Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The localized system of medico-pedagogical influence on a child , in so far as it is differentiated in an institution for social education , ought to prevail to the extent that it is in accordance with the natural needs of the child and to the extent that it opens creative prospects for the development of the given structure — biological , social , and economic . |
| 2 | The statement that he overestimated the importance of sex in human psychology is refuted by an examination of his work and opinions . |
| 3 | Welcome back : A young wild deer is recovering at an animal rescue centre after having a leg amputated . |
| 4 | Cash is recovering after an Achilles tendon operation and Cahill is set to have exploratory knee surgery , but Australia hope they will be fit for the match on Perth 's grass courts from February 2 to 4 . |
| 5 | : person who is recovering from an infection |
| 6 | A man is recovering from an emergency operation after his pet alsation turned on him . |
| 7 | Tonight Mrs Ditchburn is recovering from an operation to replace her hip . |
| 8 | A trade unionism that is paralysed by an obsession with parliamentary lobbying and television training for general secretaries can scarcely expect to win the wholehearted support even of its own members , let alone women engaged in domestic labour , part-time workers or the unemployed . |
| 9 | Radelescu and Stoia ( 1979 ) , for instance , describe a microprocessor-based closed-loop control in which the switching angle is calculated by an algorithm involving the two previous step periods , enabling the rate of change of speed to be taken into account . |
| 10 | Here the oral pore although quite superficial is hidden by an opercular papillae , the distalmost in the oral series . |
| 11 | Pews will have to be removed but if furniture is arranged in an orderly , symmetrical fashion it responds to the architectural layout of the building . |
| 12 | When an American member of the International League for Civil Liberties is shot dead in a police ambush , the killing is explained as an unfortunate but justifiable occurrence in the war against terrorism . |
| 13 | Why Raymond is determined to wade through our sewers is explained by an extraordinary aside in The Hidden Files . |
| 14 | Their presence is explained in an appeal of 1548 to retain both churches : ‘ The town of Henley is severed from the Parish Church with a brook which in winter so riseth that none may pass over it without danger of perishing . ’ |
| 15 | The cold is compounded by an average two degree drop in temperature for every thousand feet , and hypothermia , induced by the chill factor of a 40-knot airflow , becomes an insidious danger . |
| 16 | The problem is compounded by an increase in slash-and-burn settlement of forest areas , much of it carried out by people made homeless by the fighting . |
| 17 | The training of probationers encourages this transmission , because after formal training in the depot each recruit is assigned to an experienced senior constable in the station . |
| 18 | For the process to proceed smoothly it is necessary to ensure that responsibility for overall policy decisions is assigned to an appropriate individual or group ( for instance the managing director or the board of directors ) . |
| 19 | The design of a machine or device which is assigned as an aid for one person will not usually encounter the problems associated with elaborate design teams just described , but nevertheless some human factors sensitivity will help to provide a better product . |
| 20 | If he is being moved onto a chair with fixed arms , the chair is placed at an angle of about 45° to the bed , and the patient 's foot which is nearer the chair is placed slightly forwards relative to the other . |
| 21 | Chapter 9 considers some of the issues arising when a contract for such a project is placed with an outside organization . |
| 22 | In both courses emphasis is placed upon an integrated approach towards school and college work . |
| 23 | She is placed in an ideal position to appreciate that actions and gestures can in fact be used deliberately to express social meanings ( Newson 1979 ) . |
| 24 | If the black child is placed in an environment which is hostile , the inevitable consequence of this will be repeated attacks on the child 's personality which will cause severe damage to his or her self-esteem . |
| 25 | It should be clear that if a child is placed in an ethnically insensitive white community he or she will fail to develop the mechanisms necessary to survive in a racist society . |
| 26 | The number of shifts performed is placed in an accessible register called the step counter . |
| 27 | If , in order for the creditor to obtain an unimpeachable security , the law requires the surety to be given an explanation of the effect of the security documents , the creditor is placed in an invidious position . |
| 28 | In the former interpretation , the speaking persona is placed in an imagined situational context which is evoked by the text itself , so that the real and the fictional enunciations are once again rather neatly separated from each other . |
| 29 | Much of his early writing is concerned with the theory of communication as well as the theory of valuation , with the result that his view of the author-text-reader relationship is placed within an elaborate and sophisticated theoretical framework . |
| 30 | This is just as well , because the fastest way to convert a large fortune into a small one is to invest in an English vineyard . |