Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bees raised on a hillside of wildflowers produce a fine wax that is blended into a hand cream much sought after in Bath and beyond . |
| 2 | The coir is blended with a mix of nitrogen , phosphate and potassium fertilizers to form the new compost . |
| 3 | then all the data from the TREE command , which normally goes straight to the screen , is redirected to a file called PENGUIN . |
| 4 | If a child is sniffing with a group of young people , and has been for some time , it may help to provide other more interesting and exciting leisure activities . |
| 5 | PPC If you are dead set against replacing your motherboard ( which is the option I 'd go for ) then your only alternative , other than buying a new set up , is to go for a processor replacement card . |
| 6 | If they like it , the answer is to go for a swim by buying PEPs , ’ says Amanda . |
| 7 | ‘ What I 'd really like to do now is to go for a drink with you . |
| 8 | The normal ‘ use ’ is to go for a joyride , to get home after missing the last bus or train or for the use in crime . |
| 9 | Third , since the APB wants to ensure that the debate which it intends the paper to stimulate does not get confined to the Big Six and a few others , it is to go on a whistlestop tour of the country over the next three months , holding discussion meetings with interested parties . |
| 10 | A third reason why dieting makes you fat is because fat is less metabolically active than muscle … the one sure way to slow the body down and so create the conditions for getting fat is to go on a diet |
| 11 | Of course his first move is to go to a pub . |
| 12 | The best advice is to go to a specialist consumer credit/hire purchase lawyer for information on this very important matter . |
| 13 | However the one thing that you must never do is to go between a cow and her calf and I made this mistake one morning and I had to take to my heals and run . |
| 14 | The money is to go in a penalty box kept by Grandmother ; the proceeds will go to a charity . |
| 15 | It is this extra sum which the estate is using as a stick against the BMC , in the hope that it will stump up the cash as the estate can not afford to invest this much in climbing . |
| 16 | Another up-and-coming Middlesbrough and Cleveland athlete , Jeffrey Anderson , is recovering from a hamstring injury received in last month 's Mandale Open meeting . |
| 17 | DEREK RANDALL , Nottinghamshire 's former England batsman , is recovering from a cartilage operation to cure knee trouble that hampered him in the closing stages of the season . |
| 18 | The Lubavitcher Rebbe is recovering from a stroke . |
| 19 | Mabel , who is recovering from a stroke , added : ‘ I feel great . |
| 20 | The City players collected almost £1,000 to enable Lisa Johnson to join Lake in Los Angeles where he is recovering from a transplant operation on his knee . |
| 21 | Lancashire will make a late fitness check on Orrell hooker Neil Hitchen , who is recovering from a neck injury . |
| 22 | The defence will remain unchanged in the continued absence of central defender Kevin Ball , who is recovering from a knee injury , and if Goodman is available Crosby will have to choose between former England international Peter Davenport or young striker David Rush for the remaining midfield slot . |
| 23 | For example , he is likened to a thief , but he actually wants to become a king , and speaks as if he were a Prince . |
| 24 | If God is likened to a king , as in Islam especially , it indicates that God is in control , that we can trust God , and so forth . |
| 25 | In the New Testament , God is likened to a father , a shepherd and the owner of a vineyard ( among other images , including some found in the Old Testament ) . |
| 26 | It is likened to a heaven full of stars , yet better than such because his wounds are efficacious by day as well as by night , and not only can not be obscured by clouds but positively drive away clouds of sin ; a net full of holes in which the meditator prays to be drawn to the bank of death ; a dovecote full of holes of refuge and a honeycomb full of cells of sweet honey ; a book written in red ink — matter for the meditator 's attention at " matyns , pryme , houris , euesong & complin " ; a meadow full of healing and delightful flowers and herbs ( 96 – 7 ) . |
| 27 | Racism is likened to a poison which children take in , if not from their mother 's breast , then at least from its mechanical substitutes . |
| 28 | The setpoint mechanism is likened to a thermostat . |
| 29 | The most famous head that gets the cover treatment is ex-Band frontman turned yup rock jock , Robbie Robertson — his ‘ Makes No Difference ’ is the most commercial track on the mini-album and is mooted as a single . |
| 30 | The most famous head that gets the cover treatment is ex-Band frontman turned yup rock jock , Robbie Robertson — his ‘ Makes No Difference ’ is the most commercial track on the mini-album and is mooted as a single . |