Example sentences of "[noun sg] that is [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Within hours of that Downing Street meeting , Lilley was talking of ‘ additional extra help for those on low incomes on top of the help that is already built in ’ . |
| 4 | A machine that is customarily made up of a CPU , disk drive , input devices , output devices and memory . |
| 5 | This machine even has a head cleaner that is actually built in . |
| 6 | The stone floor is now mainly used for storage for the baking business that is still carried on there , although it is still home for a new and completely unused mill stone . |
| 7 | From the point of view of security you do not want a door that is all glass , neither do you want a hollow plywood-type door that is easily kicked in . |
| 8 | It also means a more complicated view of humans than the interpretation that is often put on the classical conception — that we are ‘ naturally evil ’ . |
| 9 | The nice embalmer who wrote to me told me , greatly to his credit , of the totally unnecessary embalming that is frequently carried out , so that the first the next-of-kin knows about it is when he or she receives the bill . |
| 10 | I ca n't get into the mind of some of the present batch of legislators , because they do n't seem to think thinks out logically , but what it 's actually done , or what it 's trying to do , is to make it very difficult to have an education system that is properly thought out , properly resourced and properly organized for the benefit of everybody and not just one or two people , and that 's one of the difficulties and that 's the difficulty that we any Local Authority is faced with . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | For me , however , the performance is a revelation , unearthing a vast amount of inner detail that is usually glossed over in other recordings . |
| 13 | Moorlands gives one the impression of a house that is well lived in — that is , in the best possible sense . |
| 14 | 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 . |