Example sentences of "is [verb] [verb] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only by keeping an up to date total cost plan , which is revised to incorporate all new forecasts , that realistic comparisons with the budget cost can be made . |
| 2 | Some organisations provide detailed lists of items which are allowable under the disturbance allowance ; others merely state that it is intended to meet all other ‘ out-of-pocket ’ expenses incurred during relocation which are not specified elsewhere in the company 's policy . |
| 3 | Ultimately it is intended to cover all vocational qualifications , but , for the present , work is restricted to the skilled worker level . |
| 4 | a reserve which provides a margin for uncertainties and is intended to cover any future additions to items within the planning total , whether these result from policy changes , new initiatives , contingencies or revised estimates of demand-led programmes such as social security ; and |
| 5 | The term " business secrets " , where used in this book , is intended to cover any confidential information of value used in business . |
| 6 | Gramsci ( 1978 ) has pointed out that once a mode of production is established , with corresponding modes of political and cultural discourse , then law is developed to regulate that particular social formation . |
| 7 | For the ability to play on stage is important in life , as it is to continue to fill that empty space with our vision . |
| 8 | For , if man is to continue to nourish that vital part of human civilisation , which is the control over the future of life on earth , it is necessary that his definition of morality , good social behaviour , and understanding of right and wrong uses the evidence to be found within the evolutionary story and which he can then enshrine in a viable ‘ god ’ . |
| 9 | Running under MS-DOS , OS/2 or Unix , it is claimed to support all major networks including NetWare , Microsoft LAN Manager for MS-DOS and Unix , IBM LAN Server , Vines , Lantastic , and other NCR System 3000-based networks including TCP/IP , Open Systems Interconnection and SNA Workgroup . |
| 10 | The Esix product is claimed to unify all major versions and derivatives of Unix such as System V.3.2 , Berkeley Software Distribution 4.2 and 4.3 and Microsoft Corp 's Xenix , which was also handed over to Santa Cruz a year or three back . |
| 11 | Man , on the other hand , who within this particular characterization of the nature — culture dichotomy is deemed to lack such natural and visible creative functions , is obliged , or at least has the opportunity , ( to use the words of Ortner ) to assert his creativity externally through the medium of technology , ritual and symbol . |
| 12 | ICI group-wide policy is to try to eliminate all off-site disposal of environmentally harmful wastes . |
| 13 | In the words of the council leader , the new department was set up to ‘ act in a political manner ’ with a function of ‘ political mobilization ’ and , according to its first co-ordinator , ‘ part of the challenge for us in the local authority is to try to reintroduce some political perspective ’ ( quoted in Duncan and Goodwin , 1988 , p. 85 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ What remains is the problem which I have been concerned with over the past year , which is to try to regenerate enough political pressure within the international community to oblige Iran to reverse its current policy . |
| 15 | At this stage , your object is to try to stop any further movement of the needle , NOT to return it to the centre . |
| 16 | And therefore the very first task of the philosopher is to try to awaken this deeper desire . |
| 17 | I acknowledge that we must have an eye to the international experience , and our work internationally is to try to ensure that other countries , too , put up their premiums in a way that sensibly recognises the problems of such cover throughout the world . |
| 18 | The third way is to try mixing several fine yarns together , to create complex colours for the background and the teasels , which gives an even more atmospheric appearance . |
| 19 | The counsellor 's task is to try to unravel these separate strands of cultural norms , social theory and individual need , and to discover the real feelings and needs of the older individual . |
| 20 | The main thing is to try to reassess all those long familiar features in a room that are taken completely for granted because you are so used to them . |
| 21 | The new form of poaching has replaced the killing of deer for meat as the price of venison has dropped ; a single set of antlers is reported to fetch several hundred pounds . |
| 22 | However I know for a fact that is has done much more than just promote real draught ale . |
| 23 | The trial , which is expected to last another 5 weeks , has been adjourned until Tuesday . |
| 24 | The trial , in which 200 witnesses are due to testify , is expected to last another six weeks . |
| 25 | The bypass is part of a scheme to link the M4 and M5 motorways and the inquiry is expected to last another 6 weeks . |
| 26 | In London , this has been firmly put down — along with Kevin MacNamara 's musings on the same subject — and the Unionists ' support for Mr Major is expected to yield some unmentionable dividends . |
| 27 | Every school at Key Stage 2 is expected to do some local history . |
| 28 | The project , which is expected to take some 18 months to complete , will enable all library staff to have access through the online catalogue to up-to-date information on all periodicals and newspaper titles currently received , including the date of the last issue received , and , in most cases , the expected date of the next issue . |
| 29 | This is expected to show that appropriate parts of the monies passed to the schools from local authorities have been spent on books . |
| 30 | Rationalisation of the Ashmolean/Taylorian site is expected to produce much improved facilities for teaching ( especially for graduate teaching ) and research in several subjects in the Humanities ( namely , Archaeology , Classics , History of Art , Modern Languages , and Oriental Studies ) , and to enhance the space available to the Ashmolean Museum and improve its ability to fulfil its teaching , research , and public roles . |