Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The usual rule of thumb is that a model may be hit if half or more its base area is covered by the template , while a model whose base is only grazed is not hit . |
| 2 | Similar provisions are made for CTT with this difference , that in calculating the value of the ‘ slice ‘ the property is to be deemed to produce income a such a rate as may from time to time be prescribed by the Treasury with the proviso that the value of the ’ slice ’ as so ascertained is never to exceed the value of the whole property . |
| 3 | The argument that a small number of innocent people may be wrongly executed is far outweighed by the fact that thousands of innocent people are dying , being permanently maimed , or mentally scarred for life , as a result of acts of violence . |
| 4 | If the overcrowding which Howard so decried is not to become worse , let alone be diminished , either courts must change their sentencing practices or more prisons must be built ( Howard 1792 : 170 , 221 , 224–5 ) . |
| 5 | There is no objection to this but the tenant should ensure that the person so appointed is suitably qualified to enable him to carry out his functions in a proper and responsible manner . |
| 6 | If Eisenman is correct — and the evidence weighs heavily in his favour — then the confusion which has hitherto obtained is effectively dispelled . |
| 7 | The relationship so created is then checked against that declared for the intersection of the functional domain ( see Figure 2.33 ) . |
| 8 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the answer that he has just given is further reinforced by the fact that several third-world countries , including some middle eastern countries such as Iraq , Algeria and perhaps Libya , are currently acquiring nuclear weapons ? |
| 9 | " Biased language " is language which favours one group of the population at the expense of another ; the group not favoured is then said to be marginalised or derogated . |
| 10 | The number of candidate words being discarded as too short or too long is quite small , and in fact the number of correct candidates being incorrectly discarded is slightly discouraging . |
| 11 | What he has not done is remotely stood by the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 12 | What he has not done is remotely stand by the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 13 | What he has not done is remotely stand by the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 14 | By environment is meant all the factors that occur around us and potentially influence our internal metabolism , which we have already seen is initially determined by genetic make-up . |
| 15 | … the paradigm of development as it is generally understood is not suited to explaining change in mature organisms . |
| 16 | Americas Watch stated that ‘ As best we can determine , torture as that term is generally understood is not practised in Nicaragua as a means of eliciting information or confessions , nor as a form of punishment ’ ( Americas Watch 1984 ) but its report goes on to detail cases where harsh interrogation techniques were used ( see also Amnesty International 1982 ) . |
| 17 | Also place in the aquarium were two small terracotta flower pots and a couple of shallow terracotta dishes for feeding purposes ( food place in the dishes if not eaten is easily removed and does n't get into the substrate and rot in there ) . |
| 18 | The simple form of C-R filter just discussed is widely used in conjunction with an operational amplifier , in circumstances where , to achieve electronic integration of a signal as mentioned in section 4.4 . |
| 19 | The range of humane and other qualities most admired is best illustrated by the contents of the few obituaries carried in its pages . |
| 20 | Prostaglandin H 2 is an unstable compound which has a half-life of approximately five minutes , and once formed is rapidly transformed either enzymically or non-enzymically to the classical prostaglandins , prostaglandin D 2 , E 2 and F&sub2α ; . |
| 21 | The behaviour of lava once erupted is significantly affected by its viscosity , that is , its resistance to flow ( see Section 8.2.1 ) . |
| 22 | In the course of that week the facts become simply a matter of personal history and the enormity of the problem later caused is somehow minimized and put into proportion . |
| 23 | A monthgoing longcase clock of about 1710 by Daniel Delander also profited from a good footnote , selling for £104,500 ( estimate £45,000-£55,000 ) although the case which was originally ebonised is now painted blue . |
| 24 | What is really wanted is not to get the important crate to the door , but to get it there without expending more effort than necessary . |
| 25 | This well stirred is then taken all as one dose or only half is taken if ‘ special care is necessary ’ The stock bottle is shaken as suggested in the method above . |
| 26 | It did more for Denby Dale than for George III as he soon went into a decline , but the tradition then started is still going strong , with the pies getting bigger in size every time . |
| 27 | We are suggesting , then , that the term ‘ human aggression ’ as conventionally and commonly used is doubly skewed by ideological influences that are deep-rooted in our Western culture . |
| 28 | How very kind of the Prime Minister to concede that Scotland entered the Union voluntarily ( though just how many of the population of the time actually volunteered is not mentioned ) and that they remain members voluntarily . |
| 29 | The absence of a target date by which the Protestant/Catholic unemployment differential would be significantly reduced is partly explained by this . |