Example sentences of "is [verb] [is] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposed design activity on which this is based is shown in Figure 1.9 . |
| 2 | To assume it is known is accepted for illustration , but this does not push analysis very far . |
| 3 | The message is initially held in memory , and when the call is finished is written to disk . |
| 4 | in whom the power to discontinue any criminal proceedings at any stage before judgment is delivered is vested by section 94(3) ( c ) of the Constitution of Jamaica , considered that the plea of guilty to manslaughter should not have been accepted and decided to discontinue the proceedings in this case in order that the defendant might be charged with the murder on a fresh indictment . |
| 5 | So far as I am aware , this was the first occasion on which it was made clear that the period which elapses before a prisoner serving a life sentence is released is determined by consideration of two factors , namely : ( i ) the period necessary to satisfy retribution and deterrence , which has come to be called ‘ the tariff ; ’ and ( ii ) a possible further period if it is thought by the Parole Board and/or the Secretary of State that the prisoner would pose an unacceptable risk of danger to the public were he to be released at the end of his tariff period . |