Example sentences of "[verb] [is] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supported by WACC , the seminar will examine how the concept of the right to communicate is understood and practised in the four Chinese societies of China , Hong Kong , Singapore and Taiwan . |
| 2 | Stage I sleep is defined in terms of the EEG and EOG records as consisting of a low voltage EEG with some slow activity , and occasional vertex sharp waves , and slow rolling eye movements ( see example . ) |
| 3 | Occasionally sleep is missed , or is twice as long as usual . |
| 4 | Reportedly OSF is motivated in setting things up like this to see the technologies can stand on their own . |
| 5 | In Germany everything that is not permitted is prohibited . |
| 6 | In the USSR everything that is permitted is prohibited . |
| 7 | A sheet of ideas for you to try is enclosed . |
| 8 | The ways in which honour is formed and assessed are numerous . |
| 9 | Indeed , work is one of the key bases on which honour is established in the eyes of family , kin and locality . |
| 10 | In Australia , all launching is done this way , and for a time it was common in the U.S.A. The disadvantages , however , of the low tow position are as follows . |
| 11 | Blackcaps have begun wintering in the British Isles , instead of Spain , a change in migratory behaviour that scientists suggest is linked to global warming . |
| 12 | These essays , say the publisher , intend to challenge the view that Kollwitz ‘ reputation relies on the ‘ social content of her work ’ ; a notion which they suggest is perpetuated ‘ often at the expense of her remarkable artistic skills ’ . |
| 13 | The number of images per second needed to make them merge is called the flicker fusion frequency . |
| 14 | If a successful I test is made , the character searching the shelf finds a folded page tucked inside the covers of an otherwise uninteresting volume on Tilean genealogy ( Handout 7 ) . |
| 15 | A successful I test is required to avoid falling over . |
| 16 | If a character does fall , a second successful I test is required ( Acrobatics +10 , Scale Sheer Surface +10 ) to avoid sliding off the path and down the scree-slope , taking D3 S 1 hits in the process and coming to rest 2D10 yards away . |
| 17 | Much of his criticism of the talks process is centred on Hume , whom he regards as ‘ the antithesis of reconciliation ’ . |
| 18 | A human touch was added to Nash 's report : ‘ I could heartily wish more respect were paid to the remains of this amiable though unfortunate Queen , and would willingly , with proper leave , have them wrapt in another sheet of lead and coffin , and decently interred in some proper place , that at least after her death her body might remain in peace ; whereas the Chapel where she now lies is used for the keeping of rabbits , which make holes and scratch very indecently about her Royal corpse . ’ |
| 19 | Add the white sugar , and stir constantly until the consistency of a conserve is produced . |
| 20 | Furthermore , the information which the ‘ midyear population estimates ’ provide is limited to sex and age group and is not normally available for a finer grain of spatial unit than the local authority district and health authority area . |
| 21 | If an ex-pupil of an education authority bequeaths £10,000 on the condition that the money is invested and the interest earned is awarded as a prize to the best academic performance each year , the money can not in law be used to keep local taxes down . |
| 22 | These are spaced on the spars to act as bridle stops , so that the bridle connection on , say , a leading edge is retained and the tendency to slip is controlled . |
| 23 | What behaviour is expected is determined by the job , but we can generalize . |
| 24 | An indication of when these are expected is shown in the message . |
| 25 | The value of exports from all sectors included is estimated to be £351.3 million . |
| 26 | The motivation to write is heightened , and writing of great diversity can be encouraged — including , where appropriate , writing in the child 's own language or dialect . |
| 27 | Permission to prospect for oil and gas in blocks of the seabed in UK waters is given to oil companies that bid under an annual licensing round to the Government . |
| 28 | In 1993 , eight years short of its 250th anniversary , and still trading under its original name , it has fewer branches than Thins and a turnover probably around £13m ( Thins is believed to be around £15m ) . |
| 29 | A few states conduct population estimates , but the lack of a consistent downward trend in the number of pelts harvested is taken to indicate that the populations are n't overexploited . |
| 30 | The delicate poetry of the atmosphere William seeks to establish is disrupted not only by that noisily symbolic iguana but by such clumping speeches as Shannon 's explanation that his problems began when his mother punished him for masturbating . |