Example sentences of "[verb] [is] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , work is one of the key bases on which honour is established in the eyes of family , kin and locality . |
| 2 | A human touch was added to Nash 's report : ‘ I could heartily wish more respect were paid to the remains of this amiable though unfortunate Queen , and would willingly , with proper leave , have them wrapt in another sheet of lead and coffin , and decently interred in some proper place , that at least after her death her body might remain in peace ; whereas the Chapel where she now lies is used for the keeping of rabbits , which make holes and scratch very indecently about her Royal corpse . ’ |
| 3 | If an ex-pupil of an education authority bequeaths £10,000 on the condition that the money is invested and the interest earned is awarded as a prize to the best academic performance each year , the money can not in law be used to keep local taxes down . |
| 4 | What behaviour is expected is determined by the job , but we can generalize . |
| 5 | An indication of when these are expected is shown in the message . |
| 6 | The trend in numbers of night visits claimed is shown in the figure . |
| 7 | Water thus lifted is spread onto the surface as the cloth is wiped in a rapid sweeping motion . |
| 8 | An important aspect of Piaget 's approach is his claim that , since children the world over are very similar physiologically and neurologically , and since the world they explore is regulated by the same laws of nature , progress , in terms of their ability to make sense of the world , will be broadly consistent across all children . |
| 9 | The possibility of conflicts of interest and duty occurring is enhanced by the nature of the organisational structure of the financial services industry , ie the prevalence of conglomerates . |
| 10 | Within the above breakdown one can suggest the following modules ( none of which is comprehensive , only the flavour is indicated ) — the way in which each of the modules would be approached is indicated in the sample courses given in Section 5 : |
| 11 | Perhaps EGF is stored in the endothelial cells of the normal mucosa and when inflamation develops is rapidly utilised to stimulate cell proliferation because EGF is cruicial for the change from quiescent cells to the S phase of the proliferative cycle . |
| 12 | That there is something he does not know is shown by the fact that if he were to gain his sight , he would come to know something that he previously had not known . |
| 13 | To see how the total information reported is related to the previous risk ratings given to stimuli the films were divided according to the categories in Table 7.1 with two separate factors relating to risk , junction risk and exemplar risk . |
| 14 | The amount of chromium and nickel added is indicated with a number , which should be part of the description of cutlery in any sales literature . |
| 15 | Erm C Forty One is one of the er policies which you say is ignored by the suggested amendment . |
| 16 | Instead , the area occupied by the record or part of a record that has been deleted is added to the distributed free space available . |
| 17 | Suppose that an input signal with Fourier transform is applied to a four-terminal network for which the transfer function is . |
| 18 | The word click is onomatopoeic in itself , and the neat , abrupt quality of the sound it signifies is echoed in the final /t/ consonance of discreet and shut , and by the initial /d/ alliteration of discreet and door . |
| 19 | Yes , now that kingdom is , is in the Lord 's prayer as we mentioned is gone into the air and |
| 20 | The harmonic sequence I mentioned is used as a rift . |
| 21 | The samples are those juveniles under the age of fourteen years , those charged with burglary and those where the decision of the police to prosecute is overturned by the Crown Prosecutor as not requiring prosecution . |
| 22 | Resistivity surveying is based on the principle that underground features such as masonry walls have a high resistance to an electric current , whereas filled-in features , such as ditches or pits , have a lower resistance . |
| 23 | Unwanted movement and twisting is prevented by a connecting Kevlar bar . |
| 24 | Because a conventional laser relies on transitions between quantum states of an atom or molecule , the wavelength emitted is determined by the energy difference between these states . |
| 25 | The information tabulated is shown as a graph in Fig. 7.5(a) and as a bar chart in Fig. 7.5(b) . |
| 26 | The whole of this test pressing is issued for the first time , but the new material consists only of music — there is no more of Elgar 's voice . |
| 27 | However , the freedom to provide or not to provide is regarded as an essential element in that sector , and therefore does not attract the same critical comment . |
| 28 | That there were many factors to be considered is shown by the fact that in 1880 the depression was only just beginning to be felt by industry , while it had already hit agriculture badly . |
| 29 | With respect , I find this comment hard to follow in the light of the first of the questions asked in Reg. v. Lawrence and the answer to it , the passages from Viscount Dilhorne 's speech already cited , the fact that it was specifically argued ‘ appropriates is meant in a pejorative , rather than a neutral , sense in that the appropriation is against the will of the owner , ’ and finally that dishonesty was common ground . |
| 30 | With respect , I find this comment hard to follow in the light of the first of the questions asked in Reg. v. Lawrence and the answer to it , the passages from Viscount Dilhorne 's speech already cited , the fact that it was specifically argued ‘ appropriates is meant in a pejorative , rather than a neutral , sense in that the appropriation is against the will of the owner , ’ and finally that dishonesty was common ground . |