Example sentences of "is [prep] [noun] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One such route was the chemical oxidation of ethanol ( ’ alcohol ’ CH hol ’ -H ) to acetaldehyde ( or ethanal ) which is in turn oxidised to acetic acid . |
| 2 | The strength with which particular potentially contradictory relationships are held together depends not only on the amount of objective ‘ fit ’ between the components but also on the strength of the articulating principle involved , which is in turn connected with objective social factors . |
| 3 | In the programme , called Raiders of the Rainforest , Friends of the Earth alleges that MPL a subsidiary of Babcock Electrical Projects Ltd of Gloucester which is in turn controlled by FKI plc illegally siphoned off a significant proportion of this loan . |
| 4 | In her private life material from conference lectures is combined with the pop-culture mythology of advertisements , phrase-book dialogues , and other public texts in a number of languages to generate a network of images that is in turn linked to semi-conscious obsessions and childhood memories . |
| 5 | Investor protection legislation overlaps with both prudential and structural regulation in that the investor is in theory protected from financial institutions becoming insolvent through excessive risk-taking and protected from conflicts of interest by separation of types of business , but also extends much further into the manner in which investment business is carried out — the size of commissions , advertising regulations , cold calling etc . |
| 6 | The Portuguese man-o'-war looks like a single organism but is in fact composed of numerous individual polyps , which resemble sea-anemones . |
| 7 | In short , empty space is in fact crowded with interlocking magnetic and electric fields , and sub-atomic particles which have been labelled Neutrinos . |
| 8 | For example , G above refers only to government consumption expenditure rather than all government expenditure , which would also include spending on fixed assets ; this item is in fact included under gross domestic fixed capital formation . |
| 9 | Most political behaviour is in fact located in civil society at party meetings , community groups , CND meetings , tenants ' and residents ' meetings , etc . |
| 10 | Though Japanese prints , which he collected avidly , helped distil their decorative beauty , their strict linearity is at times offset by whip-lash curves , as the line of the trees doubles back on itself at a bend in the river . |
| 11 | Though they have all faced more complex choices by virtue of having mixed policies towards foreign investors and internal interest groups , there has been some perceptible consistency in approach over time , even though that is at times obscured by administrative and political compromise . |
| 12 | Tele2 AB , the new Stockholm-based telecommunications company 60% owned by Kinnevik AB and 40% by Cable & Wireless Plc , yesterday began operations in Sweden : Tele2 offers its customers domestic and international links , and aims to win a 10% share of the Swedish market , which is at present monopolised by state-owned Televerket , by 1995 . |