Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [pron] is [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiff 's feelings may be wounded if he is subjected to aggressive cross-examination , especially if it is designed to support what transpires to be an unsuccessful plea of justification , so this forensic factor may be brought into account . |
| 2 | The geology of the basin is varied and it is dominated by the massive Golden Lane carbonate platform . |
| 3 | Unlike serious pollsters , the brewer 's flaccid organ fails to report the size of the sample of Scousers interviewed but it is believed to be adjacent to the number of fans at a Tranmere Rovers away match . |
| 4 | Storing the worms is not recommended unless it is done under running water . |
| 5 | So , for the best colours and such details as bright yellow stamens , the flower must be picked as it is coming into bloom . |
| 6 | Not only has Trifolium repens a guerrilla growth form but its guerrilla character is exaggerated when it is growing with grasses ; its branching then tends to be reduced and growth is concentrated in linear extension . |
| 7 | The true significance of witchcraft is only disclosed when it is set within its full configuration of mystical forces ; the same applies to ancestor cults . |
| 8 | it remains to be seen what figures are included when it is submitted to the Secretary of State and what view he takes on that . |
| 9 | They feel threatened that it is prying into their own personal affairs . |
| 10 | They have come to their agreement , they have done their job well , and they have produced and excellent education system and the blip which he is talking about is one which is forced on us at the present time by a Conservative Government , who has decided that there is going to be no further expansion in the school service which we 're providing , and indeed is imposing upon us cuts which are going to mean that we reduce those services , and to argue that from a point of view that it 's a considered piece of policy from a Government which if I has introduced , if I may say , Poll Tax , an economy which is a disaster area , exports in nothing happening there , inflation |
| 11 | In the first place it is to be accepted that it is made in wide terms though it is not said that they are so imprecise that there is a doubt as to what is covered by the order . |
| 12 | He is so anxious about being accepted that he is trying to be extra good and even perfect . ’ |
| 13 | It may simply be said that what is needed for two events to be cause and effect as we understand them is that the probability of the second , given the first , is higher than the probability of the second , given the absence of the first . |
| 14 | The conservative outlook entails a particular conception of God ( and of Christ ) , an understanding of which it can not simply be said that it is held in common by all Christians : something I think often not recognized by conservatives themselves . |
| 15 | I should be glad if the Minister would comment on the suggestions that have been made that there is wrangling with other Government Departments over who has to pay for these places . |
| 16 | Oscillation is clearly just prevented and there is said to be critical damping ( refer back to figure 4.15(b) ) |
| 17 | A demand is made when and where a letter containing it is posted ( Treacy , by a 3:2 majority ) , and probably continues to be made until it is read by the victim ( Treacy 5:0 , but obiter ) . |
| 18 | As Hopwood states ( 1982 , p. 43 ) : ‘ Familiarity with experience elsewhere should instil a greater realization of the differences between what should be done and what is said to be done , and what is done and what might be done . ’ |
| 19 | Taxis refers to the kind of order which is made and which is imposed from without ; it is the order of an organization . |
| 20 | of this species is accepted as it is described in Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae of G.H.K. Thwaites . |
| 21 | Nor can generalised criticism be justified if it is based on one isolated incident . |
| 22 | The must is heated in a cauldron and boiled until it is reduced to one third of its volume to make the Arrobo . |
| 23 | His ankle is badly swollen and he is struggling for the weekend . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ For the purposes of this Article an article or substance is not to be regarded as properly used where it is used without regard to any relevant information or advice relating to its use which has been made available by a person by whom it was designed , manufactured , imported or supplied . ’ |
| 25 | Not only will the ranks of its future membership suffer , but the impression will be conveyed that what is done in church is For Adults Only . |
| 26 | This byroad was formerly the main highway ; it is now little used although it is kept in good repair to serve the few local farmsteads . |
| 27 | If they ask for an explanation and are told that it is shooting at a wooden bird in the graveyard with bows and arrows , they may think they are being hoaxed . |
| 28 | We are then told that he is sitting outside the church built to the dedication of Saint Francis ‘ Brother of the poor ’ . |
| 29 | The process is of course , the reverse of the lowering , the ladders being used until it is raised to forty-five degrees , then the ropes take over . |
| 30 | The first trap for young reporters is to assume that responsibility for a libel can be avoided if it is made in an attributed quotation . |