Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That s past him hopefully , and he s also playing with more confidence … |
| 2 | Farington 's influence is mostly seen in Green 's excellent etchings of buildings throughout the district . |
| 3 | The cotton wool is mostly made of cellulose , and it dwarfs the tiny capsule that contains the DNA , the genetic information . |
| 4 | Cholesterol is a natural substance in the blood and is mostly made from the fat in the food we eat , though the body itself is quite capable of making an adequate supply . |
| 5 | There is a great deal of scalic movement , though it is mostly hidden by notes leaping out of direction and back again . |
| 6 | The impact on MB Group 's balance sheet of acquiring sizeable goodwill in both ABS and Caradon is mostly offset by the issue of $150m US preferred stock and a handy £80m revaluation of its CMB stake to leave pro forma gearing at 24 per cent . |
| 7 | This is partly , no doubt , because teacher education in language is mostly tied to the teaching of particular languages , or to other disciplines like psychology or sociology where language is not the central focus . |
| 8 | The Threadfin Goldie Nemanthias carberryi is mostly received into the U.K. from shipments originating in The Maldives . |
| 9 | Research in the Arts is mostly conducted on an individual basis and it is not possible to do full justice to this activity here . |
| 10 | Egypt 's ageing fleet of 12 submarines is mostly composed of Chinese and Soviet-made Romeo-class vessels . |
| 11 | We now revert to the iterations for 1 an observe that , for example , c9 of Table 2.7.1.1 is mostly composed of x1 . |
| 12 | The drug problem is mostly limited to substances which produce recognizable behavioural patterns , normally some sort of muddled state or light-headedness . |
| 13 | What was more , they were threatening to burn down the capital if Colonel Rebu was not set free — and Port-au-Prince is mostly built of wood . |
| 14 | The protein is mostly lost during the early stages of sweating and has detergent-like properties . |
| 15 | The County is mostly served by the Southern Electricity Board . |
| 16 | Here , for once , is a look at the causes and consequences of a bar-room massacre , where the gun-play is fleeting and ketchup is mostly kept in the pantry . |
| 17 | It may thus be possible that binding of pou[c] to this motif is mostly directed by the POU HD and perhaps further stabilized by the POU S . |
| 18 | ‘ Tho ’ I was young Thomas Chatterton to those I met , I was a very Proteus to those who read my Works ' : Chatterton 's story is mostly told by himself , and with a felicity of cadence and of reference which can be caught in the sentence I have just quoted . |
| 19 | It is mostly found in the stronger astringents used for greasy skins . |
| 20 | In the absence of gastroduodenal surgery , the last is mostly found in chronic NSAID users , as shown in this study and others . |
| 21 | The cheap care provided by childminders is mostly patronized by poorer mothers , especially African and West Indian mothers . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , the majority of energy used in homes is for space heating ( heating the rooms and the people ) and this is mostly needed in the winter when there is not sufficient sunshine in this country for solar energy to be feasible . |
| 23 | The wait until September before she starts another novel is mostly owing to her publicity commitments . |
| 24 | The kindness and generosity of the owners has been especially welcomed by one of the readers who is mostly confined to her home . |
| 25 | The coal used in the district is mostly supplied from North Wales , and to some extent , from North Staffordshire and Lancashire , and is delivered by the Cambrian Company at Montgomery , from whence ( as in the case of lime ) it is carted to its destination . |
| 26 | At present , admittedly , triticale is mostly used for animal feed . |
| 27 | In France , from where the machines originate , double knitting is mostly used for lace . |
| 28 | A basic sense of wonder ( a ) to foster their capacity for imagination which can give rise to vision , realizing that reality can be greater and other than it often seems — so that they appreciate that a flat two-dimensional approach to life is not the only option available ; ( b ) to understand that religious faith expresses itself in a variety of forms , many of which are close to the arts , and to realize also that religious language is mostly used in symbolic or metaphorical ways ; ( c ) to appreciate the emotional power of religious commitment and how this can be beneficial or harmful . |
| 29 | The ‘ primary rate ’ ISDN provides a block of a minimum of 30 lines , and is mostly used by large firms which connect it to a telephone switchboard . |
| 30 | With reference to your article on the inconsistencies in the Serpell report ( This Week , 27 January , p 220 ) the town of Keith is mostly surrounded by farmland and is certainly not in the middle of a peat bog ( Scottish or otherwise ) . |