Example sentences of "[is] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | An Collins 's expression of self-effacing humility is better than Herbert 's in the sense that Collins 's humility is paramount where Herbert is maintaining a strong concept of self and , indeed , self-applause . |
2 | The arguments in favour of the provision of an outer bypass for Edinburgh , designed to a high standard , are so overwhelming that Lothian Regional Council is maintaining a continuing construction programme aimed at completion of the entire bypass by 1990 . |
3 | the best thing to do , check with the Health Board , they 'll the only other way is to go a certain distance into nowadays |
4 | To link small variations in a single protein with the existence of an all-purpose ‘ addictive personality ’ is to go a long way too far . |
5 | One of the most common reasons for a machine not stitching correctly is using a blunt needle or an incorrect size of needle for the fabric and thread . |
6 | Steilmann , working in conjunction with leading scientists and investing , to date , DM 5 million , is using a new manufacturing process . |
7 | You can always tell someone who is using a digital watch . |
8 | In collaboration with the Institute of Hydrology BGS is using a digital terrain model to represent geochemical data from a catchment . |
9 | The most popular method or organic farming is using a multi-culture system in which crops are grown and livestock reared . |
10 | An operating team from Princess Margaret is using a spare theatre at the RAF Hospital . |
11 | The wind is about Force 4 here and Ken is using a large sail . |
12 | However , I wonder if the Institute is using a different version of FRS 1 from mine . |
13 | From this internal knowledge of Belfast English we can conclude that the speaker who says [ ku : ] for queue is using a careful style strategy to avoid the palatalized segment ( see my comments on avoidance of stigma in chapter 2.6 , above ) , which is a strongly regional marker and also a marker of older male speech . |
14 | He is using a human child as research material , removing him from what everybody — our readers — must regard as a normal human life . |
15 | That our instinctive loathing for the way Dr. Briant is manipulating human life , is using a human child as a lever to open the box that holds God 's secrets about life , our response , I say , is not reactionary , not the stupid fears of little men , but is born of our awareness of the dangers of knowing too much , is a God-given warning , if you like . |
16 | We must remember that he had started his active life as a lawyer and as a student of rhetoric , and he is using a common figure of rhetoric , hyperbole , within carefully controlled limits . |
17 | Trafalgar House Construction 's Open Learning Centre is using a television-based management training resource as a key element in the development of management skills and work based competence . |
18 | They usually pose no problems but sometimes the upper tushes are high enough to interfere with the bit which should be especially considered if the horse is to wear a double bridle . |
19 | My own solution is to wear a one-piece smock that fits over my head . |
20 | I 'm coming up a hill near some kind of huge church or cathedral — there must 've been a service or a concert going on because people are pouring out — one of them 's singing a high trill and her boyfriend 's cross : ‘ Please , Miranda ! |
21 | Now , North Warren warden Rob Macklin is masterminding a pioneering project . |
22 | The only thing she 'd done is make a small scratch with a rose thorn and was unfortunate enough to get a piece of contaminated soil |
23 | ‘ What I am going to do , ’ he says , ‘ is make a special presentation , to mark this brave effort . ’ |
24 | The four principal strings are tensioned by full-sized Schaller machines and , though each pair of accompanying drones are identical in gauge , each is assigned a different-sized machine key to let you know exactly which one is being adjusted . |
25 | Corpora may be raw ( text only ) , tagged ( each word is assigned a syntactic category ) or analysed ( parsed ) ( see $4.5.2 ) . |
26 | While I question the possibility of ranking Buid society as more or less ‘ peaceful ’ according to some culture-free , quantitative standard , I think it can be placed in a category of relatively ‘ peaceful ’ societies because of the complete absence of any social situation in which aggressive conduct is assigned a positive value . |
27 | On the circle is placed a second circle with a small window , the size of a picture . |
28 | So , if the green lacewing larva is to enjoy a decent meal of woolly alder aphids , it has to find a way of avoiding being attacked by the ants . |
29 | Bellway is forecasting a pre-tax profit of around £16 million for the year to end-July . |
30 | The company said sales so far this year are up by 16 p.c. and it is forecasting a further profit rise in 1992 . |