Example sentences of "[is] [verb] it is [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This program will make your non-laser printer operate just like a typewriter so that every time a key is pressed it is sent to the printer .
2 When barley is harvested it is taken to a maltings where the grains are soaked in water to encourage germination .
3 The western slopes of the Southern Alps are , in effect , an enormous self-perpetuating fault scarp ; as rapidly as material is eroded it is replaced by further uplift and crustal shortening against the Alpine Fault ( see Section 18.2.4 ) .
4 When the order is made it is scheduled to a confirmation Bill and introduced into parliament .
5 When it is demolished it is lost for good and can only be duplicated at considerable expense .
6 If the case is defended it is called in court on the calling day and you or your representative must appear or the case will be dismissed .
7 This is provided it is agreed to by a majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the members , or class of members , present and voting either in person or by proxy at the court-convened meeting to approve it and provided the scheme is sanctioned by the court .
8 When sexual tenderness is denied it is replaced by crudity and pornography .
9 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 .
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