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 | In addition , the leachate from the system is collected and either treated or recycled . |
23 | The grain from hulled wheat is steamed until partly cooked , then it is dried before being ground . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | Within contemporary syntactic theory , the structure of a sentence is seen as partly determined by the nature of its main verb . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | Captures the angry collapsing mood of the country as Allende 's left wing government is threatened and eventually deposed by a right wing junta . |
30 | To be sure , there is evident in the modern world a trend toward collectivism , but this can assume , and has assumed , very diverse forms : among them the fascist corporate state ; the Stalinist autocracy and the highly regulated society , dominated by a single party , which succeeded it ; the ‘ mixed economy ’ of the capitalist welfare states , in which some important sectors of the economy are publicly owned , a vast network of publicly financed and administered social services exists , and the national economy is regulated and partly planned by the state , which now employs a substantial and increasing proportion of the active population ; and the former Yugoslav system of self-management in an economy which was largely publicly owned . |