Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [prep] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos I used this look , I said that erm I 'd re I had represented his father in an accident case some years before and I was acquainted with the family in a casual way , and I said this may suggest , because he was saying you can make up and you can , this is a bit when you can use your imagination , and I said this may suggest that his father , you know he 'd like , because it the way he says that , I 'd represented his father , I was acquainted , you know maybe that he knows he 's used to that kind of erm behaviour from the family , you know , and he knows what Eddie 's like his fa I do n't know I might be completely wrong but I used my imagination there . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose he 's used to this kind of work and will be able to do it once he gets into our ways . ’ |
| 3 | Judy Tuck 's used to most things in her job , but even she was taken aback . |
| 4 | There is little in this paper with which Reich need have disagreed . |
| 5 | And of course Lewes is a small enough town that it 's possible for ordinary people to be involved in central activities like Council activities and so on . |
| 6 | And of course Lewes is a small enough town that it 's possible for ordinary people to be involved in , in central activities like council activities and so on . |
| 7 | This is understandable with onomatopoeic words like ‘ crunch ’ but less obvious for ‘ tree ’ , say , which appears as baum , or arbre in other languages . |
| 8 | The co-operation is understandable in evolutionary terms as the males and females in a single-female syconium are brothers and sisters . |
| 9 | Payment is due for these delays under the terms of the contract . |
| 10 | Delayed maturation Some researchers have indicated that persistence of bedwetting after the age of 5 years is due to delayed maturation of the necessary mechanisms ( Bakwin and Bakwin 1972 ) . |
| 11 | We propose that the increase in electrical conductivity in the unsaturated carbon-bearing samples is due to increased connectivity of carbon as the pore volume is lost and pore throats close down , leaving only compacted carbon conduction pathways . |
| 12 | This is due to increased demand on funds . |
| 13 | ‘ The projected 20% growth in the world semiconductor market this year is due to increased demand for chips used in personal computers and related applications , ’ according to Doug Andrey , Director of Industry Statistical Programs for the Association . |
| 14 | That the control of gene activity that characterizes a particular cell type is due to specific factors in the cell acting on the promoter , comes from experiments in which the promoter elements are switched around . |
| 15 | Despite Government counter-claims that this increase is due to 1986 changes in definitions of accidents from minor to major and fatal categories , all the increases can not be accounted for by the redefinition . |
| 16 | It is due to excess nutrients in the water — check that your tapwater filter is operating properly , as these should be filtered out . |
| 17 | Loss of adhesion is due to incorrect preparation of the surface , or failure to use the correct undercoat . |
| 18 | For example , Hannan ( 1969 ) found that the number of young people in an area tended to increase outmigration , as the more able young left to follow the kind of careers not available in rural areas , though Grafton ( 1982 ) has argued that young people do not outmigrate from remote rural areas at a faster rate than their counterparts in less remote rural areas , and that any decline in such areas is due to lower levels of immigration , rather than higher rates of outmigration . |
| 19 | Great credit is due to all sections of the company which contribute to the retail operation and we will be striving very hard to retain the award by offering the retailer unbeatable service . |
| 20 | Maturation means that the change in the behaviour is due to other changes in the animal , not to practice of the behaviour itself . |
| 21 | The appearance of the concept and phenomenon of idea-management or idea-handling is due to several forces of change in industrial developed societies . |
| 22 | The cooling effect is due to large amounts of material being injected into the stratosphere , preventing the sun 's heat reaching the ground . |
| 23 | This is due to different rates of etching . |
| 24 | The authors ' ability to infer water chemistry quantitatively from sediment diatom assemblages is due to rapid developments over the past 5–10 years . |
| 25 | Much of this extra travel is due to social interactions between harems . |
| 26 | However , it has not yet been established that global warming is due to excessive combustion of fossil fuels . |
| 27 | The condition is due to excessive secretion of the so-called ‘ growth hormone ’ by the pituitary gland … |
| 28 | Programmers Dan and Kathe Spracklen , who have paced the industry Since their Sargon program won the first micro chess tournament in 1978 , believe that about 90 per cent of this progress is due to faster speeds in the evaluation routines , and only 10 per cent because the routines themselves have become more chess-intelligent . |
| 29 | Much credit is due to both crews for maintaining their form so well in a race which went much as expected , with Ian Gardiner 's excellent rhythm probably proving decisive . |
| 30 | ‘ Slip is due to little bits of crystal getting loose and acting as roller bearings between the layers . |