Example sentences of "[adv] [noun sg] is [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beginning of this slowing down process is frequently said to be Allied 's failure to take over Boddingtons in 1969 ( Boddingtons were part of the Whitbread ‘ umbrella ’ , and Whitbread threw its weight behind the family shareholders ) . |
| 2 | Furthermore inflammation is frequently accompanied by fever and an increased temperature is unfavourable to survival of some microorganisms . |
| 3 | Yet it is migration to and from rural areas that has been the main concern of rural geographers in the last century , and so attention is now turned to the first major theme of this chapter , rural population change . |
| 4 | Two of these strategies directly relate to the topics to be considered next in this chapter , namely ( 2 ) the provision of facilities ( rural service provision ) and ( 1 ) socioeconomic conditions ( rural deprivation ) and so attention is now turned to rural service provision and rural deprivation . |
| 5 | The trends outlined above are , of course , only broad averages to set the scene and so attention is now turned to more detailed and more specifically geographical studies . |
| 6 | In the meantime one way in which the impact of second homes and other recreational uses could be more effectively assessed could be the development of theoretical models and statistical relationships , and so attention is now turned to this topic . |
| 7 | Obviously chance is sometimes meant , as Gandalf says of Bilbo 's finding of the Ring , though even Gandalf can only recognise such ‘ meanings ’ retrospectively . |
| 8 | The objective lenses required for cathodoluminescence must have long working distances , so choice is often limited and prices high . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , slow music and fast music altered how they performed the tests so music is now forbidden during testing sessions . |
| 10 | Very time-consuming , labour intensive and an expensive part of archaeology , the very processes of excavation also destroys the site : complete excavation is complete destruction , and so excavation is often described as an ‘ unrepeatable experiment ’ . |
| 11 | Perhaps radio is now fitted inside the crash helmets , I never understood why this could not have been done in the first place , along the lines of the radios issued to policemen or the earphones that , thank God , are popular with those who can not live without constant noise . |
| 12 | Flush fitting sides mean you get the look of a built in cooker is so desired . |
| 13 | So retributivism is clearly excluded as a justification for punishment . |
| 14 | Thus methane is quickly oxidized to carbon dioxide and water , and ammonia is quickly washed out . |
| 15 | Thus aggression is often taken as synonymous with violence ; violent behaviour being taken as proof of the existence of an inner state called aggression . |
| 16 | ‘ Once labour is formally subordinated , then its real subsumption has to follow — it occurs as the realisation of capital 's ‘ essence ’ : the ‘ inversion ’ at the heart of capitalist society imposed by the logic of competition . |
| 17 | Certainly the productivity of the coal industry has improved greatly over the years , but further improvement is still required . |
| 18 | In these cases , there are no servicing costs , and often insurance is also included . |
| 19 | Here meditation is closely connected to what is read in terms of its retention in the memory as the grounds for prayer . |
| 20 | All of the rest of the day to day gubbins is front mounted — the control panel and a large font cartridge slot complete the picture here , while the power on/off switch is neatly recessed towards the rear on the left hand side . |
| 21 | On/off switch is conveniently placed on the main handle |
| 22 | Here accountability is clearly defined , the routes and paths through which it flows are easily discerned , often articulated and condition the nature , state and integrity of the whole enterprise . |
| 23 | Here price is absolutely divorced from value . |
| 24 | Science teachers at the school say that unfortulately science is still perceived as being a man 's world . |
| 25 | First , in occupying the terrain of prejudice , there continues — as in so many forms of antiracism — to be a fairly simplistic notion of how racism is culturally reproduced , or transmitted as the preferred term has it . |
| 26 | If music is like a language , if it communicates some kind of emotional or spiritual message , then noise is best defined as interference , something which blocks transmission , jams the code , prevents sense being made . |
| 27 | The Lord of the Rings is a tale of the struggle between Good and Evil and how Evil is finally overcome . |
| 28 | The distinction is a very significant one , because all the great religions of the world have emphasized how important it is that religion and life are bound up together , that religion does not hive off into some remote corner unrelated to the real world ; all religions do bother about the secular in the first sense of the word — about how life is actually lived and what people are and do , and not just about what they say and believe . |
| 29 | A surveyor checks for cracks and gaps , then property is accurately measured . |
| 30 | Study results are being incorporated in geochemical models , and will help predict how oil is both generated and flows through the basin . |