Example sentences of "be [verb] [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way that university library budgets are calculated is changing , and there is no reliable overview of current practice . |
| 2 | The restructuring that we are seeing is mirrored on the continent . |
| 3 | For these ‘ immigrants ’ to start demanding having a say in the way their pupils are taught and what they are taught is viewed with great disdain … |
| 4 | The lexicon that has been developed is based on the vocabulary of a learners dictionary ( the OALDCE ) and supplemented by words from the LOB corpus . |
| 5 | With dynamic input the order in which the pixels are formed is known and provides accurate stroke-position and time-sequence information . |
| 6 | One way of checking what people are eating is to see what they throw away . |
| 7 | It is them that I am appealing to somebody because of the erm the the th thought transference that I am using is feeling now compelled to pick up the phone O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 8 | The actual transmission of letters rogatory to the authority to which they are addressed is governed by Article 4 which allows six possible modes of transmission . |
| 9 | An indication of when these are expected is shown in the message . |
| 10 | If life at home becomes impossible , well-run alternative accommodation where individual privacy and dignity are respected is preferred . |
| 11 | Instead , the area occupied by the record or part of a record that has been deleted is added to the distributed free space available . |
| 12 | The reason for the inclusion of the word ‘ limited ’ in the title of limited companies is to enable those trading with the company to know that the liability of members of the company with which they are trading is limited . |
| 13 | Finally , the combination of the ‘ toxic mix ’ of prisoners with these deteriorating conditions within which they are contained is thought to trigger off the periodic riots and disturbances to which the prison system is increasingly prone . |
| 14 | Such research as has been done is touched upon in Chapter 5 . |
| 15 | Well I do n't se I do n't think that it has been badly designed for the old people , I think the object of building the town as it has been built is to integrate the erm the old people with the young , perhaps the young people resent that but I think we have got to have a mixed community in as much as we have got to be aware that old people need attention in as much as they need companionship and if they are not integrated with the community they are going to be I really se , just left out on their own which in lots of cases there are very , very many lonely people , old people but if they are put within the community I think the community will look after them , in as much as giving them companionship whether the people , some people resent it or not , I do n't know , but I do think that they should not be segregated . |
| 16 | Indeed , the balance between teaching and research obligations as they are felt is weighted too much towards research , for , in some respects , the research culture can have deleterious effects on the teaching process . |
| 17 | The duty imposed by RSC Ord 22 , r7 and CCR Ord 11 , r7 not to disclose a payment in to the trial judge until all questions of liability and damages have been decided is extended to the Court of Appeal by Ord 59 , r12A . |
| 18 | According to the inductivist account of science , the secure basis on which the laws and theories that constitute science are built is made up of public observation statements rather than the private , subjective experiences of individual observers . |
| 19 | The broad foundation on which our degree specialisations are built is considered particularly desirable by employers in industry and other fields . |
| 20 | Loss of earnings and career prospects can be a serious matter for someone who knows that she is going to have to support herself for many years after her parents have gone ; and unless the home in which they are living is owned by them , and left to her in their will , she is also going to have to provide accommodation for herself when they die . |
| 21 | But what is more important than anything else is that they should not be treated as packages and removed from one place to another and back again because the grown-ups are involved in a dispute and have overlooked that children have rights , and that children 's rights are to remain somewhere until after calm and sensible consideration and a decision by a court that the particular place in which they are living is changed by the decision of the court to them living somewhere else . |
| 22 | The reason that that B one insertion has been made is to cope with the use classes order change . |
| 23 | The apportionment , usually expressed in percentage terms , operates with the same penalty as in the normal Tender , viz. that in the event that after Proof the party to whom the Tender has been made is found liable for a greater proportion of the claim than was offered to him , then that party becomes responsible for the Tenderer 's expenses from the date when the Tender was lodged . |
| 24 | The musical needs of parishes and congregations differ from place to place , and the way in which they are met is determined largely by the resources available . |
| 25 | The product that has n't been absorbed is causing these unsightly specks . |
| 26 | The list from which they are selected is held on a small computer on the second floor of the drab grey Cabinet Office building in Whitehall . |
| 27 | A further refinement that has often been adopted is to rank the supposed users in order of importance and then to concentrate on the most important . |
| 28 | In addition , the way in which they are organized is determined , at least in a competitive environment , by the principle of economizing on transaction costs . |
| 29 | ‘ What you 're suggesting is degrading to me . |
| 30 | But the one we 're using is done on the Xerox . |