Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] [vb pp] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , like a cat , every muscle in that perfectly honed body of his is permanently coiled in perfect readiness to spring . |
| 2 | The male has a more striking appearance with a richer pink and lavender body coloration , superbly ornamented with violet edging to each fin , except the tail which is distinctly tipped in this colour . |
| 3 | According to this theory of disease , which is strongly held in many societies , virtue , as it were , drains away from the stricken victim and his powers and health fail accordingly . |
| 4 | The head of the deceased then appears on a television screen which is tastefully draped in white silk and discreetly illuminated at night . |
| 5 | In this way , Hegel 's system itself gives final form to the understanding of the world and of God which is imperfectly represented in all religion , more adequately sketched in Christianity , and at last attains its fullness in Absolute Idealism . |
| 6 | And as far as we know there 's no been no account been taken that er the subsequent development that is likely to take place on any of these roads , which is clearly implied in some of that statements , of the consequent traffic that that would generate in itself . |
| 7 | Knockout of the gene encoding α CaMKII , an isoform which is heavily enriched in postsynaptic densities , severely impairs , though it does not always completely block , the ability of slices to exhibit LTP . |
| 8 | Two stages are involved , the reason for which is neatly summarized in this quotation from C.S. Lewis : The first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship from a corkscrew to a cathedral is to know what it is — what it was intended to do and how it is meant to be used . |
| 9 | The legitimate waging of armed conflict is now confined to self-defence — an exception which is generally permitted in municipal law . |
| 10 | This lack of continuity and , in reality , lack of co-ordination and co-operation , is a state of affairs which is generally mirrored in other countries , although in Eastern Europe national programmes of user education may be making some headway in obviating this problem . |
| 11 | Furthermore they show the same variation of response in relation to injury which is also seen in general behaviour and in verbal declarations of pain . |
| 12 | They teach the vocabulary of the English used in computer science , which is also listed in full in the glossary . |
| 13 | Fly fishing which is also done in fresh water but sometimes in saltwater . |
| 14 | This species is perhaps of Arctic origin which is also found in bathyal and abyssal depths of both sides of the North Atlantic : south to Martha 's Vineyard in the west and from the Rockall Trough south to Portugal in the east . |
| 15 | In the few cases where the church plan diverges from the conventional arrangement by including only a single side aisle rather than the normal two , this volume , rather than the nave space , can be used to accommodate the dwellings access corridor , although it is noteworthy that in the conversion of St James 's Church , Farnham , Surrey , which is also described in this chapter , the optimum cross-sectional treatment of such an asymmetrical plan placed the longitudinal access corridor in the former nave space , the aisle projection being used to accommodate living-rooms . |
| 16 | In addition , the bacteria may exist in a ‘ stationary phase , ’ which is well recognised in other genera . |
| 17 | The tight organisational structure of employers ' associations both in Sweden and West Germany has also helped to make the lock-out ( which is rarely used in most other countries ) a potent weapon in contemporary industrial relations to be used , on occasion , against the unions . |
| 18 | Most of the roses are from cuttings and Lavatera olbia ‘ Rosea ’ is another favourite which is regularly propagated in this way . |
| 19 | It is the sense of an England bloodily engaged in bashing out a national destiny from the tribal chaos which is best conveyed in this rich , poetic panorama . |
| 20 | A Mob which is already engaged in hand-to-hand combat at the start of the turn is not affected by Animosity and no test is necessary . |
| 21 | Siemens Nixdorf has the edge because it is currently working closely with Telekom to develop the Ocis office communication software , which is already installed in several sites . |
| 22 | Siemens Nixdorf has the edge because it is currently working closely with Telekom to develop the Ocis office communication software , which is already installed in several sites . |
| 23 | In a battle between ancients and moderns which is frequently waged in English departments , Renaissance writing is too often perceived at the centre of the argument for the preservation of a restrictive high cultural ethos in literary study . |
| 24 | It is a report and valuation for mortgage and insurance assessment which is usually done in half an hour and consists of a general look at the property to see that it actually exists as described , and is not in a state of collapse or major disrepair . |
| 25 | Most of what passes for women 's education and which is considered different in kind and emphasis from that which is usually provided in mainstream education for women , is , in my view , a transparent variation on a familiar theme . |
| 26 | Much of this expenditure , which has taken such a toll , on both the exchequer and the environment , has been based on a simple assumption which is deeply embedded in agricultural thinking : that excess water is the enemy of good husbandry and must be driven off the land . |
| 27 | In our own tests we found that the Grizzled Skipper with 512K RAM fitted showed little speed advantage over a Super VGA card with 1MB RAM which is commonly fitted in many high-end machines . |
| 28 | First , there is one argument which is commonly used in this context , but which seems to me mistaken . |
| 29 | It is a very hard brick which is finely worked in various decorative details such as the Doric and Ionic pilasters which frame the windows on both the main floors and the elaborate dentil pediment and rusticated pilasters around the door . |
| 30 | A contributory factor in the mechanism of diabetic hypertriglyceridaemia may be increased free fatty acid turnover which is consistently found in uncontrolled diabetes ( Lewis et al , 1972 ) . |