Example sentences of "is [verb] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now 54 , he earns double what he was getting at Narva , and is helping to develop business with east German companies . |
| 2 | There are also signs that the GMTS process is helping to identify talent from internal sources to meet the requirement for future general managers . |
| 3 | I wish to correct a wrong impression that has gained some credence amongst the ignorant and unreasoning public , that sign language — the agency through which we inter.exchange thought and opinion — is calculated to do injury to the intelligence of the deaf and dumb . |
| 4 | Sometimes the simple margin formula is adjusted to take account of any change in the reference interest rate since the last coupon reset date . |
| 5 | Earnings per share are up er , more than forty percent over the same period last year and when the E P S is adjusted to take account of the non-operating items , the figure has increased by nearly ninety percent . |
| 6 | Parliamentary scrutiny is still important : ( a ) It ensures the measure is publicised allowing opinion outside Parliament to make itself felt . |
| 7 | The score assigned to each migrant is intended to characterize progress in the transition from an insulated to an integrated type of network , and as such is a tool capable of investigating looseknit types of personal network structure ( see 5.7.3 ) . |
| 8 | Will he tell us whether it is intended to give help for water projects , sanitation or afforestation ? |
| 9 | If community care is intended to give priority to the most vulnerable groups in society , the rising numbers of people with dementia and their carers must be addressed urgently as a specific group by local authorities , policy makers and government . |
| 10 | Nothing which we have said is intended to cast doubt on the accepted legality of properly conducted games and sports , lawful chastisement or correction , reasonable surgical interference , dangerous exhibitions , etc . |
| 11 | This is intended to shed light on the important question of whether or not unions do increase wage rigidity , and limit the ability of the economy to cope with a decline in product demand . |
| 12 | For example , if I normally doff my cap only to my superiors , but on an occasion doff my cap to an equal , then I can effectively communicate an ironic regard , with either a joking or a hostile intent ( the non-linguistic example is intended to draw attention to the great generality of the phenomenon ; for a study of a particular linguistic practice and the jokes thus made available , see the study of the openings of telephone calls by Schegloff ( 1979a ) ) . |
| 13 | It is intended to start work around April 1993 . |
| 14 | 6.1 As described earlier in this paper , it is intended to seek agreement on the rate at which courses can be transferred to the new format . |
| 15 | Hollier is an extreme case , but its lesson for the drafter is that if a clause is intended to exclude liability for negligence , it should expressly refer to negligence . |
| 16 | This is intended to remove confusion about what constitutes organic and to stop abuse of the word . |
| 17 | That that implication is intended finds support in his summary of his objections to Owen 's attitude . |
| 18 | The preceding discussion of law 's self-imposed limits and the consequent silence of those whose lives are largely lived in private is intended to criticize instrumentalism for failing to take account of ideology , ‘ the sum of the ways in which people both live and represent to themselves their relationship to the conditions of their existence ’ . |
| 19 | The research follows one group of young people through the course and is intended to throw light on its effectiveness in achieving the agency 's aims ; on the responses of the young consumers ; and on the appropriateness of the techniques and resources of such agencies in undertaking this kind of work . |
| 20 | Answer guide : This is intended to encourage discussion of the economic climate , the market for the goods produced , competition etc . |
| 21 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option as it is intended to provide information for all LIFESPAN users . |
| 22 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option as it is intended to provide information for all LIFESPAN users . |
| 23 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option as it is intended to provide information for all LIFESPAN users . |
| 24 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option as it is intended to provide information for all LIFESPAN users . |
| 25 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option as it is intended to provide information for all LIFESPAN users . |
| 26 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option as it is intended to provide information for all LIFESPAN users . |
| 27 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option as it is intended to provide information for all LIFESPAN users . |
| 28 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option as it is intended to provide information for all LIFESPAN users . |
| 29 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option as it is intended to provide information for all LIFESPAN users . |
| 30 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option as it is intended to provide information for all LIFESPAN users . |