Example sentences of "is [noun pl] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other writers , such as Hoshino ( 1982a , 1982b , and especially 1982c and 1982d ) , while sharing the stress on technological innovation , argue that it is characteristics of the organization structure which enable long-term research planning to occur easily , notably the flexibility of the specialist workforce . |
| 2 | This is thanks to the help I have received from my wife , my children , and a large number of other people and organizations . |
| 3 | It is thanks to the emigres that in America and Europe ballet has been on the move all century ; in Russia itself , it has been left in a museum . |
| 4 | We have overcome numerous technical problems and it is thanks to the commitment and expertise of all our people and those who have supplied their services to the PFR that this has proved possible ’ . |
| 5 | Despite the outcome of the final , my message to Will and the boys is thanks for the memories ; for me they will live forever , and I will have great pleasure in years to come to say ‘ I was there ’ , not ‘ I was embarrassed ’ . |
| 6 | Yes he is but the thing is cars at the moment are so cheap |
| 7 | Apart from a few notable exceptions , all they care about is feet through the door and selling beer . |
| 8 | Although GL is gaining ground as a de facto standard it does not support PEX , the Phigs extensions which allow developers to write distributed , three-dimensional graphics applications for X-Windows : ‘ because PHIGS is years behind the marketplace , ’ insists SGI . |
| 9 | Christmas Day is stockings for the children , breakfast , church and lunch served by liveried footmen and uniformed maids , with the children at a separate table . |
| 10 | While there is broad agreement among disabled people in the UK that the portrayal of the disability experience is generally both negative and inaccurate , it is participants in the arts who can breathe life into alternative images . |
| 11 | All he needs to make a success of this is buyers for the shares . |
| 12 | For recognition , a third problem is idiosyncrasies of the recogniser . |
| 13 | A broad compatibility between offices is what is requiredas to the nature and volume of work . |
| 14 | LM ( P ) and IS ( P ) are the LM and IS curves before the fall in the price level , and LM ( P 1 ) and IS ( P 1 ) are the curves after the price level fall . |
| 15 | A key reference book is Sources for the History of Houses by John Harvey ( London 1974 ) , and to this may be added The Illustrated Handbook of Vernacular Architecture by R.W. Brunskill ( London , 3rd edition 1986 ) , and Traditional Buildings of Britain by the same author ( London 1985 ) . |
| 16 | The hon. Member for Oldham , West may giggle , but £30,000 is riches beyond the dreams of avarice to many of the people whom he claims to represent . |
| 17 | Obviously it is strangers to the area who are misled by this sign but we do have a large number of visitors to Scorton who enjoy walking the paths . |
| 18 | Statues were either images of deities , especially the cult-statue within a temple ; or dedications , that is gifts to the gods , set up in the temple or more often outside it in the temenos ; or they stood on graves . |
| 19 | If the consideration is securities in the bidder , the shares are usually issued to a trustee to hold on behalf of the untraceable shareholders . |
| 20 | It 's due to arrive within the next few months , and is Windows without the need for DOS as a base upon which to work . |
| 21 | Now guess the range — the highest number you can guess is 36″ in the case of the cannon in a Steam Tank . |
| 22 | If we cry when we are sad , the physiological response is tears from the eyes and nose . |
| 23 | WHAT IS FRIENDS OF THE EARTH DOING TO HALT THIS MADNESS ? |
| 24 | What is Friends of the Earth doing and how can you help ? |
| 25 | They are potentially very dangerous and what we are worried about is members of the public picking them up and taking them home as souvenirs . ’ |
| 26 | ( As we shall see , it is members of the conflict theory camp that concentrate on the structure of these material constraints on behaviour . ) |
| 27 | Nevertheless it is differences in the density and thickness of the crust that are largely responsible for variations in the isostatic adjustment of the lithosphere as a whole . |
| 28 | The fourth problem is delays in the payments for adaptations carried out . |
| 29 | So what we 're always looking for now is outlets for the produce . |
| 30 | Many weak tests , that is tests of the coefficients in equation ( 3.30 ) , have failed to reject the speculative efficiency hypothesis . |