Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For sterling and the other major currencies the ‘ effective exchange rate ’ is a general measure of the exchange value of the domestic currency , and it is calculated on such a basis . |
| 2 | Were it face-on to us , I suppose that binoculars would show the spiral ; it is a great pity that it is placed at such an unfavourable angle . |
| 3 | Er we set up on a regional basis er er Robert talked to you a couple of months ago about the initiatives that he 's taking from our and that again is a very much of a cross practice initiative er which is drawing on all the skills that we 've got within the with within the office penetrate the middle market sector and we are going to er specifically use er our grounds expertise and er computer audit expertise as a product which we saw would be attractive to these er these sort of companies . |
| 4 | Lennie 's ultimate paradise in this dream is to get to tend rabbits , and this is referred to all the time throughout the book , adding to the sense of impending tragedy which exists all the way through the book , until the tragedy actually occurs . |
| 5 | These are as follows : ( 1 ) Once a Court Scheme has been approved by the requisite majority of members and sanctioned by the court it is binding on all the members ( or the particular class of them ) and the company . |
| 6 | Under partnership law , information known to one partner is imputed to all the partners , laying firms open to charges of making misleading statements when a Chinese wall impeded information . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) For the purposes of this section : ( a ) " special road " and " special road authority " have the same meanings as in the Roads ( Scotland ) Act 1984 and ( b ) " class I " means class 1 in Schedule 3 to the Act , as varied from time to time by any order under section 8 of that Act , but , if that Schedule is amended by such an order so as to add to it a further class of traffic , the order may adapt the reference in this section to traffic of class 1 so as to take account of the additional class . |
| 8 | ( i ) Backwards pruning : the problem is formulated in such a way that the average branching factor and/or the depth of the tree are kept low . |
| 9 | 2. it will do so because it is undertaken with such a belief ; |
| 10 | Moral and religious disagreements are seen as endemic to a democratic society , and the validity of the Rawlsian conception of justice is limited to such a society . |
| 11 | In spite of occasional feelings to the contrary , usually described as good or bad luck , the physical world is neither for nor against the actions of the individual ( except in the robotic sense of Le Chatilier 's principle which states that whenever a constraint is placed on a system in equilibrium , the equilibrium is altered in such a way as to annul the efforts of the constraint ) . |
| 12 | If food is stacked in such a way that the air circulation is impeded , performance will suffer . |
| 13 | Although a revised standard on going concern is needed , it is important that this SAS , which is seen by many as a critical element in reducing the expectation gap , is not rushed and that due consideration is given to all the issues the commentators have raised . |
| 14 | ( a ) Meetings and their conduct Whatever may have been agreed as to the taking of decisions by unanimous or majority vote , as much a matter of good management as of good faith is the need to ensure that all relevant information is given to all the partners before a vote is taken : the requisite majority of partners should not purport to take decisions and act on them behind the backs of the minority unless such has been expressly authorised or the need for immediate action precludes the convening of a partners ' meeting ; and even then there should be no delay before all partners are acquainted with the circumstances and invited to ratify any decision taken in their name . |
| 15 | Will he ensure that , before any consideration is given to such a development , we are quite clear in Britain how long such troops would stay , what exactly they would be setting out to achieve , and how they would cope with the aftermath ? |
| 16 | The original beam , black and that beam across there is the original beam which is blackened by all the smoke . |
| 17 | IBM has invested so much in the development of , and so much more in the marketing of , OS/2 2.0 that it has to plough on with it even if in 18 months ' time it becomes clear that it is becoming at best a respectable also-ran in the desktop stakes . |
| 18 | Each instruction is encoded in such a way that it can be held in a store location , so that the store contains both the data being operated on and the program of instructions specifying the operations to be performed . |
| 19 | This country is not prepared to accept the gospel of despair in mass unemployment , which is returning on such a scale today . |
| 20 | ‘ What becomes more difficult , and what the geoscientists , drillers and completions people all work to ensure , is that the well is drilled in such a way as to make the completion process as routine as possible . ’ |
| 21 | The kinematics approach recognizes that the mechanism is constrained in such a way that only a prescribed motion is possible ; a mechanism that is randomly assembled and disassembled with no known input conditions is hardly a mechanism and is impossible to analyse by any method . |
| 22 | My life is organised in such a way that I have excluded the jobs I like least . |
| 23 | There are also " structural " techniques whereby the business of the firm is organised in such a way as to eliminate or minimise conflicts . |
| 24 | That is carried to such an extreme that we will recognise dictatorships and ignore the coups which bring some despots to power . |
| 25 | Where a particular environment is located on such an Eh-pH diagram provides a useful indication of the nature of chemical reactions that are likely to occur . |
| 26 | Hambledon District Council believes that insufficient regard has been payed erm to these issues erm in the structure plan alteration , in paragraph thirty three the P P G sets down a list of criteria erm to which local authorities er should refer erm , I 'll erm refer specifically to er to three of them and I and and comeback to them as I go through erm erm what I want to say , erm the first one I draw that I would draw the panel 's attention to is erm that the alternative of the expansion of existing towns or villages should represent a less satisfactory method at providing the land for housing that is needed , and it 's a rhetorical question really here , erm and w we would ask that erm if there has n't been a comparative appraisal erm of the two options , and how could there be , there 's no erm district or areas been identified , how can we be certain that one option is better than another under the terms of that er criterion , erm the oth second point we would draw the panel 's attention is that the proposal is a clear expression of local preference supported by the local planning authorities , and again I would emphasize there that Hambledon District Council objects , and the third one is the option of a new settlement in preference to the alternative would result in positive environmental improvements , and I 'll return to that erm briefly in relation to er to Hambledon , P P G twelve erm paragraph six one four that 's been referred to it , includes a check list of issues against which areas in for new development in general er need to be er considered , with particular reference for reducing the need for travel , erm amongst these issues that the P P G asked the Councils to take into account erm are that development should make full and effective use of land within existing urban areas , that developments er should consider development patterns that are closely related to public transport net networks , and in relation to housing , and that housing is located in such a way as to minimize car use for journeys to work , school , and other local facilities , P P G thirteen , and I would expect erm I would agree with what Mr Donson has said here , is that it it 's draft and obviously one has to put the appropriate weight on it , but erm this reinforces and expands upon erm established government policy , reducing the need for travel , erm I do n't think it 's necessary for me to go into er the quotes in detail , I think that those have been er been touched on , erm , however , I would say erm that Hambledon District Council believes that the advice in draft P P G thirteen is much less supportive of new settlements , it suggests that greater weight must be given to the environmental implications of the additional traffic generated by new settlements erm this is , erm we believe , particularly important in view of the fact that a new settlement for York is unlikely to be self contained , and by its nature many of the residents will still look to York for essential services , social links , and employment , turning to the residual requirement , erm we have a concern over this , erm clearly a new settlement is intended to mop up any residual requirement which the er policy sets at fourteen hundred dwellings , we 've heard evidence from York today that er the city can accommodate erm more erm houses than was originally envisaged , which brings the residual requirement to erm about the minimum size specified by the County Council as being erm about the right level erm to make a s a new settlement self supporting , however , we would point out that there is still the possibility of erm further peripheral development around York , the greenbelt local plan and Southern Ryedale local plan er have not yet been statutory adopted , the inspector has n't reported on those , we do n't know what he 's going to say about sites er which were at issue , or on the need for flexibility between the inner erm boundary of the greenbelt and the city , irrespective of course of what the inspector says , erm being not yet statutory adopted the County and Ryedale will still have the opportunity to consider , reconsider there policies there , but putting that aside for the present , erm even if it is established that er the requirement for nine thousand seven hundred houses erm ca n't a occupied by er can be accommodated by er peripheral development , erm this does n't it does n't necessarily follow that the answer has to be a new settlement , we heard yesterday in erm great detail that erm environmental considerations have justified a reduction in the rate of development in other districts , erm in the county , I would point out that a relatively modest reduction erm in the inward migration to Ryedale , Selby , and York , could mop up the residual requirement , if one looks at erm the reasons for the greenbelt it is perhaps surprising that given the importance attached to maintaining its historic form and character that this is not an issue erm that 's been considered . |
| 27 | The property of a circumstance that ( 5 ) it necessitates its effect , although we did not pause to consider the matter , is in a way essential to a final element in a definition of a causal circumstance , more particularly a specification of what is included in such a circumstance . |
| 28 | Cider vinegar is included in all the recipes to restore the acid/alkali balance of the scalp . |
| 29 | The brush-strokes have become smaller and more numerous , and perspective is distorted to such an extent that the buildings occasionally appear to be composed of completely dislocated or dissociated walls and roofs . |
| 30 | The area has now been fully restored and is enjoyed by all the local community , as well as providing the perfect outdoor classroom for the children . |