Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately everyone else will be doing the same thing and if one end is blatantly favoured then it is likely to be crowded . |
| 2 | Although it is mostly made up of perennial plants which will come up fresh in spring , there are one or two evergreen shrubs added for structure : an upright rosemary and a couple of spiky yuccas . |
| 3 | The current population is mostly made up of scientists and support staff working on contract for one or two years . |
| 4 | Linseed oil is mostly made out of the seeds of the lin linen plant . |
| 5 | The food at the hotel is mostly flown in from Vienna , so staying at Fudauri is Georgian extra-extra luxury . |
| 6 | Cable which has a large reserve of strength is mostly used so that a weak-link device of some kind safeguards the structure on a fast launch in gusty conditions . |
| 7 | Critics of these views on the other hand insist that the public interest is properly served only where companies pursue the traditional goal of profit maximisation . |
| 8 | Show the candidate to the door and say goodbye while shaking hands so that the interview is properly rounded off and the candidate leaves with the impression of having been dealt with fairly and politely . |
| 9 | If the law is to recognise the significance of the individual 's physical integrity , then it must provide for offences of this kind even if some of the conduct falling within the definition of the offence is properly kept out of the courts by prosecutorial discretion . |
| 10 | David Newbegin , county council director of the environment , said : ‘ It is properly closed off . ’ |
| 11 | A belief held by a number of software designers is that if the software is properly designed then there should be no need for an emulator ; it should work first time . |
| 12 | I ca n't get into the mind of some of the present batch of legislators , because they do n't seem to think thinks out logically , but what it 's actually done , or what it 's trying to do , is to make it very difficult to have an education system that is properly thought out , properly resourced and properly organized for the benefit of everybody and not just one or two people , and that 's one of the difficulties and that 's the difficulty that we any Local Authority is faced with . |
| 13 | ‘ If the answer is yes , then you will shortly be having your workstation assessed to ensure it is properly set up to allow you to work comfortably . |
| 14 | Business tenancies — making sure the agreement is properly drawn up . |
| 15 | If the research is properly carried out , the personal influence of the researcher on the results is slight . |
| 16 | But now to be ‘ orientated ’ is widely seen not as helpful guidance but as a test one has to submit to . |
| 17 | The workforce at France 's most successful car manufacturer has rejected an earlier management offer of a 1.5 per cent pay rise and , in the face of what is widely seen here as management intransigence , the government reluctantly got involved in the private sector dispute yesterday evening , announcing that it would appoint an official conciliator . |
| 18 | On the other hand , he argues that the term case has ‘ unfortunate medical overtones ’ , but it emphasizes individual focus , and is widely understood internationally . |
| 19 | This belief , though not taught in the Old Testament , was widely held in the Jewish constituency among whom Paul worked : it is widely believed today that if only you try hard and do your best , God will accept you at the last . |
| 20 | It is widely believed both within TDC and by its critics that the relatively high pay levels established by the reforming directors of the 1950s and 1960s led to applications by , and the recruitment of , men who did not know of or subscribe to the old codes . |
| 21 | This system may exploit water at temperatures of between 60 degrees centigrade and 12 degrees centigrade and is widely used today in France , USSR , Hungary , Iceland and many other locations . |
| 22 | The steel industry is a suitable sector for comparative analysis because its produce and processes of manufacture are similar among producing regions and output is widely traded internationally . |
| 23 | This hardly inspires confidence in the system , and emphasises the problem of actually proving that inside information was used , or showing when information stops being ‘ unpublished ’ and is widely known about . |
| 24 | Advanced manufacturing technology is widely put forward as holding out the opportunity to change the competitiveness of businesses . |
| 25 | Navy News is widely read both inside and outside the service and achieved a circulation of 100,000 in the mid-1980s . |
| 26 | This will mean that funding will go where it is most needed locally rather than according to a set of priorities determined in Whitehall . |
| 27 | ‘ I think you 'll find that pushing to the front of the queue is rather frowned on , ’ an official disdainfully informs him . |
| 28 | With the genre scenes , part of the secret lies again in the way natural-sounding dialogue is skilfully caught up into a formal musical structure . |
| 29 | The theory of MCE is inadequately thought out and would not be supported in language learning fields . |
| 30 | Not very serious , the plant grows on unharmed , new growth soon takes over , and the damaged foliage , while a little unsightly , is eventually cleared away by dead-heading and cutting back . |