Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SHELL , which is due to report its 1992 results later this week , will be forced to write off £131 million through adverse foreign currency dealings involving a Japanese associate company in which it holds a 50 per cent stake . |
| 2 | He is due to conduct his first such service in the Capital in July next year . |
| 3 | Detectives believe the pensioner , who is due to celebrate her 100th birthday next month , was repeatedly punched in the face by her attacker who probably escaped through the bedroom window . |
| 4 | The Railways Bill is due to reach its final stage in the commons next week . |
| 5 | Toral , a nurse at Darlington Memorial Hospital , is due to have her first baby in April . |
| 6 | Before that , however , the promising filly Hatoof , who disputes favouritism for the 1,000 Guineas with Musicale at 8–1 , is due to make her seasonal debut against five opponents in the Prix Imprudence at Maisons-Laffitte tomorrow . |
| 7 | On the 20th she is due to make her last RAF-owned display at Dreamflight , Cranfield , Beds , with an emotional return to Waddington on the 21st . |
| 8 | Ipswich hope to have Shirra make his debut in the double header with King 's Lynn on Good Friday but by then Norris will have moved , and he is due to make his first appearance for the Eagles tomorrow at King 's Lynn . |
| 9 | The company is due to unveil its high-end SparcStation 10 models tomorrow , and will bring them out at substantially reduced price points to stimulate growth of a high-powered multitasking and multiprocessing desktop marketplace . |
| 10 | Creaney , brought up on legends of the Lisbon Lions side who won the European Cup before he was born , is due to play his first full match in Europe when Celtic take on Cologne in the UEFA Cup first round first leg in Germany this week . |
| 11 | Lastly , David O'Leary is due to play his first comeback game for the reserves this week . |
| 12 | Mr Stephen 's bill is due to get its second reading tomorrow . |
| 13 | In Western Europe , the Joint European Torus ( JET ) is the focus of attention , and is due to begin its first experiments later this year . |
| 14 | What I have attempted to argue in this chapter is that to consider our own experience against an international background reminds us of three linked points : |
| 15 | It is ironical to contemplate what this economy measure could have meant to the University had the test-tube fusion work succeeded : of the billions of dollars in royalties , Southampton — where Pons had got his start in the field and where Fleischmann had spent over twenty years — would have had claim to none . |
| 16 | It 's due to receive its second reading in the committee stage of the House of Lords today . |
| 17 | Remember that it is possible to respect your own opinions and those of other people , even if those opinions differ . |
| 18 | Sometimes it is possible to decide what particular activities bring on an attack of giddiness . |
| 19 | All I am trying to show is that it is possible to improve your general health and your sense of well-being by paying greater attention to what you put into your mouth and body . |
| 20 | TALKING of which , Brian Clough 's behaviour can be so eccentric it is possible to believe him capable of almost anything . |
| 21 | Is is possible to find its original military number plate as it 's been reregistered with a civilian number ? |
| 22 | So by examining meteorites it is possible to discover what some of the asteroids are made of without ever having to visit the asteroid belt . |
| 23 | Most people only have shingles once in a lifetime but it is possible to have it several times . |
| 24 | But if you follow instructions carefully , it is possible to fit your own . |
| 25 | By now it should be obvious that with interval harmony it is possible to obtain whatever harmonic results we please , through the manipulation of the consonant or dissonant intervals available to us , without resorting to tonal conventions . |
| 26 | Moreover , she is willing to connect her poor appearance with her interest in literature . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , congressmen from energy-producing states are going around town telling everybody who is willing to listen what splendid concessions they got in return for their votes . |
| 28 | If for example , one envisages a flock of say 1,000 laying birds , it is very important to carry out market research to find whether the immediate area can and is willing to purchase your whole production . |
| 29 | The influence of these broad parameters makes itself felt in the opening pages of the Report , to the extent that the Committee is prepared to revise its very terms of reference in the light of its wider concerns . |
| 30 | Naff plebeian drugs , junk food , hoary sexism , a love of trash culture … hip hop and hardcore share all these , but where hip hop still has a guiding notion of cool ( both music and style are minimal ) neo-hardcore is prepared to LET IT ALL HANG OUT horribly ; the corset of cool has been ruptured and all manner of banished and forbidden rock memories have sprawled free … grotesquerie embraced as a defiant gesture against the sound track of yuppie culture — sleek , chic , designer pop-soul . |