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

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31 then all the data from the TREE command , which normally goes straight to the screen , is redirected to a file called PENGUIN .
32 Note that at the back of the head an allowance of approx. ½in has been left , and this is bevelled with a smoothing plane so that when viewed from above the head will lie at an angle to the neck .
33 The claim that women can never be in positions of public responsibility because of their ‘ raging hormonal imbalances ’ is refuted .
34 Popper objected that pseudo-scientific theories can be confirmed by this logic , and recommended the logic of refutation : if H implies P , and if P is falsified , then H is refuted .
35 If H Nl and H N2 and H N3 … etc. imply P , and if P is refuted , then we must reject H N1 or H N2 or H N3 or … ; but there is no reason to think that the culprit is H Nl in particular .
36 The statement that he overestimated the importance of sex in human psychology is refuted by an examination of his work and opinions .
37 Hence , Freeman is refuted since presumably other explanations are conceivable , even if it turns out they are n't very interesting .
38 Since the irritation theory would apply equally to both types of cancer , the argument is refuted .
39 As the beer can not generate its own carbon dioxide it would be flat and lifeless so it is racked not into casks but into pressurised containers known as kegs .
40 Throughout , the old lady sits silent , hands on lap , eyes on agitated thumbs and as she looks up to witness the man 's retreat her tear-streaked face is racked with pain .
41 At the receiver , the signal is demodulated and the information — the voice - extracted .
42 When using this option to introduce new media items , you must tell LIFESPAN what state it is in , selecting either 1 , to reserve the code for an item not yet initialised , or 2 , to indicate that the item is initialised and can be used .
43 Obviously , if you have only reserved the code , you must re-enter Option 9.3.0 when the item is initialised to change the state to 2 .
44 The program stack is initialised to begin at HIMEM and , because of this , you can not change the value of HIMEM when there is anything on the stack .
45 The random number generator is initialised by RUN ( or CHAIN ) .
46 For most services , including restaurant bills , it is itemised separately .
47 The chariot is itemised as wheels , car , people standing in car ; but the two horses that draw it are allowed to overlap , so shown as one body with two necks and heads and eight legs .
48 My Lord of Buckingham 's death is avenged .
49 A citizen on a march , or on a picket , or at a public meeting , has never been able to respond to the repressive exercise of authority by calling in aid a legally enforceable right to do that which is impugned .
50 ( 2 ) Allowable also are the mortgagee 's costs , reasonably and properly incurred , of proceedings between himself and a third party where what is impugned is the title to the estate .
51 The witness of an insult , or the victim of it , will feel that his dignity is impugned and regarded as a matter for contempt by the person whose conduct he witnesses .
52 One such sceptic , a certain Montgomery , is likened to a prickly housemaid .
53 In the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible , which is an important part of the sacred literature of all three religions , God is likened for instance to a judge , a king , a midwife and a mother eagle .
54 In the New Testament , God is likened to a father , a shepherd and the owner of a vineyard ( among other images , including some found in the Old Testament ) .
55 The setpoint mechanism is likened to a thermostat .
56 It is likened locally to a stranded whale , and dominates the area .
57 Racism is likened to a poison which children take in , if not from their mother 's breast , then at least from its mechanical substitutes .
58 In many statements of this sort racism is likened to a contagious disease , which people catch off each other , or a cancer in the body politic , something which can only be stopped by either eliminating its carriers , or protecting others , especially children , from contact with its ‘ breeding grounds ’ .
59 The change of allegiance on the part of individual scientists from one paradigm to an incompatible alternative is likened by Kuhn to a ‘ gestalt switch ’ or a ‘ religious conversion ’ .
60 For example , he is likened to a thief , but he actually wants to become a king , and speaks as if he were a Prince .
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