Example sentences of "and [prep] [pron] is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first submission by Mr. Ashworth was that a public nuisance can not arise out of a lawful act , whatever its consequences , and as what is complained of here , namely heavy goods vehicles being driven along Medway and Bridge Roads , is a lawful act , no public nuisance can arise . |
| 2 | Perhaps Locke did not recognise the difference because he used the same word , ‘ idea ’ , both for what we would ordinarily call an idea and for what is imprinted in , or on , the mind , the ‘ sensation ’ . |
| 3 | With this aim in view , he makes explicit that what the sceptics deny is the possibility of knowledge of ‘ the inner nature of things … what the things are in themselves ’ ; when they say that there is no criterion of truth , ‘ they are not speaking of what things appear to be and of what is revealed by the senses … but of what things are in themselves , which is so hidden that no criterion can disclose it ’ . |
| 4 | The figures now form a tight sculptural group and the space around and behind them is limited and seems to press in upon them . |
| 5 | But it was getting out of those beta-waves , down into the alpha-waves and into what is called the fifth state of consciousness — the healing state — that was so difficult . |
| 6 | Employees ' NI contributions are paid on earnings up to and including what is known as the upper earnings limit , which is £390 a week from 6th April 1991 . |
| 7 | She received no support from the father for the child , and had to rely upon charity and from what is called ‘ the food bank ’ because she did not receive enough money from the welfare services to feed the child . |
| 8 | Broadly , a mercantile agent is an independent agent acting in a way of business to whom someone else entrusts his goods and upon whom is conferred authority of a type referred to in the Factors Act 1889 , section 1(1) . |
| 9 | At the base of the idol , a gold-lined vessel known as a Rasakumbha is installed , and in it is placed potassium nitrate , sulphur , copper-sulphate , nine herbs , nine cereals and nine gems . |
| 10 | Love of God is one of the aims of many religions and in it is found a rare joy : |
| 11 | The screen replaces the car windscreen , and on it is shown a road scene that has been recorded on video tape , and transferred to disk . |