Example sentences of "and is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CCLGF meets six or seven times a year and is chaired by the Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 2 | The Group was formed on the initiative of Financial Public Relations Ltd and is chaired by ex-MP Sir Robin Chichester-Clark of head-hunters The Welbeck Group . |
| 3 | The ACA committee comprises none members of the marketing and advertising industry and is chaired by ICI 's head of group communications Anne Ferguson . |
| 4 | The group 's membership includes SCOTVEC , SEB and SCCC and is chaired by HMCI Douglas Osler . |
| 5 | The Advisory Committee on Business and Environment comprises 25 senior executives from some of Britain 's largest companies and is chaired by John Collins , the chair of Shell UK . |
| 6 | It 's easy to install , will cut down fuel bills and is manufactured using less power than is needed to make traditional insulation . |
| 7 | Mountain Equipment is marketing a ‘ Green Cotton ’ shirt ( £30 ) which uses cotton grown without the use of pesticides and defoliants and is manufactured in a less environmentally damaging way . |
| 8 | The ratio of fast twitch to slow twitch fibres varies between individuals and is determined by heredity . |
| 9 | I found her infuriating … she goes on and on and is determined to get her own way . ’ |
| 10 | The whole point of a visit to Hong Kong now , five months after Tiananmen Square , should be to declare with royal authority that Britain shares the concerns of the Hong Kong people and is determined to do something about them . |
| 11 | It wants to be less reliant on the depressed shipping industry but it also wants to shake off the tag of being the world 's market of last resort and is determined to win safer contracts . |
| 12 | It wants to be less reliant on the depressed shipping industry but it also wants to shake off the tag of being the world 's market of last resort and is determined to win safer contracts . |
| 13 | The subject is under strong social pressure to go along with the hypnotist ; he has agreed in good faith to be hypnotised , after all , and is determined to carry out the hypnotist 's suggestions . |
| 14 | Now a separate concern , privately-held AVS survived the eventual crash of its parent and is determined to make its mark as a standalone software house . |
| 15 | She genuinely cares for the boy and is determined to save him from a life of crime . |
| 16 | Mandarin has his next book and is determined to build him . |
| 17 | He knows what he wants and is determined to build a club which can produce sustained success year in , year out . |
| 18 | The Secretary of State is anxious to concentrate on rebates to do something for those who will by hit be the property tax , but the Minister has scorned property taxes and is determined to weight the tax in favour of the better-off . |
| 19 | This basic model postulates that the current price ( P o ) is a present value and is determined by the discounted future income that the share earns . |
| 20 | But Bingham wants to end his managerial career on a high note and is determined to get something out of each of the last three games . |
| 21 | Now she 's one of the country 's top experts on Aerodynamics , Fluid Mechanics and Aircraft Propulsion , won the Plessey prize for Women in Engineering two years ago and is determined to get more women in engineering . |
| 22 | SEVE Ballesteros has his eyes fixed firmly on the Ryder Cup clash at The Belfry in September — and is determined to play more match-play golf . |
| 23 | It 's surely an indication that St Valentine has borrowed St Nicholas 's pocket calculator , and is determined to turn his eternal dream into a business . |
| 24 | Portillo is a conviction politician and is determined to use the spending review to reopen the debate about the boundaries of the welfare state . |
| 25 | She 's expecting her second child in three weeks and is determined this time to have the baby at home . |
| 26 | ICI is not complacent and is determined to improve its record still further . |
| 27 | Ceausescu 's aim in issuing such a threat was probably to frighten Hungary , but Romania already has the delivery system in the form of Soviet built Scud missiles and is believed to be developing its own missile with the help of Egypt and Iraq . |
| 28 | His family woollen business was founded in 1541 and is believed to be the oldest family business of its kind in the world . |
| 29 | The stone has now vanished and is believed to have been used for paving the walks of St. James Church in Brackley . |
| 30 | It is of a rock type not common to the immediate area , the nearest appears to be found at Cayton and Cornelian Bays , ten miles distant , and is believed to have been brought to Rudston for religious reasons , since it was there long before the church . |