Example sentences of "is [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Abdul Halim Arshat , the secretary-general of Malaysia 's leading Islamic political party , has claimed that ‘ support for Iraq is necessary as the real motive of the US is to kill off the Muslims in Baghdad and to destroy the city . ’ |
| 2 | Yale is bringing out The Planters of the English Landscape Garden by Douglas D.C. Chambers , dealing with the philosophy of gardening and landscaping in England in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries . |
| 3 | One view of the overall employment implications of new technology is that it is bringing about the collapse of work . |
| 4 | Northamptonshire County Council is bringing in the ban on nearly four thousand acres of farmland where fox hunting could take place . |
| 5 | On the contrary , one of its chief characteristics is to sieve out the workers into grades according to the degree in which they possess the required kinds of ability and alertness . |
| 6 | But if we convert our traders into stock-jobbers , who is to carry on the commerce of the kingdom ? |
| 7 | Deciding what is to be done , and who is to carry out the tasks involved . |
| 8 | The Board , which is to carry out the logging operation , has recommended felling the older trees as their younger counterparts are more resistant to air pollution . |
| 9 | Also , if a contractor is to carry out the work the more information we can supply to them the easier it is for them to provide an accurate tender . |
| 10 | If a person is to carry out the AL of maintaining a safe environment , many of the recognised biological systems are involved . |
| 11 | Bluntly stated : an enquirer into ‘ the mind ’ has to know what is in his own mind and why it is filled in the way it is . |
| 12 | Apple Computer Inc is to strip out the bits that wo n't be needed in its Quadra machines to create its first-ever dedicated server , MacWeek reports . |
| 13 | The JD Tele is jangly and promisingly loud ; the Signature model sounds subdued to the point of inertia , almost as if the basswood is sucking up the sound — not a good start . |
| 14 | There is one basic thing that they need to do , they or their parents , that is pick up the telephone and ring a contact , that 's all they have to do because within here there are people ready to receive those er t telephone enquiries and get the youngsters on the water . |
| 15 | What follows thereafter is building up the knowledge and experience of all those things that will enable us to identify , plan and implement improvements to our business . |
| 16 | ‘ The hardest part of the whole technique is building up the independence of the finger that holds the bottleneck . |
| 17 | ‘ It is absolutely necessary that if somebody is gumming up the system or can not keep pace with what you are trying to do that they should go , ’ he declares uncompromisingly . |
| 18 | It is absolutely necessary that if somebody is gumming up the system or can not keep pace with what you are trying to do that they should go |
| 19 | However , he is climbing up the weights and may find this trip a shade on the short side . |
| 20 | You 're in a position of strength as a potential client who is checking out the service on offer . |
| 21 | Upstairs in the nursery the baby is tearing up The Anatomy of Melancholy , and eating it page by page . |
| 22 | through , through the system , but what that ca n't do is to pull off the arrears amount . |
| 23 | It follows that if teachers believe they are incompetent or impotent in these matters , they will accept and expect that the proper strategy is to pass on the problems to suitably qualified colleagues . |
| 24 | A basic principle is to try out the things you think you are most likely to enjoy and to incorporate them into your routine on a long-term basis . |
| 25 | Bill Strachan , its second owner , is keeping up the policy of good beer . |
| 26 | Sometimes xerolas ( vegetables and/or fruits , often in the shape of a gigantic ball and strung on a pole which is carried on the shoulders of two men ) are carried in the procession . |
| 27 | But it must be recognized at the outset that as soon as sampling is carried out the statements made about the cases involved become probability statements . |
| 28 | And if a strange person is walking up the driveway with intention of breaking in at least somebody may notice it . |
| 29 | Sheets are usually 300mm ( 12in ) square , and are often sold in packs of five or 10 ; the best way of estimating quantities is to work out the area to be covered , and to divide that by the coverage figure given on the pack , which will tell you how many packs to buy . |
| 30 | Richard Elderton 's latest challenge is to work out the layout for a solitaire board he is designing . |