasant thing possible . ’ |
| 2 | However , expectations of three-cornered comparisons are dashed because the work is arranged in a straightforwardly linear and chronological fashion , and the same issues are not necessarily addressed in each of the three separate discussions on the three rooms . |
| 3 | In determinist terms , this is explained by the virtually infinite complexity of different constellations of different causal variables in individual cases . |
| 4 | This is explained by the much greater propensity of IT specialists to carry on their studies ( three times more likely ) ; |
| 5 | The same kind of point is illustrated by ( 19 ) , except here it is more likely that it is the notion of full luminescence which is explained in the more familiar terms given in the reformulation : In these examples , the speaker 's aim in reformulating an utterance is to enrich the hearer 's encyclopedic entries in order to ensure a greater understanding of the surrounding discourse or text . |
| 6 | This is compounded by the relatively high level of psychiatric morbidity in areas such as Southwark and by a 11% reduction in NHS funding resulting from a new weighted capitation system , which is diverting money from inner south London to Kent and Sussex . |
| 7 | Most government debt as it matures is rolled over , but the maturity of the replacement debt can have a significant influence on the yield curve in the form of humps in the market segment in which the debt is placed ( i.e. , the debt is placed at a relatively low price and a relatively high yield ) . |
| 8 | The back foot is placed on the leeward side of the board with a number of factors ( such as the weight of the sailor and the length of the board ) determining where you place it . |
| 9 | In Homoeopathy and many other types of alternative medicine the patient 's illness is placed in a much larger context . |
| 10 | The I of these poems is placed in a deliberately false and weak position . |
| 11 | It should be clear that if a child is placed in an ethnically insensitive white community he or she will fail to develop the mechanisms necessary to survive in a racist society . |
| 12 | A pan is placed beneath the lowest sieve to retain the ‘ fines ’ which pass through the entire column . |
| 13 | This is shown by looking at what happens when a Siamese kitten is reared in a very cold environment . |
| 14 | There is an odd ambivalence directed to matters sexual in what is recognized as a staunchly Roman Catholic country . |
| 15 | Development of low-angle detachment structures is favoured in a rheologically layered continental crust . |
| 16 | Therefore , the light is situated above the more powerful Fluval 3 , where both heaters are sited . |
| 17 | The village is situated on a very steep hillside with steps leading up to the next row of houses . |
| 18 | The crossing is situated on a very busy dual carriageway where the speed limit is forty miles an hour and I would point th point out this literature which says that at forty miles an hour , if children are knocked into , most children are killed . |
| 19 | This charming , medium-sized , family-run hotel is situated in a slightly elevated position overlooking lovely landscaped gardens which are ideal for relaxing and sunbathing . |
| 20 | The creche is situated in a pleasantly bright and cheerful room with access to the outside area . |
| 21 | If the unit is situated in a centrally heated room where the temperature is thermostatically controlled , accuracy of a minute or two per day may be expected . |
| 22 | Elsham signalbox is situated in a very remote part of the Lincolnshire countryside and thus evokes more strange happenings that baffled John Daubney when he had to take over the box as a relief signalman . |
| 23 | The Arts Centre is situated in a very prominent position at one of the main entrances to the campus and will form a natural first port of call for visitors to the University . |
| 24 | Eventually he is joined by a profusely apologetic colleague . |
| 25 | This is not the first time that Vitelli has insisted to Clara that his sexual desire for her is conjoined with an equally strong desire to kill/ fuck her father ( and , now , her brother ) : |
| 26 | Even more significantly this teacher goes on to express the view that this approach is not incompatible with the examination system , where in the context of the GCSE , the personal and professional experience the tutor has of each student 's progress and development is counterpoised with the more objective and detached assessment of the external moderator . |
| 27 | Our brief is to report on the more fascinating aspects of this period of intense change — the meeting of consciousness and business ; the search for meaning in our information society ; the need to empower ourselves , discover a new global heart and become our own politics . |
| 28 | I thought that , and I 'm not an expert in but I thought this was a penetrating critique and all goes well for how the department is handling in a very difficult starting situation , a most important matter but there is Mr spoke to me about this paper and er I think we will have to hear what Mr had to say , I do n't know who 's going to report that . |
| 29 | But this is dismissed as a merely verbal error . |
| 30 | The individual work histories of Mutang'ang'i 's original forty trainees include as many different jobs as were held by Mutang'ang'i himself , since the informal sector is typified by a very high turnover . |