Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb pp] [conj] [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is lavishly illustrated and presented and has assumed a pre-eminent position in its field . |
| 2 | Finally , there is the tension in the design process between the sense of design as a transformative activity , a positing activity , transcendent of the givens of a problem ( in the sense of both breaking with context and with the form of the immediately perceived requirements — design as defining needs as well as solutions ) and design as a posited activity , that which works from the given which deals with what is real not with what is merely planned or speculated or imagined . |
| 3 | Once again , it is generally understood and accepted that the weapons prohibited are not limited to those specifically mentioned in this Protocol or any other treaty , but extend to all those that come under this description or have this effect . |
| 4 | Presenting a piece of information as given suggests that it is already established and agreed and is therefore non-negotiable . |
| 5 | The navel , as the central feature of the body , is usually enlarged and emphasized and sometimes the entire stomach is thrust forward in a protruding shield-like form ; the limbs are shortened and seen as simple tubular forms , or reduced to a few incisive , sharply differentiated planes . |
| 6 | It is also acknowledged and agreed that I will perform my functions hereunder solely for the said parties and neither correspondence relating to the dispute nor any finding or award made by me as expert shall give rise to any right in favour of any person not a party hereto and any such correspondence and finding [ or award ] will be confidential to the said parties and will not be disclosed without my prior written consent , which I will not unreasonably withhold but which may be given subject to conditions . |
| 7 | Measurement of sub-contractor 's work is a difficult and laborious task and management controls are necessary to ensure that work is accurately measured and valued and that the surveyor has sufficient time to achieve these objectives . |
| 8 | But such aspirations may easily be frustrated when managerial priorities are that a local population of mentally handicapped people is routinely visited and monitored and that recurrent crises are dealt with by team members . |
| 9 | The legal status of shares is well established and understood and there are specific conditions which have to be satisfied if any payment is made in respect of them . |
| 10 | The culmination of these claims to national identity and of sentiments of this nature came in the preamble to Henry VIII 's Act in Restraint of Appeals of 1533 : ‘ Where by dyvers sundrie old autentike histories and cronicles it is manifestly declared and expressed that this Realme of England is an Impire , and so hath been accepted in the world … . ’ ( 36 , iii , 427 ) Here one finds an explicit statement of views on the nature of England , as well as practical conclusions drawn from them concerning the government of the Church . |
| 11 | It is then skimmed and resoaked until it is clean . |
| 12 | The fact that at least half of the world 's children would not actually go through this process beyond the first two stages is conveniently forgotten or ignored and , no doubt , the reasons for this were largely social . |