Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keepers can have the one off season … to be fair this season AFAIK he s only made the one ‘ howler ’ . |
| 2 | They do nt even create his goals — he s just got that luck/knack of being in the right place for deflections etc . |
| 3 | Unfortunately everyone else will be doing the same thing and if one end is blatantly favoured then it is likely to be crowded . |
| 4 | Farington 's influence is mostly seen in Green 's excellent etchings of buildings throughout the district . |
| 5 | Although it is mostly made up of perennial plants which will come up fresh in spring , there are one or two evergreen shrubs added for structure : an upright rosemary and a couple of spiky yuccas . |
| 6 | Cholesterol is a natural substance in the blood and is mostly made from the fat in the food we eat , though the body itself is quite capable of making an adequate supply . |
| 7 | Linseed oil is mostly made out of the seeds of the lin linen plant . |
| 8 | The current population is mostly made up of scientists and support staff working on contract for one or two years . |
| 9 | The cotton wool is mostly made of cellulose , and it dwarfs the tiny capsule that contains the DNA , the genetic information . |
| 10 | There is a great deal of scalic movement , though it is mostly hidden by notes leaping out of direction and back again . |
| 11 | The impact on MB Group 's balance sheet of acquiring sizeable goodwill in both ABS and Caradon is mostly offset by the issue of $150m US preferred stock and a handy £80m revaluation of its CMB stake to leave pro forma gearing at 24 per cent . |
| 12 | This is partly , no doubt , because teacher education in language is mostly tied to the teaching of particular languages , or to other disciplines like psychology or sociology where language is not the central focus . |
| 13 | The Threadfin Goldie Nemanthias carberryi is mostly received into the U.K. from shipments originating in The Maldives . |
| 14 | Research in the Arts is mostly conducted on an individual basis and it is not possible to do full justice to this activity here . |
| 15 | Egypt 's ageing fleet of 12 submarines is mostly composed of Chinese and Soviet-made Romeo-class vessels . |
| 16 | We now revert to the iterations for 1 an observe that , for example , c9 of Table 2.7.1.1 is mostly composed of x1 . |
| 17 | The drug problem is mostly limited to substances which produce recognizable behavioural patterns , normally some sort of muddled state or light-headedness . |
| 18 | What was more , they were threatening to burn down the capital if Colonel Rebu was not set free — and Port-au-Prince is mostly built of wood . |
| 19 | The protein is mostly lost during the early stages of sweating and has detergent-like properties . |
| 20 | The County is mostly served by the Southern Electricity Board . |
| 21 | It seems that public concern is mostly raised when the pollutant is easily observed and can be shown to be due to some organisation flouting the law . |
| 22 | Here , for once , is a look at the causes and consequences of a bar-room massacre , where the gun-play is fleeting and ketchup is mostly kept in the pantry . |
| 23 | The food at the hotel is mostly flown in from Vienna , so staying at Fudauri is Georgian extra-extra luxury . |
| 24 | It may thus be possible that binding of pou[c] to this motif is mostly directed by the POU HD and perhaps further stabilized by the POU S . |
| 25 | I 'm afraid a detective 's life is mostly spent chasing up blind alleys and wasting people 's time . ’ |
| 26 | The stock is mostly refurbished InterCity Mk1 vehicles . |
| 27 | ‘ Tho ’ I was young Thomas Chatterton to those I met , I was a very Proteus to those who read my Works ' : Chatterton 's story is mostly told by himself , and with a felicity of cadence and of reference which can be caught in the sentence I have just quoted . |
| 28 | It is mostly found in the stronger astringents used for greasy skins . |
| 29 | In the absence of gastroduodenal surgery , the last is mostly found in chronic NSAID users , as shown in this study and others . |
| 30 | The cheap care provided by childminders is mostly patronized by poorer mothers , especially African and West Indian mothers . |