Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contextually , the notional component of the verb is assigned thematic status if it has already been mentioned . |
| 2 | When a strong concentration of sodium chloride is placed near to paramecium they turn and go off in the opposite direction . |
| 3 | Even if Maastricht is ratified intact , the past four months have made it seem backward-looking , or even irrelevant . |
| 4 | Mrs Aquino , who believes Mr Marcos ordered the 1983 murder of her husband , Benigno , says the homecoming can go ahead as long as the coffin is flown direct to Laoag in the heart of the Marcos fiefdom in North Luzon province . |
| 5 | The resulting Wald statistic rejected the null of weak exogeneity , implying that the reported coefficient on the contemporaneous wealth term is biased due to simultaneity . |
| 6 | The client is a man from Devon aged 40 who is registered disabled and in receipt of invalidity benefit of £56.10 and higher rate addition of £11.95 . |
| 7 | Mr Ashmore is fifty three and is registered sick . |
| 8 | A large adventure playground is situated adjacent to the insect house , conveniently near the cafeteria and main picnic lawn . |
| 9 | ‘ The target was an operational British Army base which is situated adjacent to the hospital . ’ |
| 10 | This small , attractive Georgian house is situated near to the centre of the riverside town of Bideford ; it has a delightful secluded garden dominated by a beautiful 100-year old copper beech , and also a protected patio . |
| 11 | Obviously , as it is situated near to the famous Vale of Evesham , the market garden of England , the produce is excellent . |
| 12 | The first , purely spatial method groups eruptions according to the shape of the volcanic vent and where this is situated relative to the volcanic edifice as a whole , while the second depends on the character of the eruption itself , and the nature of the deposits it produces . |
| 13 | With a loud twang the Doom Diver is propelled high into the air , his exulted cries and excited squeaks gradually dimming as he becomes a tiny speck above the Goblin army . |
| 14 | It is also possible to identify land scheduled for development in future years , particularly where the development of an area is delayed due to problems with infrastructure , for example where the release of land is delayed pending improvements to sewers or sewerage disposal facilities . |
| 15 | My brain is filled full of vague images , but no clear vision of one necessary thing . |
| 16 | Situations such as those described by Lewis and Meredith apparently fall within the range of what is regarded appropriate for a daughter who has a sense of filial duty . |
| 17 | The straw wadding is taken out of the windows exposing a covering of wire , necessary to keep out vermin , and the heavy front of the house is propped open . |
| 18 | The carriage is painted dark lake ( the Queen 's colour ) relieved with scarlet and gold ; the upper quarterings having a broad border of French white round the plate glass windows in either panel . |
| 19 | For instance , every bathroom door is painted green , every toilet door , yellow . |
| 20 | It has a 110hp Warner and is painted red and white , as are all the replicas except the black and yellow Z. At Oshkosh time it had n't flown , but did so on September 12 , 1991 . |
| 21 | Janet 's bedroom is painted pink , which she says is ‘ how it 's always been , I ca n't be bothered to repaint it ’ . |
| 22 | It is painted pink , which is also one of the traditional colours used on old buildings here . |
| 23 | The inside of the lid is painted white or silver to reflect the aquarium light(s) which are clipped to the frame . |
| 24 | The clock face is painted white and so stands out clearly from quite a distance , allowing the time to be easily read . |
| 25 | Energy is released when either a neutron or a proton is shaken loose , the reactions being written ( n referring to neutron and p proton ) : The combined mass of the final products is smaller than the combined mass of the initial nuclei . |
| 26 | It is not conclusive that the purchaser carries on work similar to or the same as that previously carried on by the vendor , especially if this work is undertaken pursuant to a contract between them . |
| 27 | The interest on offshore cash funds , building society and bank accounts is received gross , which will provide cash flow advantages for taxpayers and be of interest to low taxpayers as well as to certain non-taxpayers who are unable to obtain interest gross in the UK . |
| 28 | ( i ) the practising certificate of any member is withdrawn due to non-renewal under Section 14(5) of the Solicitors Act 1974 provided that a new practising certificate is issued within two months of such expiry ; or |
| 29 | The solution to problem ( a ) should be relatively straightforward in economies where information on changes in the cost of living is given prominent news coverage when up to date figures become available and where labour is organized under the umbrella of trades unions with sizable economic research departments . |
| 30 | But what most impresses you about this phenomenal piece of theatre is less its class affiliations than its national attributes : a drama of mutinous impulses crushed by an authoritarian social system is given consummate rendering by a cast who very triumphantly unite energy and discipline . |