Example sentences of "[noun prp] is [adv] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McKinsey is widely regarded as one of the top business consulting companies in the world and Gerstner has been characterised as one of its stars . |
| 2 | Mexico is often depicted as being characterised by ‘ charrismo ’ , the phenomenon of trade unions being controlled by the state , in order to keep wages down in the service of capital accumulation and accelerated economic growth . |
| 3 | Winemakers often argue over the question whether Cabernet Sauvignon is universally liked because it is the best red grape variety in the world , or because it is the main ingredient in claret the world 's most widely available red wine . |
| 4 | The conclusion from these studies was that DNA binding by c-Jun is severely inhibited when this protein is phosphorylated at Ser-243 , Ser-249 , and either Thr-239 or Thr-231 . |
| 5 | It goes without saying that his accomplishments did not match his campaign rhetoric — taxes were increased , the state budget more than doubled while he was in office and there were no significant reductions in the size of the state workforce yet his ‘ record in Sacramento is generally regarded as favorable ’ . |
| 6 | Currently , the NHS is much criticised because it does not have a comprehensive inventory of its fixed assets . |
| 7 | In most surveys , Scotland is also shown as having a very high proportion of workers living in tied accommodation — over 80 per cent in a number of counties . |
| 8 | Indeed , the extension of the Sale of Goods Bill 1892 to Scotland is often portrayed as being " hasty " and " ill-considered " ( see T B Smith , Property Problems in Sale ( 1979 ) ) . |
| 9 | ( Like tragedy , its " sublime " sister art , the " Old " ( Aristophanic ) Comedy of classical Athens is generally regarded as having originated in the worship of Dionysus . |
| 10 | The Director of Public Prosecutions in Northern Ireland is currently considering whether charges of obstructing the police investigation should be brought against a free Armagh and a man who has admitted being the crucial Source A referred to in the programme . |
| 11 | The SIB is also considering whether the London Stock Exchange 's regulatory responsibilities for listing shares and monitoring suspected insider dealing should be transferred to the SIB . |
| 12 | Mrs De Winter is already tipped as being one of the best sellers this year . |
| 13 | The narrow High Street is easily blocked as traffic builds up behind the heavy goods vehicles trying to get through on a route avoiding the increased toll on the Severn Bridge . |
| 14 | Cheshire is actually sold when it is one to two months old , but it can be matured for over a year . |
| 15 | The truth is different , of course , and Juliane is just stalling until Maximilian awakens fully . |
| 16 | Ian Botham is sometimes represented as breaking new ground for his appearances in pantomime . |
| 17 | Here Owen is clearly asking whether men were made to just destroy themselves and nature . |
| 18 | Jesus is also pictured as consorting with women tabooed because of their sinful or their gentile status or the combination of the two , such as the healing of the daughter of the Syrophoenician woman ( Matt. |
| 19 | ‘ Provided that we suffer with him , ’ says Paul , reminding us , perhaps , that the agonising context in which Jesus is actually recorded as calling God ‘ Abba ’ is in the Garden of Gethsemane . |
| 20 | Mr Sekula is best remembered as vice-premier in the same government . |
| 21 | The population of Hong Kong is officially given as 5.7 million , however it is probably around 6 million . |
| 22 | Many elements of the Exchequer transactions total can be predicted with a reasonable degree of accuracy by the Bank of England on a day-to-day basis : the impact of foreign exchange transactions passing through the EEA is generally known since most such transactions are settled two days later ; gilts transactions are generally settled on the next business day ; and various government sources give information on both government expenditure and expected tax receipts . |
| 23 | The Duchess of Beaufort is also mentioned as having additional rare sorts in her garden at Badminton . |
| 24 | A wind of change has been blowing around Windsor Park over the past 12 months and Campbell is now regarded as just another new player who will breeze in . |
| 25 | Stein 's vis-á-vis instrument now in Verona is so called because the piano and harpsichord it combines face each other . |
| 26 | Chas is certainly shown as aspiring to a variety of goals ; these include his aim to have the best war souvenir collection in Garmouth , to detach the machine gun from the crashed aeroplane , to dig his own underground air raid shelter , to build a gun emplacement and to fire the gun . |
| 27 | Birmingham is still declaimed as smoky , grimy , unpleasant and philistine . |
| 28 | By the mid-Eighties , Americans had started to speak of a black ‘ underclass ’ : now , one-third of the black US is officially classed as poor . |
| 29 | The poems are intended to be read aloud as in the late middle ages , a period to which Darras is keenly attracted because national and linguistic boundaries had not yet hardened . |
| 30 | Britain is widely regarded as having a political system which scores high on political institutionalization and low on personal leadership . |