Example sentences of "[is] [adv] passed " in BNC.

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1 Because of the realities of party discipline a ‘ prayer ’ is rarely passed , but if no time is available a ‘ prayer ’ is not even discussed .
2 The digested material is slowly passed through the gut by muscle action , and foodstuffs , water and salts are absorbed into our blood stream .
3 Because the embryos begin to swim at the blastula stage they must be trapped in a nylon net to keep them still , the square holes providing micro-aquaria through which sea water is slowly passed .
4 The first is deflexion , where the problem is diplomatically passed on to someone else , sometimes neighbouring police stations , for neighbourhood men dislike straying into other patches , but also the DHSS and , most frequently , the council .
5 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
6 The referral form is physically passed to the social worker or social work assistant in the allocation process , indicating that it is that person 's responsibility to initiate action on behalf of that client .
7 The cud is thoroughly masticated — the jaw can move from side to side as well as up and down — before it is finally passed into the digestive system where the job of extracting everything of nutritive value will be carried out .
8 Thirdly , when patients are funded privately in NHS pay beds data are collected by regional health authorities as part of their NHS monitoring , but the information is not passed on to purchasers since it is not covered by contracts .
9 Yet authority is passed down or delegated through the formal organisation ; it is not passed up from supervisors to senior managers .
10 The Appropriation Act is normally passed about the beginning of August .
11 Supply estimates are then prepared and form the basis on which a supply resolution(s) is normally passed before the end of July .
12 If it 's not passed it 's a motion .
13 The routine for rigging and de-rigging is usually passed on by word of mouth , or is self-taught .
14 The cost of the telephone call is usually passed on to the guest .
15 Below are the views expressed by the late to all his students at the beginning of an embalming course and believes the advice given , which is still passed on to 's own students , is still relevant today :
16 I ca n't stand pink , so any jumper knitted in pink is rapidly passed over , so far as I am concerned .
17 This research influences the way volunteers work with victims but it is also passed on by Victim Support to other organisations that might find it useful : it provides an input into every police training course in Britain , and that has led to a potential new area of work .
18 Where calls are transferred , database information is also passed on .
19 The belligerence of their message and the violence of their appeal to negation and revolt is now passed over in silence and their works appear as if they were blank sheets to the privileged audiences of the present day .
20 Tuberculosis spreads easily and it is often passed on from older members of the family to the children .
21 Infection occurs with the transfer of data and is often passed on via an infected floppy disk .
22 Infection occurs with the transfer of data and is often passed on via an infected floppy disk .
23 ‘ Every sort of potato , ’ Spencer laughs , ‘ roast potatoes , mashed potatoes , baked potatoes … ’ his humour shines through constantly , of course he knows what a narrow escape it was , but he is well passed the haunting of it .
24 It is then passed through an atomising spray into a stream of hot air to evaporate the water and leave a fine coffee powder .
25 There is no contact-tracing as such , but , because it is felt that most of the problem is due to prostitutes ( an unlikely truth in any European country ) , the examining doctor can fill in a form which is then passed on to the police who will undertake a search .
26 It is then passed back into the mouth , chewed again , and returned to the rearward locations for further digestion .
27 Similarly , if the London users want to enquire on the data , they initiate the enquiry on their local computer in the usual way , but behind the scenes the computer sends a message to its counterpart in New York asking for the data , which is then passed back across the network to be displayed on the enquirer 's screen .
28 The fish is then passed up into the mouths of the feeding individuals , and the ingested food is shared among all the other ( non-feeding ) members of the colony through a series of cavities .
29 At each procedural stage an official creates a file , consisting of evidence and of his conclusions and decisions , which is then passed on .
30 It passes through a sponge where mechanical and biological filtration takes place , and is then passed back onto the water .
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