Example sentences of "it is [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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31 We will save sense ( a ) for the section on causatives , as it is related to that of make .
32 The story makes some very profound points about the role of ritual in religion , the development of conceptual understanding , the meaning of the word " spiritual " and how it is related to religion .
33 So I , I was very moved to find that this has arrived and I do n't think it 's romantic nonsense , I think it is related to the business of getting people together locally .
34 It is reached through caves , through tombs , through hidden valleys .
35 It is reached by way of a beautiful mountain railway journey from Lauterbrunnen or by cable car from Stechelberg .
36 It is reached by bus from Kalamata through scenery of Arcadian gentleness .
37 On the westward side of Heart o' Corrie a path is traced winding up the hill ; it is reached by fording the burn that flows through the glen .
38 It is reached by fun-boat Le Popeye which takes half an hour , runs four times a day and costs £5 for adults and £2.50 for children .
39 Today it is reached by the main road , up the valley of the Petite Nive , through Arnéguy , which is the French frontier post , to the first Spanish village of Valcarlos and then Roncesvalles or , in its more familiar French form , Roncevaux .
40 It is reached by stepping stones over the lawn and a small bridge crossing the bog garden and two linking fish pools .
41 It is reached from the A164 by a lane about one mile long with wide verges , or by a lane about one and a half miles long from the B1248 .
42 I am not sure how much work these last words are doing , and if there is tautology here , it is compounded by what follows .
43 It is compounded by the fact that later in the game Strach also tires and can not pressurise his full-back , or cover Kelly so well .
44 It explains how the body works and how it is affected by drugs .
45 In this respect , Easton provides an excellent opportunity to establish the nature of routine policing in Northern Ireland and how it is affected by societal divisions .
46 It will be an ‘ entitlement ’ to children only if the teachers ' interpretation of it and their teaching style , as it is affected by its requirements , will make them more rather than less likely to be the teachers with the sorts of qualities which are likely to engage their learners , interests .
47 Wood is affected by liquid water in the form of rain , rivers , seas and so on with which it may come into contact but , more importantly , it is affected by the moisture vapour which is always present in the air .
48 How we see it is affected by our culture and religious faith .
49 It is affected by wind , the barometer , freshwater and the position of the changing channels in the estuary .
50 The purpose is to allow exploration and explanation of the behaviour of the system or process , for instance : * as the values of its variables are changed , for instance on a " what if ? " basis ; * as the system or process operates through time ; * as it is affected by the incorporation of probabilistic measures of outcome risk and uncertainty .
51 The ESR reflects these changes in the various acute phase proteins , but it is affected by factors such as anaemia and hyperglobulinaemia , which may be irrelevant to the acute phase response in some prople .
52 The CO2 content is higher within the syconium than outside it and its level is believed to control the hatching of the larvae ; it is affected by bacterial activity and this in turn is affected by nematodes in the syconium .
53 Once it is determined that a particular exclusion clause is not invalidated under fiduciary law , it is then necessary to consider whether it is affected by the common law and statutory restrictions on exclusion clauses generally .
54 Any intuitions we may have about Anderson 's loquacity and the way in which it is affected by the events of the play are thus lent support by the results of tabulating the distribution of long turns .
55 Here , Mr Brooks-Baker dissects the Prime Minister 's statement and reveals the truth behind it : It is announced from Buckingham Palace that , with regret , the Prince and Princess of Wales have decided to separate .
56 But Mont Blanc as we know it is defined with hindsight .
57 It is defined as the percent of an institute 's papers which are amongst the more highly cited 10% of papers in a field .
58 It is defined as an average distance from the centre of gravity of a polymer coil to the chain end .
59 To clarify that we established yesterday that the new settlement will not necessarily be within the Greater York area , as it is defined on the plan on the board .
60 This is the Monin-Obukhov length ; like the Richardson number it is defined to be positive when the stratification is stabilizing and negative when it is destabilizing .
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