Example sentences of "is [verb] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The least we can do is plant a few trees in return . |
| 2 | It 's nice to think that one is eating the same grapes as Anne Boleyn and Nell Gwyn . ’ |
| 3 | Sometimes some of the sheep and goats are hidden , and when the flock comes to rest at midday the boy is given a few minutes in which to inspect gothorima and report . |
| 4 | An exercise that is always valuable , is to rewrite a few articles that you have read . |
| 5 | They interpret the studies as showing that not only are central details more likely to be attended to in the arousal condition , but that since even when only one eye fixation is permitted the same results occur , there must be differences in the processing of arousing material in addition to the original attentional effect . |
| 6 | all I want out of this life is to meet a few men with something more between their ears than the latest Donna Summer hit . |
| 7 | However , your willingness to come to the aid of your fellow readers is causing a few headaches in our office . |
| 8 | This chart indicates the ownership of equipment as we went to press in January 1991 , but the pattern is developing every few months as companies change hands . |
| 9 | As has already been observed by the Dominican , Conrad Pepler : we need not to labour the fact that Hilton is writing the same things as St John of the Cross , … |
| 10 | The evidence for this article was of a particular kind , and the proposal is to apply the same methods to the subsequent period , taking the whole revaluation as far as the First World War . |
| 11 | Under the Convention , a requested State is to apply the same measures of compulsion as would be available in purely domestic cases ; this is reflected in the provision in section 2(3) of the Act that an order under that section may not require any particular steps to be taken unless they are steps which can be required to be taken by way of obtaining evidence for the purposes of civil proceedings in the court making the order , i.e. , the High Court . |
| 12 | PLANS to turn the site of a former explosives factory at Annan , Dumfriesshire , into Scotland 's top rallying centre were put forward yesterday by the 300-strong Wigton Motor Club which is based a few miles over the Border in Cumbria . |
| 13 | Before going ahead and mixing a perfume as directed in the ‘ Aromatic Concoctions ’ section , the easiest and perhaps the most economical way to experiment is to put a few drops on a damp cotton wool stick . |
| 14 | The usual method of taking the Bach Remedies is to put a few drops in a cup of springwater which is then sipped at intervals . |
| 15 | The simplest decoration is to put a few drops of vegetable dye into the water when you boil and egg . |
| 16 | It is estimated that about 15 per cent of the population , mostly in the rural areas , earn less than Z$100 a year , and it is this group which is facing the most difficulties in keeping their children at school . |
| 17 | The aim of this chapter is to summarise the many arguments currently being canvassed about the effects of high technology on employment . |
| 18 | Here , a 31-year-old fitness instructor reveals how she is suffering the same agonies that drove Joanna to make such a dramatic cry for help . |
| 19 | Its severed head is found a few days later , wrapped in plastic , and used as a football by some local kids . |
| 20 | One of the worst things you can do is to invite a few friends round who then chat in the background so that there is a continuous hubbub . |
| 21 | The main reason why people act in this manner is to save a few seconds — a high price to pay . |
| 22 | Here 's the bank — see the queue along the street from the cash point — people who 've got pots of money in that bank and all they 've got to do is press a few buttons and it 'll spew out a wad of crisp notes into their delicately manicured hand . |
| 23 | For example , in the UK the average period between the ex dividend date and payment of the dividend is fifty three days , while the dividend is announced a few weeks before the ex dividend date ( Yadav and Pope , 1992b ) . |
| 24 | The idea of the ballet is to sketch a few facets of a man 's life as seen by him ( hence Unisoculous — one eye ) . |
| 25 | One good idea is to analyse a few stories by your favourite authors before you begin , not to begin , not to copy their style , but to find out how much plot you need for 5000 words or less . |
| 26 | Keith Richardson 's next task is to beat the all blacks … he 's in charge of the young England team to face New Zealand at Gloucester tomorrow night … |
| 27 | He is putting a few thoughts down on paper . |
| 28 | All I have to do is get a few facts , give them some colourful detail and write the script . |
| 29 | But to read Wittgenstein as a behaviourist is to ignore the many passages in which he explicitly disavows that he is attacking one experiential explanation only to embrace another , and to ignore his own fact-presupposing explanation of the meaning of pain-language . |
| 30 | The procedure is to spend a few hours ( as much as you feel you need ) studying the NZ Visual Flight Guide ( an officially-produced , loose-leaf sort of Flyer VFR Organiser or Pooley 's Guide equivalent ) and getting to know the various local vagaries of VFR , as well as learning to read an interpret the New Zealand half-million charts . |