Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun pl] [conj] [is] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The city of Kyoto , the imperial capital , lies surrounded by hills and is frequently bathed in mists .
2 John Lovett , deputy head of Hayling School , Hayling Island , has been interviewed by detectives and is now on police bail .
3 It could well be that there are many more signals operating between cells than is currently suspected .
4 In fact there is a significant difference in risk ratings , the difference between ratings , 1.2 points , is smaller than that when the analysis is done by subjects but is still present .
5 Cerecloth , a waxed unbleached linen — nowadays only seen as the protective sheet between the top of an altar and the fair linen — was rarely used for shrouds and is more associated with the wrapping of embalmed corpses , having been used as an adjunct to such hygienic treatment .
6 The proportion of patients in this group varies between studies but is over 10% .
7 Some of the law will also originate in customs but is more likely to be statutory .
8 It is well worth visiting and contains facsimiles of many fine and interesting manuscripts , but be prepared for the fact that it is geared to schools and is therefore rather didactic .
9 An inherited predisposition to alcoholism has also been found in women and is evidently transmitted through the mother .
10 The first half of this quotation is well known to lawyers and is often quoted .
11 The other two departments are concerned that ‘ any information which is publicly available is also known to competitors and is therefore of little use ’ .
12 But after hearing the the judges ruling he surrendeed to police and is tonight on his way back to jail .
13 Our fee for this type of work would be based on time taken plus outlays and is very dependent upon the number of companies in the sample .
14 SS shows the quantity of films supplied at each price received by producers and is also the marginal social cost of producing films .
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