Example sentences of "is [verb] [num] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has moved into the DIRECT — a doctor who is using one of the machines is involved . |
| 2 | A cyclist is using one of the fastest bikes in the world to raise money for British Athletes taking part in the Olympic games . |
| 3 | It is diverted hundreds of miles along aqueducts to slake the thirst of Los Angeles , Phoenix and Tucson . |
| 4 | Gorbachev proposed that ‘ if the USA , which is situated thousands upon thousands of miles from the Mediterranean , withdrew its fleet from there , the Soviet Union would simultaneously do the same ’ . |
| 5 | The third option is to attend one of the special projects that exist in various cities . |
| 6 | Clinton has to promise he will create jobs , even though he is firing thousands of civil servants and military personnel . |
| 7 | This wretched abortion is submitting one of its most impudent proposals to Parliament . |
| 8 | 17 April : Strange news : the Sun is sponsoring one of the challengers for the Labour leadership : ‘ Sun man 's bid to be Labour leader ’ . |
| 9 | The Punters ' No. 1 paper is sponsoring one of the highlights on the card , the Andy Capp Handicap . |
| 10 | Stansted is sponsoring one of its firemen 's rally driving activities . |
| 11 | So the , the two suggestions which we 'll put forward then is , is naming one of capital projects in , in this financial year , of the centenary , and possibly looking at er erm joining into a service or establishing a service with the Minster , and I 'll , I 'll look into that with the Provost as well , and the Association . |
| 12 | Bearing in mind the difficulty that you may have had even in locating a book on the shelves in your room , imagine what a formidable task it is to arrange hundreds of thousands of books in a college library in such a way that each reader can quickly find a particular book or publication on a particular topic . |
| 13 | The same insincere welcome is used by Macbeth to Macduff : ‘ The labour we delight in physics pain' ( II.iii.48f. ) , and at the news of Duncan 's murder Lady Macbeth is given one of the most brilliant pieces of hypocrisy Shakespeare ever invented : ‘ Woe , alas ! /What , in our house ? ’ |
| 14 | Another way of extending everyone 's view of a school and of diminishing the opposition to change within it , is to acknowledge one of the less fashionable aspects of management and to make a virtue of it . |
| 15 | But just 6ft away , it is claimed dozens of beakers and containers used to mix cleaning liquids , the remains of paint brushes , a paint box and a palette knife , were discovered . |
| 16 | Here , aerial photography taken under drought conditions during the summer months is revealing hundreds of square miles of ploughed out prehistoric ( and later ) landscapes which survive below soil level , but which are only evident as marks in the growing crops . |
| 17 | The Salvator Chapel was incorporated in 1285 and is considered one of the most perfect examples of its type in Central Europe . |
| 18 | Despite the unpopularity of politicians , John Major is considered one of the best of the political bunch , with 67% agreeing that he is doing a good job as Prime Minister , housewives , particularly , approve of his performance ( 74% ) , which should raise his confidence for the election . |
| 19 | Sterilization is becoming one of the most important methods of contraception among women of childbearing years , and the normal method of contraception for couples where the woman is aged over 30 . |
| 20 | As fast as FAX and having user groups for just about every computer and software product around , it is becoming one of the main channels for passing information around the scientific community for example , much of the debate on Cold Fusion was carried out over the Internet . |
| 21 | A creative use for a pair of extension microphones used for recording location sound in stereo is to position one of them to concentrate on the foreground sound , leaving the pick-up of more general background sound to the other microphone . |
| 22 | Fortunately others are excellent and your aim initially is to find one of the good ones . |
| 23 | And all you need to do then is to find one of these in terms of the others and substitute in , and it 'll come out fairly easily . |
| 24 | They are fishing mainly for espada ( scabbard fish ) which is caught four to five kilometres off shore in depths of over 800m , using lines with about 150 hooks . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't think I could restrain Danny much longer ; all he can talk about is driving one of the dodgems . ’ |
| 26 | Sinton 's goal is to secure one of the remaining berths in Mr Taylor 's England squad for the European Championship in Sweden in June . |
| 27 | ‘ The object of the exercise is to secure one of these pennants and return it to base . |
| 28 | Your individual objective is to secure one of those pennants and return to base first . |
| 29 | The Midland is owed millions of pounds by Brazil , and profits would go toward paying off Brazil 's debt . |
| 30 | The biggest battle for the Macintyre expedition has been finding the funds … the trip is costing seventy to eighty thousand pounds and they 've still not raised all the money … but the charity 's patron the Duchess of York is planning to join them at Everest Base camp … that ’ ll wave the magic wand … will they make it |