Example sentences of "and is [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Since then we have witnessed the development first of all of the Keynesian view of the importance of money , followed by the monetarist view which is at odds with the former and is closely associated with the original quantity theory . |
| 32 | Because HPV-16 DNA is known to activate cellular oncogene and is closely associated with malignant transformation , these findings suggest that an association of HPV-16 DNA with the multistep development of colorectal cancers may exist . |
| 33 | Our policy , both for nuclear and conventional defence , is clear , has been set out in a number of documents and is properly costed . |
| 34 | The Comptroller and Auditor General , appointed by the Crown on a resolution of the House of Commons by virtue of section 1(1) of the National Audit Act 1983 has two major functions : ( a ) to ensure that all money paid out of the government accounts has been properly authorised and is properly applied ; and ( b ) to examine the accounts of the , various government departments . |
| 35 | What we 're actually doing is checking the firing pin is n't broken and looking down the barrel to make sure it 's not blocked and is properly oiled . |
| 36 | Linda Nicholson is a member of the London Fortepiano Trio and is widely regarded as a leading fortepiano player . |
| 37 | It is thus a kind of distributional history in space rather than in time — although in archaeology both chronological and spatial dimensions are involved , and is widely employed in modern geographical studies . |
| 38 | Tropospheric ozone ( not to be confused with the ozone layer ) forms when vehicle emissions react with sunlight and is widely believed to damage trees . |
| 39 | On the other hand , he argues that the term case has ‘ unfortunate medical overtones ’ , but it emphasizes individual focus , and is widely understood internationally . |
| 40 | Overall , however , the railways are likely to be one of the toughest state sell-offs of them all , for BR has not made a profit for 40 years and is widely perceived as demoralised and run-down . |
| 41 | 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emphasises the problem of actually proving that inside information was used , or showing when information stops being ‘ unpublished ’ and is widely known about . |
| 42 | This was developed by the Aldus Corporation and Microsoft particularly for images obtaining from scanning devices , and is widely used in desk top publishing . |
| 43 | Other bit image formats are GIF , which uses LZW compression and is widely used for clip art ; PIC , which is used by the Halo screen art programme ; and CUT , which uses the enhanced small disk drive RLL compression algorithm . |
| 44 | 1989b ) , and is widely used in social work . |
| 45 | Barley straw is soft and palatable , and is widely used as bulk feed for beef cattle . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | This came from Morton 's Italian subsidiary and used to have a good market in Eastern Europe , though this has recently collapsed , and is widely used in sport shops and luggage , being washable and breathable — and cheaper than real leather . |
| 48 | It is sold as an enhancer of the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood , and is widely used by athletes in the USSR , says Dr Robert Woodward of Contassium . |
| 49 | Cleft grafting on the spot is the primary example of field grafting and is widely used in California where varieties of vines cultivated change rapidly with fashion : a grower simply cuts off the whole of his existing variety at rootstock level and clefts on the new desired variety . |
| 50 | The Tarot pack was invented in northern Italy in the fifteenth century and is widely used across the world today in ordinary card games . |
| 51 | Provision of such phase-related signals is described as phase splitting and is widely used in electronics for various purposes . |
| 52 | ‘ It 's like selling coal to Newcastle , as eleutherococcus comes from Siberia and is widely used in Russia , ’ said Eladon director Mr Ross . |
| 53 | He is given the room key for room number 210 and is courteously shown to his room . |
| 54 | The Engineer 's Representative under the terms of Clause 1 subclause 1 ( e ) of the Conditions of Contract shall be and is hereby authorised to act on the Engineer 's behalf in respect of the following Clauses of the Conditions of Contract : — |
| 55 | Er , I 'd like to propose that Mr J C , a director retiring in accordance with article eighty of the company 's Articles of Association be and is hereby re-elected a director of the company . |
| 56 | I therefore propose that the report of the directors and the audited accounts for the year ended thirty first December nineteen eighty nine now submitted to this meeting be and are hereby er , received and that the final dividend of twelve point five pence , er , net per share , recommended by the directors be and is hereby declared payable on first June nineteen ninety , to holders of ordinary shares of the company on the register , three P M on fourth of May nineteen ninety . |
| 57 | ‘ That the Dawson International Executive Share Option Scheme 1993 , the provisions of which are summarised in the Appendix to the letter to members of the Company dated 16th June 1993 , to be constituted by the Rules produced in draft to this meeting and for the purposes of identification initialled by the Chairman hereof , be and is hereby approved and the Directors be and are hereby authorised to do all acts and things which they may consider necessary or expedient for implementing and giving effect to the same including making such amendments to the Rules as may be necessary to gain the approval of the Inland Revenue . ’ |
| 58 | It has been recommended by the Board and is hereby agreed between the Shareholders of [ name ] Limited ( ‘ the Company ’ ) that steps should be taken by means of the distribution of an Information memorandum ( ‘ the Memorandum ’ ) in the first instance to identified prospective buyers of shares in the capital of the Company , to establish whether an acceptable bid can be obtained either for the whole of the shares in the Company or for the shares held by [ ABC ] Ltd . |
| 59 | The testimonium should therefore read as follows : IN WITNESS whereof this Deed has been executed by the parties hereto and is intended to be and is hereby delivered on the day first before written |
| 60 | The crosslinking reaction depends on addition of the methyl donor SAM ( Figure 5 , lane 4 ) and is partially suppressed by addition of sinefungin ( lane 6 ) , a competitive inhibitor of DNA methyltransferases ( 29 ) . |