Example sentences of "[conj] is [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 9.11 Representations The Tenant acknowledges that this Lease has not been entered into in reliance wholly or partly on any statement or representation made by or on behalf of the Landlord except any such statement or representation that is expressly set out in this Lease This is self-explanatory but see the comments on misrepresentation under clause 11 of the agreement for lease . |
| 2 | Vivien is not alone in thinking that the European professionals are making a mistake in looking for the same privileges and superstar treatment that is nowadays meted out to their American sisters . |
| 3 | The case that is usually made out for retention is that the House of Lords nevertheless discharges a valuable constitutional function especially in the processing of uncontroversial Bills and the revision of Bills passed , perhaps with undue haste and lack of consideration , by the House of Commons . |
| 4 | For me , however , the performance is a revelation , unearthing a vast amount of inner detail that is usually glossed over in other recordings . |
| 5 | During this period , wild and woolly concepts of ‘ national grids ’ of leys were published and thick black pencil lines defaced countless maps — naive enthusiasm that is still held up for ridicule by ley sceptics . |
| 6 | A machine that is customarily made up of a CPU , disk drive , input devices , output devices and memory . |
| 7 | He played Alan Crabbe , a nineteen-year-old who falls for the older Eileen — played by Nyree Dawn Porter — and is later beaten up by her fiancé . |
| 8 | The longer stretch which contains the Creole part of the turn , beginning with " I did n't mind " and ending " but to dance " — disrupts this pattern and is thus set off from the rest of the turn . |
| 9 | The most difficult operation is transferring the ants to the housing , and is best done out of doors . |
| 10 | We have found that this sort of discussion requires a certain amount of structure , but a great deal of flexibility , and is best carried out in environments other than our normal working environment . |
| 11 | Budding is most commonly used to propagate roses ( but is equally successful with other plants ) and is normally carried out in summer . |
| 12 | Typically such a group starts out as a married couple ; the couple acquire children ; the children grow up , marry and set up nuclear households of their own ; the original household declines in size and is finally wiped out by death . |
| 13 | The design project is aimed at preparing specifications for a complete industrial process and is generally carried out with the co-operation of an industrial sponsor . |
| 14 | This can be made from 2-mm ( -in ) hardboard , and is either cut out with a saw or with a heavy-duty craft knife . |
| 15 | In some contexts , and particularly where the document to be served originated abroad , an informal mode of service is used ; typically the document is passed to a local police station , and is either taken round to the defendant 's address or the defendant is invited to call in to collect it . |
| 16 | He added : ‘ The picture of politics which survives , however , is completely different , and is largely made up of the petty squabbles of shopkeepers and the airy superiority of the ironmasters . ’ |
| 17 | The area is intersected only by minor ‘ B ’ -class roads and country lanes , contains no large towns and is largely given over to agriculture . |
| 18 | The first of these principles is laid down in Article 5 of the EEC Treaty , which requires Member States to take all appropriate measures to ensure the effectiveness of Community law ; the second principle underlies the constitutional tradition common to the Member States and is also laid down in Articles 6 and 13 of the European Convention of Human Rights . |
| 19 | The position used to be quite clear and is well summed up in what Scott LJ had to say in the wartime case concerning the soap flakes : |
| 20 | But the piece bubbles with character and is well laid out for the medium . |
| 21 | Finally they are ambushed and taken prisoner by the enemy ( the former lager-louts risen from the dead and now wearing masks ) ; Hadfield goes catatonic with terror , and is solicitously carried off to re-education in the jungle . |
| 22 | Known as the prostatic-specific antigen test , it costs £15 and is currently used by about 20% of GPs . |
| 23 | Infection occurs with the transfer of data and is often passed on via an infected floppy disk . |
| 24 | Infection occurs with the transfer of data and is often passed on via an infected floppy disk . |
| 25 | Sometimes the definitions can border on the eccentric : the American admiral who commands all his country 's ships , airmen , soldiers and marines in what the pentagon regards as ‘ the Pacific ’ — as in the admiral 's official title CINCPAC , Commander-in-Chief , Pacific — holds sway over an ocean which has its westerly shores oft Mombasa , and is arbitrarily cut off along a line running due south from the border between Mexico and Guatemala . |
| 26 | The well was completed and tested from the Sedco 700 and is now tied back to the Thistle platform . |
| 27 | When this sterling is used to pay for UK exports and is then deposited back in the banks by the exporters , credit will be created on the basis of it , leading to a multiplied increase in money supply . |
| 28 | The water then passes to a coil in the indirect solar cylinder , and is then pumped back to the bottom of the solar panel . |
| 29 | In the first the message is received in full and is then given out to the person ; in the second the message is received and is simultaneously translated into the second language . |
| 30 | As soon as a truck is loaded it is removed by a ‘ traverser ’ on to a clear inner set of metals , and is then drawn out into the outer goods yard . |