Example sentences of "[vb pp] is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only kind of conversation about women permitted is crude and obscene but in a strange way this is a bridge between the prisoners and the staff who share these attitudes . |
| 2 | This dismemberment of the kingdom he had just won is indicative of the underlying weakness of Balliol 's position . |
| 3 | The won is high . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the right to life and to not being molested or attacked is fundamental . |
| 5 | So far as the type of crime committed is concerned throughout this century the great bulk of crime has always involved stealing of one kind or another . |
| 6 | As noted above , the supervision exercised by the member state in which the head office is located is exclusive , and will be shared only with the authorities in the member states where business is conducted . |
| 7 | The person is kept constant , because the problem being drilled is tense . |
| 8 | The other main kind of socially deictic information that is often encoded is absolute rather than relational . |
| 9 | Prior approval is not required ( except in SSSIs and National Parks in the UK , but then not from the Agriculture Department ) and in assessing schemes financially , MAFF has disregarded the fact that it has in the past contributed 50–70% of the scheme 's cost and that a high proportion of the profit to be earned is public money in the form of HLCAs . |
| 10 | The lowest level of language presupposed is intermediate for foreign learners and the highest aims at LCCIEB Third Level English for Commerce or English for Business . |
| 11 | If the probability of being included is equal for each member of the relevant population then the sample is said to be a random one . |
| 12 | Whether economic loss is included is unknown but it would be logical if it were . |
| 13 | The variations in papal power and support are so crucial to an understanding of Barbarossa 's reign that the summary of papal allegiances included is worthy of study and is useful in following the complex developments . |
| 14 | The sexuality which is forbidden is unknown . |
| 15 | What is also forgotten is parental choice . |
| 16 | Already , seed merchants are complaining that much of the seed already harvested is small , sprouting or diseased , which could lead to shortages next year and some farmers could face greater problems . |
| 17 | The first is a pre filter to hold up to 31 of Siporax , which it is claimed is sufficient filtration for 20 fish 12″ long and obviates the need for traditional filters . |
| 18 | By and large , these and other regional officers ' reports from the second wave of evacuation did not indicate that the outcry of September 1939 was justified ; typical of them was the verdict of one officer in October 1940 that ‘ the general standard of those evacuated is good and 80% of them should offer no difficulty at all in billeting ’ . |
| 19 | A canvasser thus entrapped is lucky to escape inside four hours ; lucky , indeed , to escape before the polling day after next . |
| 20 | The program 's task , given a diagram like that of Figure 2 , is to discover whether the arrangements of blocks depicted is stable , — if it is not — to predict the movements ( falling , sliding , motion ended by contact with another block ) and the final state of various blocks . |
| 21 | Common sense will have to prevail as to whether the noise emitted is sufficient or not . |
| 22 | How film is edited is vital too . |
| 23 | The average number of casting faults which had to be repaired is well over twice as high in the alloy heads as in the copper ones . |
| 24 | If the law is to be effective , the criminals must know that the chance of their being caught is high , as is the chance of their being convicted ; and that they are certain to receive a sentence that matches the severity of their crime . |
| 25 | So it 's not a lot of lot of bother the only thing is that i you got ta drive in town rather than drive on country lanes to get to the main roads little bit more dangerous as far as getting caught is concerned ha ! |
| 26 | Exactly how the matter was resolved is obscure , but there is no doubt that Gloucester took possession of the lordship , presumably with royal backing . |
| 27 | Exactly how the matter was resolved is obscure , but there is no doubt that Gloucester took possession of the lordship , presumably with royal backing . |
| 28 | If the ‘ slice ’ considered is unaffected by , say , decreased road expenditures or health expenditures and/or the increased indirect taxes required to increase the transfers paid out , then the cash transfers misleadingly appear as a ‘ free lunch ’ . |
| 29 | Attractive as that proposition has seemed in recent years , the form in which it has been pursued is fraught with difficulties . |
| 30 | The only slight modification to the above formulation is that , if a bond is declared ex dividend between 1 April and 30 June , the interest accrued is negative during the ex dividend period . |