Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | No credit is given for trusts ' abilities to enhance returns through gearing . |
| 2 | The same phenomenon is occurring with brokers ' research . |
| 3 | EC is blamed for farmers ' ‘ losses ’ |
| 4 | Meanwhile , USL Pacific is acting as Chorus ' agent in the Far East where it has no operation of its own . |
| 5 | Little is said about workers ' consciousness ( awareness and interpretation of their situation ) , or the social and political impulses towards joining the labour movement which have undoubtedly been important in Western Europe . |
| 6 | It is made with ewes ' milk and is left to ripen for three months in limestone caves . |
| 7 | The development is made of Redlands ' multi-coloured bricks and Steetley 's are used in large projecting bays which front the building . |
| 8 | A further comparison is made between pensioners ' clubs which are organised by volunteers on behalf of charitable bodies and those which are run by old people for themselves . |
| 9 | A similar , one day , version is attended by contractors ' staff not subject to a period Contract . |
| 10 | It is named after Sethos ' successor , Ramesses II ( who was mainly responsible for building it ) , " the House of Ramesses " , " Raamses " ( 1:11 ) . |
| 11 | Their lack of faith is met with Moses ' anger and then with God 's exasperation , but nothing more . |
| 12 | Consumption is seen as households ' spending on goods and services which yield utility in the current period , while saving is defined as that part of disposable income which is not spent . |
| 13 | Many a QT Day has featured a session with an exponent of a discipline other than Medau , and this spirit of ecumenism is reflected in members ' own activities . |
| 14 | This is reflected in drivers ' resistance to take advantage of the price differential . |
| 15 | The specific gravity is measured by Archimedes ' principle . |
| 16 | The compromise is symbolized by Lysias ' mention ( xxiii.3 ) of ‘ the barber 's shop by the Herms in the Athenian agora where the demesmen of Decelea congregate ’ — an evocative phrase which evidently described a well-known social phenomenon , since it is almost exactly reproduced in an inscription from Decelea ( Syll. 921 , lines 63–4 ) . |
| 17 | Hence the course 's educational philosophy which is based on students ' needs , experiential and facilitative in teaching methods with a strong emphasis on developing autonomy , self-reliance and self- confidence towards professional competence . |
| 18 | Choice is based on students ' background and interests , and , in some cases , alternative courses may be taken . |
| 19 | " On Free and Latent Semantic Energy " , by Claes Schaar , is based on informants ' interpretation of fragments of language in isolation , such as literary quotations , maxims and sayings . |
| 20 | The system is based around Siemens ' Vision Optimised Network Evolution programme , although GEC Plessey says that it has been the developer of the services to be offered and will manage the planned Asynchronous Transfer Mode evolution . |
| 21 | This table is based upon interviewees ' detailed descriptions of their desired practice , not upon terms they used to describe them . |
| 22 | In particular , attention is focused on girls ' differential engagement with , and performance in , certain scientific and technical subjects ( see , for example , The Further Education Unit , 1985b ; The Schools Council Project on Reducing Sex Differentiation in Schools , 1983 ; Brent LEA , 1982 ) . |
| 23 | Deviance discovered by reactive means is relatively unpatterned as a result , in contrast with much proactive enforcement which is moulded by agents ' predictions of where deviance is likely to be located . |
| 24 | When you look at a complex sponge skeleton such as that made of silica spicules which is known as Venus ' Flower Basket , the imagination is baffled . |
| 25 | Space is provided for candidates ' own work . |
| 26 | Further room for manoeuvre is provided by GEMMs ' ability to borrow stock from approved lenders , typically large insurance companies and pension funds . |
| 27 | Wouters ' project is to build upon Elias ' theory of the ‘ civilising process ’ , and to show how informalisation , far from contradicting Elias ' thesis , can actually be incorporated within it . |
| 28 | In the short term , the squabble was resolved , although the seriousness of the issue is indicated by Hastings ' threat to withdraw to Calais , where he was captain , if his demands were not met . |
| 29 | In the short term , the squabble was resolved , although the seriousness of the issue is indicated by Hastings ' threat to withdraw to Calais , where he was captain , if his demands were not met . |
| 30 | The Bottoms restaurant , in the hotel basement , is run by Topps ' proprietors , Paul ( who has been in the business for twenty-three years ) and his wife , Pauline . |