Example sentences of "and [is] [vb pp] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Nujoma himself was on the border when the incursions began and is suspected of having ordered his men to move south .
2 The information gained from such provings is enlarged by adding in any known toxic effects of the remedy in question which may have been noted in cases of poisoning ( either accidental or otherwise ) and is completed by noting any symptoms and signs which were not observed in the provings but which cleared up unexpectedly in patients given that remedy on the provings indications .
3 Many people have viewed and bought a house in a quiet lane during the summer , only to find , in October , that the lovely field behind the house in fact belongs to a school and is filled with playing children for most of the year .
4 Price/earnings ( P/E ) ratio ; this is based on the latest annual earnings and is calculated by dividing the market share price by the last declared figure for earnings per share .
5 Mrs Haemaelaeinen , who has been a member of the Finnish central bank board and is credited with putting together a rescue package for commercial banks earlier this year , is highly regarded as a banker with integrity .
6 This must be held at half the supply voltage , and is achieved by using two resistors R2 and R3 of equal value .
7 This fundamental requirement was established some years ago and is achieved by creating work , spatial , engineering and technical sub-files with the CAD part files .
8 The tradition is then perpetuated through the standard textbooks and is transmitted in teaching by asking students to ‘ do it my way ’ .
9 Aikido ( ‘ the way of harmony ’ ) was created by Morihei Uyeshiba , and is based on avoiding conflict by neutralizing an opponent 's attacks .
10 This tends to be a particularly American approach and is based on analysing intensively your use of time in mind boggling detail .
11 The phosphoinositide signalling system is fully established in the gametes and is called upon to regulate major events throughout the life history of a typical cell .
12 If however B falls on hard times , and is prevented from earning say , ill health caused unemployment- and his income falls to then the externality becomes marginally relevant .
13 Zips : the zip pulls up well from the inside and is prevented from snagging the fabric by webbing running along the full length of the zip .
14 Buy Back is normally used in capital projects where the exporter is supplying part or all of a project and is paid by agreeing to take back part of the output from the manufacturing plant either for his own use or for onward sale .
15 The object , like the subject , has no consonants , and is attained by pushing the lips forward as if for a kiss .
16 The motto is ’ Be a scout , not a lout ’ and is aimed at getting youngsters out of trouble and into the scouts .
17 This is a general look at handicaps with particular reference to the wheelchair bound and is aimed at helping pupils think about the needs of others in society .
18 Our Association was formed nearly ten years ago and is aimed at helping parents to solve their children 's problems through a local based scheme where they may contact a teacher who 's qualified in their local area and that teacher will see the child and advise the parents whether individual tuition would help him .
19 The new signalling system , known as automatic train protection , will be the biggest single item of expenditure arising from the crash , and is aimed at coping with the conflicting demands of high-density commuter trains and faster InterCity traffic on the same lines .
20 The Disclosure Directive lays down minimum disclosure requirements throughout the EC and is aimed at improving the transparency of the securities markets .
21 The charter highlights 16 areas of concern including language difficulties and is aimed at raising the awareness of racism within the system which can result in individuals losing their benefits .
22 occasionally one feels , as a teacher , rather like a soccer referee who , having blown his whistle for the kick-off , finds the players disconcertingly reluctant to make a move and is reduced to dribbling the ball himself furiously from end to end , scoring brilliant goals in undefended nets , while the motionless players look curiously on .
23 After a good deal of broad mockery of the group 's thespian pretensions , there follows yet another change of tack as the troupe 's hitherto self-absorbed leader , Genesius ( Louis Hilyer ) , converts to Christianity and is martyred for denouncing the oppressive regime .
24 A classic example of this is the dental crown where diseased or damaged material is removed from the tooth and is repaired by placing a restorative cap over the remaining tooth .
25 You will need someone to take the chair who is able to keep his/her own views in the background and is experienced in handling emotive discussions .
26 Former Magnus manager Rick Haythornthwaite has taken up a new role in Venezuela , and is set on moving BP centre stage .
27 Will he be having any talks with the Cairns group of countries , which involves major food producers such as Australia and New Zealand and is dedicated to getting rid of all subsidies , tariffs and quotas which put extra costs on food , and getting good-quality , cheap food back on the shelves — policies from which our farmers have absolutely nothing to fear ?
28 My 1972 SWB Series III is clad with 7,50 x 16 tyres and is used for getting to work and occasional horse box towing
29 The algorithm is implemented in the program yacorder and is used for positioning contigs which do not contain any mapped probes and so can not be positioned directly .
30 Tinta is made from the negra mole grape and is used for colouring and for sweetening .
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