Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [vb pp] [is] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 World wide there are only two major suppliers , and the question of how those crucial contracts are awarded is now under scrutiny across the Atlantic .
2 The interval at which words are deleted is usually between every fifth and every tenth word .
3 The work being investigated is always of the same type and difficulty .
4 The panel design enables installation to be completed quickly and without mess , reducing the time the area being refurbished is out of use .
5 or , ( 1 ) a claim which by virtue of any other enactment the court has power to hear and determine notwithstanding that the person against whom the claim is made is not within England and Wales or that the wrongful act , neglect or default giving rise to the claim did not take place within England and Wales .
6 The line being spoken is always in the same spot , so that if he turns his head from a familiar sentence he can be confident that he will be able to pick up again where he left off .
7 Since the mechanism by which equilibrium is attained is not in general specified ( although see Tobin , 1955 , Solow , 1956 , and Meade , 1961 ) , it is a heroic assumption .
8 Here , the fact that a conflict of interest is abused is not in itself a sound basis for regulation .
9 The task the reader is set is rather like that of completing a jigsaw puzzle , where we are given a few pieces at a time , and have to keep guessing what the rest of the picture will be like .
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