Example sentences of "is [adj] [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although clearly at odds with the ‘ socialist ’ economy , all this is chicken-feed compared with a far more serious problem — nietroudovyie dokhody — or ‘ unearned income ’ — as it is euphemistically called . |
| 2 | And we pretend we know the answer all we do is we write the sum out again and we say forty divided by a hundred is forty divided by a hundred . |
| 3 | Is this regarded as a refutation of Newtonian science ? |
| 4 | Not only is this seen as an important element in strengthening the drive to promote ‘ value for money ’ but it has also been seen as an important cog in the machinery of accountability to Parliament . |
| 5 | No longer does the facia shudder over bumpy lanes ; no longer is this accompanied by an orchestral melody of twitters from the rear parcel shelf . |
| 6 | Coloration is brown overlaid with a lacy network of gold and brown — similar to the markings on a giraffe . |
| 7 | While under capitalism the owning and accumulating of property is seen as the aim of life , in tribal conditions property is simple seen as a necessary pre-condition of life and social relations . |
| 8 | ‘ I prod and pry in all the little nooks and crannies — but it is all done in a caring way . ’ |
| 9 | We have our debt itself , the gross debt , which came down about a hundred and twenty million and that is all set by a substantially increased cash balance . |
| 10 | Drowsiness is first indicated by a reduction in the frequency of alpha rhythm , from about 10Hz to 8.5Hz or so In a young adult , as well as a reduction in its amplitude , and then by its disappearance . |
| 11 | Northampton began life as a fortified position in the early tenth century — it is first recorded as a name in the year 917 — and soon became the shire town . |
| 12 | , Hans ( fl. 1540–1573 ) , painter , of Netherlandish origin , is first recorded as a freeman of the Antwerp guild of St Luke in 1540 . |
| 13 | This property , in Foster Lane , Bow Lane , and Watling Street , is first enumerated in a rent roll of Christmas 1496 . |
| 14 | The present unsatisfactory state of the law relating to VAT could mean that VAT paid by the tenant may not be recoverable , and therefore the tenant should consider amending such a provision to provide that it will only pay VAT on such sums where it is first presented with a valid VAT invoice in the tenant 's name . |
| 15 | In another , the dialogue is first presented as a unit for the learner to hear . |
| 16 | Powdery mildew , also known as ‘ true mildew ’ , Uncinula necator or oidium is first recognised by a white powdery deposit on the shoots , upper surfaces of the leaves and on young berries ( it seldom attacks ripe grapes ) . |
| 17 | Then if we evaluate unc as a chain , beginning by premultiplying A by the last of the three matrices in ( 4 ) , and if also we take unc then A is first replaced by a matrix in which the leading element of the infradiagonal vanishes . |
| 18 | A glass column is first packed with a slurry of the two phases . |
| 19 | This is perhaps possible in a sentence like : ( 21 ) This Canadian is French given the existence of dual nationality ( if , that is , any speaker should ever wish to make an assignment of one property in a sentence where the subject is first identified by a competing property of the same type ) . |
| 20 | CCLGF business is first discussed in a body known as the Official Steering Group ( OSG ) which consists of senior officials of the associations and their advisers on the one side , and of senior government officials on the other : |
| 21 | ( 8 ) If shares in the target are proposed to be sold to the bidder by a director ( including a shadow director ) of the bidder , or of its parent company , or by a person connected with that director ( as defined in CA 1985 , s346 ) and the value of the shares is not less than £2,000 but ( subject to that ) exceeds £100,000 or 10 per cent of the bidder 's asset value , then the arrangement must not be entered into unless it is first approved by an ordinary resolution of the bidder or , as the case may be , its parent company in general meeting ( CA 1985 , s320 ) . |
| 22 | He is first found as a canon of Lincoln in 1265 ; he died 4 November , perhaps in 1278 . |
| 23 | Not so for Locke , you will recall that so f the way Locke sets it up is a legitimate civil society is first established by a social contract and that creates a community , a body politic , which has a capacity to act , and I 'll put a little question mark over that shortly , erm and that community then as a separate act sets up a government which , because it has set it up as a trust , erm it can change or dismiss pretty well at will . |
| 24 | However if a chick is first imprinted on a yellow flashing light , it will then prefer it to a red one . |
| 25 | The code for a particular protein is first copied by a process known as transcription into a complementary molecule , messenger-RNA , which is also made up of four nucleotides . |
| 26 | Language is first learned as a means of relating to other people where those others provide social and psychological supports which enable the child to be an effective communicator . |
| 27 | The disk is round covered with a dense coating of low hemispherical granules which extend on to the ventral interradial area ; disk diameter is 4 mm . |