Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This block is widely considered the most important item in US philately ; a second block of four from the same sheet made $528,000 ( £338,462 ) , in line with estimate . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , unless the device is skilfully earthed the shielding often has little effect . |
| 3 | The were-wolf pornographer is thereby given the coup-de-grace , and with great subtlety at that in times of regurgitated Nazism and anti-Semitism . |
| 4 | Z is thereby given the option . |
| 5 | Men 's unfaithfulness is rarely made the focus of a condemnatory press report during the trial , while women 's infidelity as the cause of trouble often becomes a major theme . |
| 6 | Pop culture thus works through an amalgam of attitude , inspiration , intuition and detail ( for nobody is as obsessive as the true pop fan , whose obsession is rarely given the respect it deserves ) ; crucially , it works best not in public , where the terms of discourse are set by the dominant culture , but in private space . |
| 7 | In all cases although the reason for the activity is clear cut the means of achieving the desired end vary widely in terms of the path taken and the time required . |
| 8 | When this introduction is successfully achieved the topic can be introduced , and the counsellor should try to ensure that the group takes over most of the talking . |
| 9 | Failing this , if a consumer buyer is effectively denied the protection of the implied terms because the instructions or labels have shrunk the central obligations , recourse will have to be made to the common law rules on incorporation and the general controls of reasonableness found in ss2 and 3 of UCTA 1977. ( f ) Manufacturers ' guarantees In Lambert v Lewis [ 1980 ] 2 WLR 289 , the Court of Appeal declined to hold that statements , made in advertising literature , constituted a collateral warranty on the basis that they were not " intended " to create contractual liability ( this decision was reversed on other grounds in the House of Lords [ 1982 ] AC 225 ) . |
| 10 | The city 's Central Station incorporates a large viaduct section over Argyll Street , which is locally nicknamed the Highlandman 's Umbrella , because it provided useful shelter for the homeless and unemployed in the city . |
| 11 | It is locally called the ‘ toq-toq ’ from its call . |
| 12 | And so the house today is ready to face the future , and new generations of young and old will continue to make the special journey from all corners of the earth to see what is justifiably called the most wonderful dolls ' house in the world . |
| 13 | The transfer of ownership to the co-operative in 1988 has resulted in one of the most conspicuous restorations within what is flexibly called the Old Town of Edinburgh . |
| 14 | It is wrongly called the ‘ late hit ’ . |
| 15 | Under Ord 50 , r 4A where under the rules a document is to be prepared by the court , that document may , if the proper officer so allows , be prepared by the plaintiff ( or applicant ) and , where a document is so produced the plaintiff is not required also to file a request but must provide a sufficient number of copies of the document for the court 's use . |
| 16 | At a time when the child 's reading ability is extremely limited the use of historical artefacts provides an important strategy for history teachers . |
| 17 | The function for English preferred by the Committee , then , is one of aligning the popular imagination and culture , ( what is elsewhere called the " public mind " ( see p.46 ) ) with a sense of communal identity having sufficient " sanity " to neutralize not only " the hostility towards " the culture of capitalism " now prevalent in Bolshevist Russia " , but indeed that antagonism and contempt for literature which is said to be found among " the working classes , especially those belonging to organised labour movements " . |
| 18 | This is generally called the tepidarium but it is doubtful that it was in fact such a room for it would have been too immense to heat and no hypocausts have been discovered under it . |
| 19 | These particles , this particular matter is generally given the sort of generic term seston some of those particles are mineral particles some of them are colloidal aggregates as the iron tends , iron , iron , ions tend to come together to form colloids in solution and some of them are particles of biological origin . |
| 20 | It is generally agreed the potential of geographic information systems ( GIS ) is considerable . |
| 21 | But it is generally agreed the more suited to our body shape and weight , the better for our general health particularly as we spend , on average , a third of our lives in bed . |
| 22 | The baroque St Martin 's church is generally accounted the most beautiful parish church in Switzerland . |
| 23 | Which is why so often the thoughts of publishers return to Europe , by which is generally meant the mature markets of southern Europe , Greece , Spain and Italy . |
| 24 | This is what is normally called the problem of social order , and of course it 's been around in philosophy and , and social sciences , really since the beginning , and er , some of the greatest and earliest works of er , social philosophy like Plato 's Republic , are really in part about this er question . |
| 25 | The usual rule of thumb is that if at least half the model 's base is covered by the template then it is potentially hit , while if the model 's base area is just grazed the model is not affected . |
| 26 | We could test it to see if we get an output , we do n't but we could do , there 's no need because all we have to do in effect is just set the weights of the decoders that are actually coming out . |
| 27 | Teale and Paul McGrath provide the muscle — and their central defensive partnership is already rated the best in the Premier League by big Ron . |
| 28 | I 'll have a look , but I 've had him doing actual words , like first words er , you know erm , Ben and large and in and out and just the , the easy words and Luke and his own name , so he is already got the idea that when you write a letter you ca n't just write any letter , you 've got to make letters say something either as erm , as an alphabet or in the form of words , so of course she says to , would you all like to write me a sentence , well he 's already passed that stage , he thinks himself well I ca n't write a sentence , what he knows as a sentence consists of words that make sense , so they 're all sitting there going a N , N , N , Q , R , S , N , T , T , and they 're saying a sentence like I went to the shops with my nanny , well Alex has already passed that stage , he knows that that is n't sensible , so he must of turned to her and he said , I ca n't write like that , my mummy will shout at me |
| 29 | Quick sponge cake is best made the day before using ( or earlier ) , as the cake will then be much easier and less messy to cut and shape . |
| 30 | This is usually called the ‘ agenda-setting function of the media ’ . |