Example sentences of "and is [vb pp] [prep] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ceausescu 's aim in issuing such a threat was probably to frighten Hungary , but Romania already has the delivery system in the form of Soviet built Scud missiles and is believed to be developing its own missile with the help of Egypt and Iraq . |
| 2 | Maria Elena Aparicio was sentenced to seven years and is believed to be held in a women 's prison in Havana . |
| 3 | The remaining population of the " white ghost " dolphin , as it is known locally , now stands at between 150 and 350 , and is believed to be falling fast under pressure from pollution resulting largely from intensive construction work on the massive new offshore Chek Lap Kok island airport . |
| 4 | Transport Secretary John MacGregor , MP for Norfolk South , has been approached by the family of Bondone of his constituents and is believed to be making his own contact with Sir Nicholas . |
| 5 | The full circuit diagram for the UV Exposure Timer is given in Fig. 1 and is seen to be based around a simple 555 timer chip IC1 , wired as a monostable . |
| 6 | Alan lives in Paisley and is engaged to be married to Lorraine McDonald , a Research Fellow of Strathclyde University . |
| 7 | The £21 million contract is being undertaken by Thompson Nuclear Engineering , a subsidiary of Rolls Royce Nuclear Engineering Services , and is scheduled to be completed by October 1994 . |
| 8 | It will be composed of observers from Spain , West Germany and Canada and is scheduled to be deployed in the area by the end of the month . |
| 9 | This handbook now nears completion and is scheduled to be launched at a one-day conference on Health & safety organised by the NAFD . |
| 10 | One set of coaching stock has been converted to air brakes and is intended to be worked by this loco . |
| 11 | The Al Zulfiqar group is believed to be based in Damascus and is said to be headed by Mr Murtaza Bhutto , the Prime Minister 's brother . |
| 12 | It is therefore found only in children and is said to be caused by ‘ polluted breast milk ’ . |
| 13 | France recognises its poor performance in population assistance and is said to be developing a new programme , which , however , is expected to focus on public education and demographic research and training rather than family planning assistance . |
| 14 | Intolerance is conceptualized basically as a matter of attitudes , and is said to be constituted by prejudice . |
| 15 | The Home Secretary has ordered a review of unit fines and is said to be keeping an open mind about other parts of the Act . |
| 16 | The third inroad or principle is that if income arises to the trustees and is required to be paid to the life tenant then the life tenant is taxable upon it whether or not he receives it ; his entitlement to the monies is enough . |
| 17 | The camcorder on the right is bigger and heavier and is designed to be supported on the shoulder : compare the position of its side-mounted viewfinder with the ones on the compact machines . |
| 18 | It is issued in a common form which any carrier may use and is designed to be filled out by the shipper and completed by the carrier . |
| 19 | Each booklet can fit into a back pocket and is designed to be read in the 90 minutes it takes someone to get to work . |
| 20 | It seeks to present the information in a more meaningful way and give additional information useful to Sheriffs , Sheriff Clerks and others , and is designed to be used with a window envelope . |
| 21 | The Light Rifle is based around the same theory of operation as a lightpen , it 's just much bigger and is designed to be held up to about 10′ from the TV set rather than in contact with the screen . |
| 22 | The exception , at West Sussex , has an attractive location in the South East and is set to be modernised and automated . |
| 23 | Direct Line , by contrast , made profits of £15.1 million and is predicted to be heading for profits of about £40 million this year . |
| 24 | The 68040-based machine is being designed for Apple 's A/UX version of Unix and will inherit much of the Quadra 900 's architecture , the paper says , and is expected to be announced in October for shipping as early as January 1993 . |
| 25 | Established stable star , Golden Freeze , who misses the King George after grazing a knee in a fall on the road , has responded well to antibiotics and is expected to be sidelined for only two weeks , but this injury and all the firm ground have made a mess of Mrs Pitman 's plans . |
| 26 | This will be available on request and is expected to be completed in the next few months . |
| 27 | Director Freddie Shepherd , meanwhile , has denied reports that he plans to sell his 7pc shareholding to chairman Sir John Hall and is expected to be appointed vice-chairman . |
| 28 | That case is not affected by today 's decision and is expected to be heard at the end of May . |
| 29 | Rio de Janeiro has suffered several outbreaks of dengue in the past four years and is expected to be hit hardest by the new epidemic . |
| 30 | President Clinton last week announced a plan to add a new Clipper Chip in every government phone and computer line to prevent eavesdropping : the chip was developed by the US National Institute for Standards and Technology , and is expected to be used by commercial and private users as well ; to assure privacy , each chip containing the encryption devices would be assigned two unique keys that will be needed to decode messages ; according to the New York Times , they will be fabricated by Micotronx Inc , Torrance , California and VLSI Technology Inc , San Jose , and AT&T Co says it will incorporate the chip in its secure communications product line . |