Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [vb pp] [conj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He says he saw one job but that 's already gone and that was last week . |
| 32 | The house is tastefully decorated and each room has an individual character , each with its own colour TV . |
| 33 | The course for the degree of BMus is broadly based and former students are to be found in all walks of musical life in broadcasting , recording , publishing and musical administration , as teachers , writers , performers , composers , conductors and instrument makers . |
| 34 | He wrote ‘ It is generally acknowledged that all organic beings have been formed on two great lines , unity of type and the conditions of existence . |
| 35 | Thornton 's studies of medieval carving in churches gives a touch of drama to a show in which this quality is generally diluted and all these aspects are overseen by Bridge with Rooftops , a superb blocky composition of highly acceptable and tasteful colour and tone.RAY RUSHTON |
| 36 | The carriage of goods for a subsidiary or for a holding company and for other companies which are subsidiaries of the same holding company is generally regarded as own account for these purposes . |
| 37 | It is generally conceded that such words have at least a Component of meaning that resists truth-conditional treatment ( Grice , 1975 ; Wilson , 1975 ; Levinson , 1979b ) . |
| 38 | The working paper dealing with this topic argues that ‘ it is generally recognised that some prescribing is wasteful or unnecessary expensive . |
| 39 | With the current financial structuring of the service , even in trusts , until it is generally recognised that more than just a pen and speculum are required in gynaecological outpatient clinics the value of outpatient surgery will not be realised . |
| 40 | As a corollary , it is generally accepted that many marginal social groups , especially economically-depressed ethnic minorities , also have high rates of crime . |
| 41 | It is generally accepted that each person , man and woman , is made up of both masculine and feminine qualities , and it appears that in some lifetimes the masculine will have been predominant while in others it will have been the feminine . |
| 42 | Many claims are received in respect of cigarette burns to furniture , carpets etc. and although there has been no actual ‘ fire ’ , it is generally accepted that such claims can be considered as fire damage . |
| 43 | It is generally accepted that this theory accords better with the view of modern science and is superior to that of Kant . |
| 44 | Although the number of expatriates who voted is not known , it is generally accepted that those who take the trouble to register are likely to vote . |
| 45 | Consumer public relations depends on using to the full this part of the media and it is generally accepted that any consultant working in this field will have contacts within the appropriate media . |
| 46 | It is generally accepted that most of the Siberian peoples were organized in clans , each of which traced descent from a common ancestor , and that marriage within this kinship group was forbidden . |
| 47 | It is generally accepted that most of this is , of necessity , spent rather than saved , and hence the consumption of household goods is either increased or prevented from falling . |
| 48 | It is generally accepted that most colorectal carcinomas arise from adenomatous tissue , which usually but not always assumes the form of polyps . |
| 49 | Lampreys and hagfishes lack a differentiated stomach , and it is generally assumed that all agnathans were similarly microphagous with no need for a stomach . |
| 50 | Myths abound in the heroin community as to the meaning of ‘ notification ’ and ‘ registration ’ and it is generally assumed that all ‘ official ’ agencies are in league with one another . |
| 51 | It is generally assumed that all spreadsheets will benefit from fast calculation but this is n't necessarily so . |
| 52 | It is generally assumed that both texts on British Library Additional MS 23986 are preserved there as fragments of longer originals , and this is certainly true of the Anglo-Norman ballad first written on the roll . |
| 53 | Many elements of the Exchequer transactions total can be predicted with a reasonable degree of accuracy by the Bank of England on a day-to-day basis : the impact of foreign exchange transactions passing through the EEA is generally known since most such transactions are settled two days later ; gilts transactions are generally settled on the next business day ; and various government sources give information on both government expenditure and expected tax receipts . |
| 54 | It is generally agreed that these redshifts are caused by the expansion of the Universe . |
| 55 | The effect of the Sicilian experience on Yeats is disputed by Yeats scholars , but it is generally agreed that some effect there was . |
| 56 | There is no express disqualification from voting in the case of mental patients other than the general reference to ‘ any legal incapacity to vote ’ in s.1(l) ( b ) ( i ) of the 1983 Act but it is generally considered that any person who , at the moment of voting , lacked capacity to understand what he was immediately about to do , whether by reason of mental illness or drunkenness , etc. , could be denied the right to vote by the presiding officer at the poll . |
| 57 | It is generally supposed that this is because he is on his death-bed , and his gift of making conversation has already ebbed away . |
| 58 | Nutrient availability is thus enhanced but such scavenging also results in the trapping of pollutants , which can retard growth . |
| 59 | It is thus argued that any statistical model linking pixel counts of land cover to population should be simple , linear , additive and without any intercept constant . |
| 60 | Some spend their time inland on headwaters where streams are small and flows are low , while others work on predominantly tidal rivers where dilution is easily achieved and any pollution carried out to sea . |