Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sensory loss frequently occurs with motor loss ; the patient is paralysed and it compounds the problem of maintaining a safe environment . |
| 2 | The context of the work is explained but they mark without consultation . |
| 3 | Occasionally it is explained that they had already died — and given the still short life-expectancy of the period this must have been so in many cases . |
| 4 | The problem is compounded when we allow our leading businesses — Rowntree and perhaps Cadbury 's and others — to be bought up by foreign predators so that our muscle is destroyed . |
| 5 | I I 'm still a little bit puzzled about the thirteen hectares , is that footloose depending on where the settlement is placed if it 's placed within Greater York ? |
| 6 | Plugs or outlets too , are often fitted in a haphazard way around the room , with the result that when a lamp is placed where it seems most needed , it frequently has to trail a dangerous mess of flex or wire with it . |
| 7 | However inadequate his predictions proved in the twentieth century , Marx 's appeal remains incomprehensible unless it is recognized that he did have an unsurpassed grasp of nineteenth-century capitalism . |
| 8 | ‘ Almost every product on sale in this country is barcoded so it provides immense game-play possibilities . |
| 9 | This difference is emphasized when one examines how Porter proposes to go about cost reduction . |
| 10 | TIM WEBB believes such concern is misplaced if it fails to address cultural as well as environmental issues . |
| 11 | At the moment it is intended that they close only on New Year 's Day , 1 May and Christmas Day , although this may be altered to include also two Mondays a month . |
| 12 | Although the Schools generally are based in cities , it is intended that they cater for participants from the surrounding ‘ region ’ . |
| 13 | Neither these heads of agreement nor their acceptance by the Vendors will constitute a binding contract between the parties nor a restriction on any further terms which may be included in that contract , but , subject thereto , it is intended that they form the basis of instruction to lawyers for the drafting and completion of a legally binding agreement between the parties . |
| 14 | Neither these heads of agreement nor their acceptance by the Vendors will constitute a binding contract between the parties nor a restriction on any further terms which may be included in that contract , but , subject thereto , it is intended that they form the basis of instruction to lawyers for the drafting and completion of a legally binding agreement between the parties . |
| 15 | It is intended that they fly out to Brazil in early January to commence their second period of missionary activity . |
| 16 | Yet this particular policy is intended and it says so in the explanatory memorandum , that it 's to be once established as open count open countryside would be out immediately outside the settlements . |
| 17 | But our curiosity is aroused when we see such alien creatures as dolphins and whales going through similar routines . |
| 18 | The meaning of prevention in the new Children Act is multifaceted and it remains to be seen how it will be operationalized . |
| 19 | ‘ If the plane is overloaded and I lose an engine , maybe we do n't make it . ’ |
| 20 | If your employment contract is broken and you suffer loss as a result , you will probably wish to seek compensation . |
| 21 | It matters just as much to a person 's education what he learns and is taught as it matters to his salvation what he believes . |
| 22 | ( 4 ) A change in the " content " or " subject " of the learning experience is justified because it enriches the learning experience or makes these experiences more meaningful and thus more developmental ; i.e. we change content as instrumental in making the processes more effective . |
| 23 | It is not good enough to say that an authoritative measure is justified because it serves the public interest . |
| 24 | I believe , however , that the emphasis is justified because it has received so little systematic attention in the British literature . |
| 25 | Eliot wrote of the huge scale of the Russian Revolution and of the huge scale of its violence , pointing out that only one result could justify such huge and terrible expense : ‘ Such a cataclysm is justified if it produces something really new : Un [ sic ] oasis d'horreur dans un désert d'ennui ’ . |
| 26 | We need not doubt that the epithet is justified and I think we are on the right track in attributing its powers to nerve cells with their trigger features and projective zones , but the connecting links are missing . |
| 27 | The criticism of Bukharin 's secondary equations is sustained because he failed to distinguish between a and a' , but in the context of his assumptions this was not strictly necessary . |
| 28 | Volunteers are naturally eager to know how well the event has done so it 's best that the cash is totalled before they leave then either banked straight away or placed in the safe keeping of the headteacher or the deputy until the bank opens on the following day . |
| 29 | My sample space is limited but I think Oldham this year will take a little beating . |
| 30 | Again , it is limited but it shows that an audit failure is three times as likely to occur in the first two years after a change in auditor as in subsequent years . |