Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason so many things are delayed is that they have to be perfect . |
| 2 | The way that university library budgets are calculated is changing , and there is no reliable overview of current practice . |
| 3 | However , giving rules for determining where the boundaries are placed is not easy , except in cases where a clear pause separates tone-units . |
| 4 | When the condition you refer to as ‘ the burning ’ surges through your flesh , what you are given is the capacity to step beyond the strictures of the logical universe humans have inflicted upon themselves . |
| 5 | You 're then taken down into the operating theatre and the first injection you are given is usually something on the lines of erm er special K , ketomine or the most common one is |
| 6 | His popularity , and the seriousness with which his views are treated is a measure of his achievement . |
| 7 | Secondly , how well those made redundant are treated is an important factor in maintaining the morale of those who stay behind . |
| 8 | For policymakers the key point to recognise is that the way that people whom the organisation wishes to lose are treated is paramount , not just for their sakes , but also for those whom the organisation wishes to keep . |
| 9 | The extent to which insect flight-muscles are developed is , as one would expect , correlated with the capacity for flight . |
| 10 | For these ‘ immigrants ’ to start demanding having a say in the way their pupils are taught and what they are taught is viewed with great disdain … |
| 11 | In that regard , does my hon. Friend agree that the commission that the Secretary of State has set up under Professor Alexander to look at the way in which primary school children are taught is particularly welcome ? |
| 12 | Such craters are now known elsewhere in the Solar System as you have already seen in the case of Mars , and therefore the mechanism by which they are formed is of widespread relevance . |
| 13 | With dynamic input the order in which the pixels are formed is known and provides accurate stroke-position and time-sequence information . |
| 14 | The major source of radiation to which people are exposed is the natural environmental component ( table 5.5 ) . |
| 15 | ( 1 ) This section shall apply to any premises for which a licence ( other than an off-sale licence ) is held or to the premises of a registered club : ( a ) if the holder of the licence or , as the case may be , the club gives notice of the application of the section to the premises In accordance with subsection ( 6 ) below , and ( b ) as from such date as may be specified in the said notice : Provided that , in the case of premises for which a public house or a hotel licence is held or the premises of a club , the licence-holder or the club , as the case may be , shall not give notice of application as aforesaid , and this section shall not apply to such premises , unless the licensing board for the area within which the premises are situated is satisfied that the premises are structurally adapted and bona fide used , or intended to be used , for the purpose of habitually providing the customary main meal at midday for the accommodation of persons frequenting the premises . |
| 16 | ( 1 ) This section shall apply to any premises for which a licence ( other than an off-sale licence ) is held or to the premises of a registered club : ( a ) if the holder of the licence or , as the case may be , the club gives notice of the application of the section to the premises in accordance with subsection ( 6 ) below , and ( b ) as from such date as may be specified in the said notice : Provided that , in the case of premises for which a public house or a hotel licence is held or the premises of a club , the licence-holder or the club , as the case may be , shall not give notice of application as aforesaid and this section shall not apply to such premises , unless the licensing board for the area within which the premises are situated is satisfied that the premises are structurally adapted and bona ride used , or intended to be used , for the purpose of habitually providing , for the accommodation of persons frequenting the premises , substantial refreshment to which the sale and supply of alcoholic liquor is ancillary . |
| 17 | ( 1 ) This section shall apply to any premises for which a public house licence is held and in respect of which an application for Sunday opening has not been granted under Schedule 4 to this Act : ( a ) if the holder of the licence gives notice of the application of the section to the premises in accordance with subsection ( 6 ) below , and ( b ) as from such date as may be specified in the said notice : Provided that a licence-holder shall not give notice of application as aforesaid , and this section shall not apply to the premises for which he holds his licence , unless : ( i ) the licensing board for the area within which the premises are situated is satisfied that the premises are structurally adapted and bona ride used , or intended to be used , for the purpose of habitually providing the customary main meal at midday or in the evening , or both , for the accommodation of persons frequenting the remises , and that the part of the premises mentioned in subsection 3 ) below does not contain a bar counter . |
| 18 | The range of problems on which solicitors are consulted is quite narrow , and of 27 categories adopted in the survey , seven accounted for over 80 per cent . |
| 19 | We want to say quite explicitly that the language with which the problems of contemporary urban life are addressed is necessarily problematic . |
| 20 | The actual transmission of letters rogatory to the authority to which they are addressed is governed by Article 4 which allows six possible modes of transmission . |
| 21 | While research can clarify such issues , how they are resolved is essentially a political and ethical question — in the same way as how child abuse is itself defined is essentially a political and ethical question . |
| 22 | We are told that " the reason why constituencies of about five members are recommended is that they form communities [ ? ] where electors may be expected to have sufficient personal knowledge of the candidates ' . |
| 23 | That they are included is as much for the protection of the member States themselves , who will be responsible for the budget of the organisation and need its field of operations to be defined , as for non-members who need to know the extent of the organisation 's powers . |
| 24 | The support given by knitters to the events which are organised is very good . |
| 25 | You may be familiar with those sorts of stories which say my convent life was hell with the Sisters of Mercy er that kind of story about er church organisations that absolute not to show er Christian qualities in the way that they are organised is quite true that often Christian organisations do find it hard to show forgiveness . |
| 26 | An indication of when these are expected is shown in the message . |
| 27 | How they are cracked is almost the least interesting part of the walnut story . |
| 28 | That it is inconceivable that after this number of centuries man still believes that ultimately the only way in which problems are solved is by blowing the other chap 's head off , which is so lunatic now . |
| 29 | The only sensible thing to do when you are attacked is , as Napoleon once said , to counter-attack . |
| 30 | It is thought that the mechanism whereby all the genes in the chromosome are inactivated is a chemical modification of the DNA . |