Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The level of income at which SB is received is widely accepted as a crude and basic measure of the ‘ poverty line ’ , that point below which people may be said to be ‘ in poverty ’ . |
| 2 | The way the care is organised is therefore determined by the needs of the individual . |
| 3 | And we all nodded at him : the man of finance , the man of accounts , the man of law , we all nodded at him over the polished table that like a still sheet of brown water reflected our faces , lined , wrinkled ; our faces marked by toil , by deceptions , by success , by love ; our weary eyes looking still , looking always , looking anxiously for something out of life , that while it is expected is already gone — has passed unseen , in a sigh , in a flash — together with the youth , with the strength , with the romance of illusions . |
| 4 | Another type of work which is disliked is emotionally demanding work , a category not recognized elsewhere in the literature on the police . |
| 5 | The validity of what is said is often judged by the expression of the eyes . |
| 6 | He is said to die in India , pierced with lances , and the tomb in which he is buried is later found empty . |
| 7 | What chloroplast cells there are tend to concentrate near to the veins , so that the little carbohydrate that is elaborated is quickly moved into the nearby veins and carried to where it is needed , thus we get a characteristic green outline to the veins in an otherwise pale green , even yellowish , leaf . |
| 8 | For that which is conveyed is clearly shaped by the concretion . |
| 9 | The colorimetric test in which sodium diethyldithio-carbamate is used is extensively employed and gives satisfactory results when tartaric acid is added to remove interference from iron , calcium , and magnesium . |
| 10 | Gary as he 's called is still trained by the Pitmans on the Lambourn Downs … |
| 11 | This money has to be bid for , and how it is spent is closely monitored by the Agency . |
| 12 | What is proposed is generally described as the ‘ dematerialisation ’ of shares . |
| 13 | The small surplus that is distributed is so limited that it can not be shared by all , but patronage is a mechanism of selecting a few workers to benefit . |
| 14 | ‘ What 's left is only trimming . |
| 15 | Precisely how this requisite adjustment is effected is rarely discussed satisfactorily in this literature , particularly when one bears in mind the close connection between changes in money wages and changes in prices which is such a prominent feature of the pricing decision in most advanced market economies . |
| 16 | If , however , human beings are born with the capacity to be sexual — with a sexuality — but the manner in which that sexuality is expressed is socially constructed , then ‘ promotion ’ is possible . |
| 17 | What is studied is substantially determined by what is available to study . |
| 18 | We will see later on in the chapter that the way in which this offence is perceived is strongly linked with the pupils ’ own well-articulated theories about the nature and social value of discipline . |
| 19 | All that is required is simply to retard the ignition timing by 3 degrees ( are you sure that your ignition timing is spot on , anyway — try unleaded and if the engine does n't ‘ pink ’ , you 're OK , but have the ignition properly set at the next service ) . |
| 20 | The lectures are at the Institute and what is learnt is immediately put into practice with the trainees acting as helpers in the various groups . |
| 21 | The respect to which Sir Leicester undoubtedly feels that his house is entitled is evidently waning ; Mr Guppy is in fact intruding on his privacy , for his interest lies in Sir Leicester 's family secrets , not in his house . |
| 22 | The theories about how the signalling behaviour is controlled are also developing fast . |