Example sentences of "[num ord] is [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second is to test understanding by inviting someone else to summarize and check that their summary accords with the one you yourself would have given at that stage in the proceedings . |
| 2 | There are thus two possible lines of inquiry ; the first , the argument from descent , is to look to relationships likely to connect the human species with ape-like ancestors ; the second is to compare man with less closely related primates that have followed a similar evolutionary path in invading the savannah lands , an argument therefore by analogy . |
| 3 | The first is to construct the whole thing from scratch , using your own materials , but making use of standard sizes or door and internal storage systems ; the second is to make use of a wardrobe kit , which basically provides the door and the frame to make the wardrobe front , but allows you to choose your own internal fitments . |
| 4 | There is more than ground for the suspicion that throughout , the second focus of Ritschl 's ellipse is the dominant one , and the first is made subservient to it . |
| 5 | The first is to facilitate agreement between the parties on the settlement of the dispute on terms selected and agreed between them . |
| 6 | The first is to draw attention to what I and others believe to be clear injustices in the way in which he was treated before his death and the second is to expose the fact that the injustices faced by Mr. Docherty affect many others in similar circumstances , and are a direct consequence of Government policy . |
| 7 | The first is gaining access to the community in question . |
| 8 | The first is to make use of the rating services and have a rule that , say , you will only deposit money with a triple A bank , ie a bank with a credit rating of AAA . |
| 9 | The first is to increase production through new discoveries — the second is to encourage alternative fuels . |
| 10 | One is to study our closest relatives , the monkeys and great apes , a second is to study the way that particular functions , like the visual analysis of form , are done , irrespective of the species involved ; and the third is to take advantage of differences between species and correlate structural with behavioural differences as means of analysing the functions of brain systems . |