Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proportion of responders achieving independence from parents rose with age and suggests that independence is delayed rather than prevented by the presence of cystic fibrosis . |
| 2 | In the case of South Africa , this kind of self-esteem has to be sought in deliberately resisting the implications of what is taught rather than accepting them . |
| 3 | ( This concept is considered again when discussing the NHS — refer to Chapter 7 , pages 90–7 . ) |
| 4 | Expenditure is permitted only where authorized by a candidate , a candidate 's election agent , or a person authorized in writing by the agent . |
| 5 | The programme for 1988/89 is organised so as to maintain the flexibility necessary to allow for the covering of new research results and to enable distinguished overseas visitors to present papers to the Group . |
| 6 | Having obtained the poles of , the relevant physical transfer function is deduced by rejecting poles in the positive half of the s-plane and a network is synthesised so as to generate that transfer function . |
| 7 | In a radically different approach to filter design , a filter is synthesised so as to provide some preconceived functional form of frequency response that exhibits certain desirable features . |
| 8 | It will involve reviewing the appropriate governmental legislation and identifying the extent to which this legislation is embraced so as to enhance the teaching of reading for both low achieving and underachieving readers . |
| 9 | Our annual intake is selected so as to reflect the national average and range of ability . |
| 10 | The 5in faceplate is turned rather than cast , so is more accurate . |
| 11 | The poem is written so as to give the impression of fleeting thoughts , which take him even as he is in conversation with these men , Brad and John , in a bar . |
| 12 | Similarly the text is written so as to bring out comic connotations of the word fut , the passé simple of the verb " to be " by writing it with a characteristically Anglo-Norman spelling as " " fout " " , recalling foutre . |
| 13 | Literature is illuminated rather than obscured as we come nearer the personality and circumstances of the writer ; and provided that at all times our aim is to illuminate literature , we are on the side of the angels . |
| 14 | So the typical snakebite victim is stabbed rather than bitten . |
| 15 | It is a key enabler for this , but only if people use it as a way of changing the way business is done rather than merchandising existing systems and organisations . |
| 16 | The Act is drafted so as to apply to any foreign State , a practice followed in the criminal context by the Criminal Justice ( International Co-operation ) Act 1990 . |
| 17 | In the present decade it is thought more important that they should be " boys " ; rumbustious behaviour is approved rather than disapproved . |
| 18 | If a bad undershoot seems inevitable , again prompt action is needed rather than waiting to see what happens and how far you get . |
| 19 | If you touch the rope even , the bell is angled so as to sound continuously . ’ |
| 20 | The constructed index is transformed so as to move from 0 in 1970 Q4 to a peak of unity assumed to be reached in 1989 Q4 . |
| 21 | Their sights are set elsewhere as is shown later when discussing " some possible dangers in reading . " |
| 22 | ‘ Concentration ’ , the word used in the EC Merger Regulation is used only when discussing the application of that Regulation . |
| 23 | FPG is recognised internationally as having research and consultancy experience in geological aspects of waste disposal and contaminant migration . |
| 24 | The Court dismissed these claims on the ground that the right of individuals to become claimants in international law is recognised only when approved by specific treaty , and that in the Peace Treaty Japan had waived all claims of Japan or its nationals arising out of the war . |
| 25 | So , for example , the behaviour of people who fall in love , such as kissing in public , is tolerated rather than drawing censure as it might in other circumstances . |
| 26 | The load is set so as to maintain a pH of at least 5.3 , the minimum for a bicarbonate rather than an aluminium buffering system , with aluminium levels of 30 ug/litre or less . |
| 27 | ( This assumes the behaviourist position that what is experienced subjectively as thought and emotion is identical with the behaviour , incipient as neural process as well as overt as bodily movement , which objectively is perceived by the senses . ) |
| 28 | Of the 500m tonnes of industrial and domestic waste that OECD Europe produces each year , roughly a third is recovered rather than incinerated or buried . |
| 29 | ‘ This is known technically as creating brand equity ahead of sales . |
| 30 | In The Middlemen ( 1961 ) this mediatory role is magnified so as to become the primary focus of the novel . |