Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The occupational pathology of the eighteenth century is strikingly revealed in a litany which gives us grinder 's asthma , grinder 's rot , mason 's disease , miner 's phthisis , stone worker 's lung and potter 's rot , among others , for dust-caused lung diseases , as well as occupational bursitis in such varying forms as bricklayer 's elbow , weaver 's bottom , housemaid 's knee , hod carrier 's shoulder and tailor 's ankle . |
| 2 | ( b ) Transfer of work A client is properly regarded as a client of the firm and not of the individual solicitor unless there is some personal , often family , connection between the two . |
| 3 | Even though the statutory offence that replaces it reduces the public order characteristics of the offence and raises doubts as to whether affray is properly characterised as a public order offence at all , the likelihood is that it will continue to be employed in the prosecution of spontaneous brawls that result in no great injury in circumstances where the evidence of specific offences against the person is deficient . |
| 4 | An invention which is properly exploited by a small business may have a dramatic impact on the employer 's turnover ; a larger business , on the other hand , may be able to generate a far larger sales income with the same invention but ultimately produce an insignificant effect on the latter 's overall liquidity . |
| 5 | I have not yet challenged the assumption with which conventionalism begins : that whatever consensus lawyers have achieved about legislation and precedent is properly seen as a matter of convention . |
| 6 | It is assumed here that juries and others do attach considerable importance to the label when it is a question of homicide , and therefore that the excessive use of force in self-defence is a matter which is properly reflected by a separate qualified defence , rather than being left to sentencing ( which means executive discretion , if the mandatory penalty for murder remains ) or forced artificially into the doctrine of provocation ( when there may be no real evidence of loss of self-control ) . |
| 7 | He is widely accepted as a decent and honourable man . |
| 8 | The level of income at which SB is received is widely accepted as a crude and basic measure of the ‘ poverty line ’ , that point below which people may be said to be ‘ in poverty ’ . |
| 9 | Work Experience is widely accepted as a force for maturing and motivating pupils . |
| 10 | Orange is synonymous with piety and devotion in Muslim countries , while red , the most universal rug colour , is widely accepted as a sign of wealth and rejoicing . |
| 11 | it is widely accepted as a supreme achievement |
| 12 | Either of these styles — which here represent different ends of a spectrum — is widely accepted as a norm of academic discourse . |
| 13 | So although the pluralist decision-making system is widely supported as a process in which diverse political interests can wield influence , the outcomes of the political bargaining process are frequently allocatively inefficient or fail to promote social justice . [ … ] |
| 14 | Interactive spoken language is widely recognised as a powerful means of learning ; it is also obviously essential in the world outside school . |
| 15 | Abbey National , the UK 's second largest lender , is widely recognised as a major market player . |
| 16 | This is widely understood as a call to arms to defend the movement against a takeover by Mr Klaus . |
| 17 | Leicestershire is widely regarded as a pioneer of ‘ progressive ’ primary methods . |
| 18 | Bournville , the community that has grown up around Cadbury 's Birmingham factory , is widely regarded as a company town , although from its foundation it has been open to people who do not work for the company and only a minority of the residents now have any link with Cadbury 's . |
| 19 | Mr Gonzalez managed to win a vote of confidence in the first round only with the support of a Canary Islands deputy who is widely regarded as a parliamentary spokesman and lobbyist for the Tenerife banana planters . |
| 20 | Mr Gonzalez managed to win a vote of confidence in the first round only with the support of a Canary Islands deputy who is widely regarded as a parliamentary spokesman and lobbyist for the Tenerife banana planters . |
| 21 | Linda Nicholson is a member of the London Fortepiano Trio and is widely regarded as a leading fortepiano player . |
| 22 | In its co-ordinated typography , pertinent use of colour-coding and subtlety of complex chartwork , BP 's Statistical Review is widely regarded as a model of its kind . |
| 23 | This phenomenon , often referred to as the ‘ ageing ’ of the population , is widely viewed as a serious problem or ‘ burden ’ . |
| 24 | The bourbon shrub rose ‘ Zéphirine Drouhin ’ is widely grown as a climber because it produces scented pink flowers and its lack of thorns makes pruning easier . |
| 25 | Norfolk is a county poor in stone , particularly in the north , where flint is widely used as a building material , with brick dressings . |
| 26 | SF 6 is widely used as a transformer fluid , but also finds use as a blanketing gas to prevent oxidation and fire in magnesium casting . |
| 27 | The Swastika is widely used as a talisman to counteract possible negative or demonic influences . |
| 28 | It is widely used as a kind of yardstick for good practice . |
| 29 | Although there are standards which provide guidance on the construction of thesauri , until recently there has not been a ‘ standard ’ thesaurus , or even a thesaurus which is widely used as a norm . |
| 30 | Although these models are able to represent more complex situations , to some extent this has been at the cost of reduced elegance and simplicity and only the entity-relationship model of Chen is widely used as a data modelling tool . |