Example sentences of "is [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One way of looking at the effects of the kind of industry they work in is to see whether black people and whites living in the same area — inner cities for example — have similar rates of unemployment . |
| 2 | This is to see whether any health problems you might have had recently could be affected by your diet , or alcohol and cigarette consumption . |
| 3 | Is is to see whether green consumer Rob and Trish want to , to have something . |
| 4 | The agency 's responsibility is to see that those children are properly paid for . |
| 5 | One is to see if adventurous buying , lavish displays and good service ( which includes opening until 7pm and for a half-day on Sunday ) will galvanise the public . |
| 6 | Women are given an expected delivery date that is calculated as 40 weeks ( 280 days ) after the first day of the last menstrual bleed . |
| 7 | This is explained if malabsorbed polysaccharides are fermented to short chain fatty acids , most of which are rapidly absorbed , decreasing the colonic osmotic pressure and thereby preventing an increase in faecal water . |
| 8 | All we would like to do in the lab is make that same compound in a different way , and many of the compounds which are used are the same as those found in nature , the only difference is they 've been prepared in a test tube instead of being prepared in a plant . |
| 9 | The situation is compounded when such behaviour is ‘ explained ’ by some of the completely non-psychological — indeed , even militantly anti-psychological — theories of crime and delinquency which are fashionable today with sociologists , social workers and the general public . |
| 10 | It is compounded when several people are involved in the aggravated taking of a vehicle — my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden ( Mr. Mills ) said that such people were not content with being in a car but wanted to be in the boot as well — and by the speed and lethal power of the Cosworths and other vehicles which they steal . |
| 11 | Otherwise the fact that RPM is disallowed but that franchisors can ‘ recommend ’ selling prices to franchisees would be quite remarkable . |
| 12 | However , it is recognized that other tasks may well tap other aspects of plural reference . |
| 13 | It is recognized that any programme of improving information management will cost money , in the form of staff and equipment , but any money spent will result in opening up the wealth of our information resources to larger numbers of people . |
| 14 | Thus although it is recognized that regulatory agencies can influence behaviour , it is also true that the framework on to which they impose constraints is not the same regardless of the underlying institutional structure . |
| 15 | In order to communicate between data bases of differing structures it is recognized that some expansion of the file is necessary . |
| 16 | However , it is recognized that some processes , such as the production of output for proofing or to magnetic tape , may be executed in a background mode to optimize the use of system resources . |
| 17 | economic about Taiwan and there 's a great deal of irony in this because you know here you are in the nineteen fifties in China rich peasant economy which is accepting and preserving inequalities |
| 18 | While no one is suggesting that any health risks attach to Quorn , it need only take one popular comedian cracking jokes at Quorn 's expense to generate major marketing problems . |
| 19 | In so doing , any hint of attempted indoctrination , conditioning , manipulation , even influencing and persuading , is misplaced because this dimension can only be grasped in freedom , or it is not grasped at all . |
| 20 | From 1 January 1993 , it is intended that all members engaging in public practice , whether retired , semi-retired or in full-time employment , will be subject to the requirement to hold a practising certificate and consequently to comply with the PII Regulations ( p 151 ) . |
| 21 | When this system is in use it is intended that all members of the design team will be allowed to view and manipulate some of the filed data , but not necessarily all of it . |
| 22 | The identity of each years show lies with the selector , in this way it is intended that each exhibition will be significantly different in terms of art practise , medium and ways of thinking . |
| 23 | Following the success of the first Alumni Teachers ' Meeting at the University 's Schools ' Open Day , it is intended that such meetings will become a regular event . |
| 24 | It is intended that interim findings will be reported for discussion in venture groups , the results of which will then be integrated into the final report . |
| 25 | It is intended that this system , which will presumably be the basis for pool allocations for some years to come , will be refined during the next few years as it works out in practice . |
| 26 | It is intended that this pilot research will develop a standardised set of procedures with which the investigation can be extended over the remaining Ulster counties which subsequently formed Northern Ireland . |
| 27 | We should be grateful for your advice on whether this is a loophole which is likely to be quickly closed or whether it is intended that this type of business should benefit in this way . |
| 28 | Two officers whose term of secondment came to an end in the course of the year were replaced by promotions from within the Library 's staff , and it is intended that this pattern should continue when the remaining officer returns to the Scottish Office in due course . |
| 29 | These are usually agreed jointly by the Countryside Commission and local authorities , and it is intended that strict development control should be applied within them . |
| 30 | It is intended that these principles are not seen purely as constrictive rules , but as a guide to promote the positive development of Scottish rock climbing to ensure that sports climbing , rather than becoming a substitute for the traditional climbing , grows alongside it . |