Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HyperSparc is Cypress ' Mbus-compatible alternative to the Texas Instruments Inc superscalar SuperSparc chip ( or Viking as it is often referred to ) , which Sun Microsystems Inc is using in its new generation of Sparcstation 10 systems . |
| 2 | Today , Merlin , a seven year old Great Dane , is recovering with his new owners . |
| 3 | But the hazard warnings , rear fog lights and rear screen demister are an arm 's length away , obscured by the steering wheel , while the switch for the front fogs is hidden above my right knee . |
| 4 | One bird drifts overhead and I swear it is gazing at my quill-like yellow boat as I am gazing at its white tail . |
| 5 | Much about its character after 1944 is explained by its previous history . |
| 6 | Rosenthal 's own research , and his review of other genetic studies , also leads him to argue that the high probability that identical twins will either both develop or both remain free of schizophrenia is explained by their identical genetic constitution , rather than by a tendency on the part of their friends , relatives and parents to behave towards each of them in a very similar way . |
| 7 | The reason why acquittal would be wrong is explained by my noble and learned friend , post , pp. 1110H — 1111A : |
| 8 | Although originally asked to preface Les Chiens de garde , his preference for Aden , Arabie is explained by his ideological position in 1960 . |
| 9 | As feminist psychology becomes more popular , and extends its spheres of investigation , it is crystallizing from its mixed medical , anthropological , sociological , literary , and feminist antecedents , into a more specifically psychological form . |
| 10 | Hectographic carbon paper is placed with its coated surface upwards and the glossy surface of the special paper is placed down on to it . |
| 11 | His general point is that the debt burden debate is resolved when each of its aspects is placed in its appropriate ‘ cost ’ category . |
| 12 | We are trying to suggest here that academic enterprise may be useful as long as it is placed in its proper social context . |
| 13 | Everyone lines up in ranks , all facing the instructor , who is the highest authority in the dojo and is recognized by his black belt . |
| 14 | The organization is heavily overspent , and is drawing on its working capital to finance the next meeting at its Yokohama , Japan , headquarters in November . |
| 15 | For example , Waddington , which enjoyed a successful autumn season with its beautiful exhibition of new paintings by Sean Scully and a string of sales during Cork Street 's open weekend at the end of November , is drawing upon its vast resources of stock , while mounting an exhibition of Barry Flanagan 's large bronze sculptures at Art Miami 93 . |
| 16 | Rochester , despite Jane 's plainness , is fascinated by her sharp wit and independence , and they fall in love . |
| 17 | The car 's liveliness is counter-balanced by its extreme safety : there is plenty of top quality metal to protect passengers from possible collision damage . |
| 18 | If it is intended for anything other than intensive individual study , then , if you 've got a camera , video is easier to " listen " to . |
| 19 | This means trying the schedule out , not on a sample of people for whom it is intended in its final version , but on people who may well be one 's colleagues at work ; that is , people who are likely to know something about survey work itself and schedule design . |
| 20 | You actually see far more than is registered in your conscious mind — and this is probably a good thing . |
| 21 | After the Dorrits come into their fortune Mr Plornish is found ‘ a small share in a small builder 's business ’ , and Mrs Plornish is established ‘ in the small grocery and general trade in a snug little shop at the crack end of the Yard ’ , where she is joined by her poor father , Old Nandy , to whom she is devoted , and assisted by Maggy . |
| 22 | This fossil bark is typified by its lozenge-shaped leaf scars arranged in spiral rows . |
| 23 | In the round before they attack , the valley is filled with their bizarre hoots and screeches , which they use in the same manner as bats to navigate and locate their prey . |
| 24 | The 26-year-old is guarded about his physical and mental fatigue , but he says pointedly : ‘ It 's time for me to relax . ’ |
| 25 | The work of Bakhtin has been ‘ taken up ’ in television writing — most problematically in some appropriations of the theory of carnival developed in Rabelais and His World — and the critical vocabulary of the ‘ chronotope ’ and ‘ the dialogic ’ which is developed in his extensive work on literature , culture and language is beginning to achieve some deserved currency . |
| 26 | The impact of the buy-out on the financial structure of the business is highlighted by its PAS- score collapse from 37 , pre buy-out , to 1 , on the basis of its January 1989 accounts . |
| 27 | It is distinguished by its tall spire , elongate aperture , prominent spines , but without the spiral ridges seen on many species . |
| 28 | The Green Eyed Rasbora is distinguished by its shining , bright green eyes , but in the picture this fails to come through . |
| 29 | The Roman Catholic Church is distinguished by its hierarchical nature and its insistence that tradition , and the papal interpretation of God 's will , is as important as scripture . |
| 30 | Pont l'Eveque is one of the oldest of all the cheeses made in Normandy and is distinguished by its square shape , being packed in small boxes similar to those for Camembert . |