Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Although we have argued for the view that law is differentiated rather than monolithic , we have to stress that there do exist common factors and interrelations , both within specific arenas and within the legal system as a whole , that have to be considered .
2 But where , on the one hand , the hierarchy of the chivalry is systematically catalogued , from dukes to mere gentlemen , the commonalty is differentiated only to the extent that a passing reference to ‘ the chief of theis folkes , as the substantiall marchauntes , the welthie grasiers and farmers ’ acknowledges the existence of sub-species .
3 As the beer can not generate its own carbon dioxide it would be flat and lifeless so it is racked not into casks but into pressurised containers known as kegs .
4 For most services , including restaurant bills , it is itemised separately .
5 It is likened locally to a stranded whale , and dominates the area .
6 Depending on how the aircraft is flown , if the mixture is leaned right off , fuel burn will go down to about 80 gallons an hour , but at maximum take-off power the aircraft will burn almost 300 gallons an hour , which at one gallon ever 12 seconds is quicker than one can get water out of a household tap !
7 He 's twice suffered strokes and is paralysed down one side of his body .
8 Using DEG is equivalent to multiplying the radian value by 180/PI , but the result is calculated internally to a greater accuracy .
9 Using RAD is equivalent to multiplying the degree value by PI/180 , but the result is calculated internally to a greater accuracy .
10 The sum of the probabilities for space to which records have not been allocated , P EMPTY , is : The rest of the total file area must therefore hold home records , i.e. ( Note : The proportion of the file area that contains home records is calculated indirectly rather than directly , because the sum of home record probabilities is made up of an infinite series , while that of the empty positions is finite , as is clear from equation ( 6.13 ) . )
11 competitive interest rate which is calculated separately on each separate amount drawn
12 Character is calculated exactly to support the theme of hierarchy on shipboard in Trial Trip , where a galley boy discovers that he is not entirely free to resume a schoolboy friendship with Tich , now in the second year of his apprenticeship , and in Out of the Shallows , where a sixteen-year-old apprentice with a decided chip on his shoulder suffers from the complications which friendship with a steward brings , particularly as the steward , a thoroughly shifty individual , is merely using him as a way of furthering his own ends .
13 The interest on a fixed-rate CD is calculated exactly as in ( 4.1 ) above , where d is called the coupon rate on the CD .
14 When comparing two probes , one of which has been hybridised to the complete library and the other to a subset , the distance is calculated just using the clones in the subset , as the other clones provide no information about this particular comparison .
15 it is simple to calculate one person in a single room , two in a double , but that would not allow for an extra person in a room or for children ; therefore an average is calculated thus :
16 An example , using a very simple model of the bonding in nickel(II) complexes in which the charge is calculated simply from the electronegativity difference between the central atom ( Ni ) and the attached ligand atom , is illustrated in Fig. 6.8 .
17 ( T ) here are many cases where a man who has a ‘ right , ’ in the sense of a liberty or capacity of doing an act which is not unlawful , but which is calculated seriously to injure another , will be liable to a charge of blackmail if he demands money from that other as the price of abstaining . …
18 Lending which is longer-term is usually done on a variable-rate basis , where the interest is calculated periodically in line with changing market rates .
19 Amendment has now been made to the legislation to ensure that the time for raising and answering enquiries is calculated correctly .
20 Your interest is calculated daily and then paid back into your Multipoint Account every year on 1st July .
21 This is calculated daily and paid into your account every quarter .
22 Interest on your money is calculated daily and is added to your account at the end of March , June , September and December .
23 In the ideal situation he is hidden completely from the observed , who are not aware of the researcher 's presence at all .
24 An old magic lamp is hidden somewhere in Happyland .
25 It is also how one must determine whether others have acted well or not , so far as externals go , though how far they have acted well in a proper inward sense , that is , how far they have been truly guided by the categorical imperative , rather than by the calculations of self interest , is hidden away in the depths of their being , hidden perhaps even from themselves .
26 Morrow ( 1980:Part 4 ) takes the subordination of text to purpose and prediction so far as to use the questions to construct the text ( through a series of student activities like speed-reading of parts of the text , reordering , and blank-filling ) while the text itself is hidden away at the back of the book for consumption afterwards .
27 The physical disposition of the musicians can be problematic in many church buildings , especially where the organist is hidden away .
28 At some future date we intend to visit the Shropshire Records Office to see what is hidden away there concerning the Bishop 's Castle Railway .
29 I point it out because it is hidden away in a lot of business about freedom of information and other issues about which he is so keen .
30 That which is hidden away , the shadow , is out in the open !
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