Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 The wedge is retracted when the device is placed and then released .
2 Beyond the farm buildings , the waterfalls path is joined and briefly followed to the left until a path forks to the right to come alongside a wall that will be a constant companion for the rest of the journey and in misty conditions must be kept in sight .
3 A writ for service out of the jurisdiction is regarded as duly served in each of the following sets of circumstances :
4 This product split is regarded as well balanced , mirroring the demand for replacement windows in the market .
5 Admittedly , he says , some behaviour is regarded as externally caused in as far as the real explanation is not the intentional one .
6 ‘ The freedom to travel independently is taken for granted by most of us and only assumes its real importance when it is limited or even removed , ’ said a spokesman .
7 One ‘ grey ’ area is where to put active over 60 's — in future if the class is fully mobile , even though at a more sedate pace , the class should be included as Recreational specifying ‘ active retired ’ etc. but if the range of movement is limited or mainly seated then the class should be on the Specialised List .
8 Hobbes , on the other hand , is more of a theorist , less of a methodologist than Bacon : his distinction between experiential and ratiocinative knowledge is considered and explicitly made .
9 A child in its mother 's womb is considered as absolutely born to all intents and purposes for the child 's benefit .
10 Access to the island is permitted and usually made by hired boat from Tarbet across the Sound of Handa ; to avoid disappointment , visits should be pre-arranged .
11 Moreover , the pre-arranged trade is reported and perhaps published as a competitively-determined transaction , when it is not in fact a genuine product of the competitive forces of supply and demand on the exchange .
12 Here , male network patterns prove to be more close-knit ( as measured by a network strength score : NSS ) than female networks , whereas this contrast is not so marked in the Hammer and is cancelled and partly reversed in the Clonard ( one of the highest-scoring groups for NSS in West Belfast is the young female group in the Clonard , and this largely accounts for the Clonard score in Table 4.1 ) .
13 This common misconception is fostered and perhaps shared by a great many retailers .
14 One year on the workforce stands at 300 , a lean organisation with a name that is respected and well known in the trade .
15 There is an important stage at which the person-centred world is superseded or rather supplemented by the world of which the person is one part .
16 So the doctrine of the Trinity is presented as intrinsically bound up with the incarnation of the eternal Son as Jesus Christ , and as supplying the ultimate framework for a theology centred and focused in him .
17 In Skinner 's instrumental learning/conditioning process ( as opposed to Pavlov 's classical conditioning ) the student emits a foreign language response which is comprehended and thus rewarded by the reinforcement of the teacher 's approval .
18 South African involvement is suspected but never proved .
19 The prevailing sexual division of labour and function in the family and society at large is accepted and simply transferred to the world of politics .
20 Here he will have to serve a form of apprenticeship before he is accepted or even noticed .
21 There is , however , a lot to be gained from a consideration of Canova 's response to the human figure both as a starting point for the investigation of sculpture where ‘ dream , myth and reverie ’ are cited as key notes of interpretation , and an investigation of nuances of meaning which the application of the words ‘ sensual ’ or ‘ sensuous ’ may have when applied to sculpture , an art form which after all is made and largely understood through touch .
22 It 's all collected into , into plastic er cans and you do n't use gallons of it , you , you used enough to clean yourself off , and that 's collected and then disposed of er under advice and help from the disposal , waste disposal people .
23 In addition , the leachate from the system is collected and either treated or recycled .
24 The grain from hulled wheat is steamed until partly cooked , then it is dried before being ground .
25 The industrial worker 's control over the work process is shaped and generally reduced by technology ; in the home , machines do not themselves determine the pace and rhythm of work .
26 I suppose that you just ca n't help loving this crafty , gormless , dithering , impatient Dagenham boy done good who 's made and apparently lost millions out of being a loveable loser , a part-time winner , with a bit of a chip on his shoulder , perpetually on the edge of panic , needing to much to impress .
27 If the point is seen and well argued , the fact that the examiner does not agree with your conclusion will not seriously affect your marks .
28 Within contemporary syntactic theory , the structure of a sentence is seen as partly determined by the nature of its main verb .
29 These cells respond most vigorously when a combination of wavelengths is used for the illumination , and the area of the stimulus is seen as strongly coloured by human observers .
30 Another way of putting this is that Adorno analyses — with great insight — the conditions of a specific mode of musical autonomy but then makes the mistake of reading what is a qualitative change , a historical variant , as an epistemological category ; the truth-content of music is seen as directly related to its degree of autonomy of this kind .
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