Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Even in the realms of technical and long document publishing the Macintosh is catching up with PC-based systems ; Interleaf Publisher usually needs a PC/RT or a Sun workstation yet it runs just fine on a Macintosh II .
2 Their approach is to go back to first principles , looking at the constraints that link objects and events in the real world to what happens in the retinal image and then looking for rules that can be used unambiguously to recode retinal events in terms of the outside world ( Poggio , Torre , and Koch 1985 ; Ullman 1986 ) .
3 ‘ The Irish way is to go back to some shebeen and carry on with the whisky all night long , ’ she replied .
4 The best thing one could do I think is to go back to past trends .
5 On a happier note for Parrott , his manager Phil Miller is recovering well from last week 's heart bypass operation .
6 Inside , the headmaster 's room is partitioned off at one end of the building .
7 The predominance of the first group in the first phase of the canal era is explained largely by one individual — the Duke of Bridgewater — although Buckingham , Grafton , Clarendon , Exeter and Spencer were also noticeable among his peers .
8 Worcester 's population doubled from 4,000 to 8,000 between the mid-sixteenth and the mid-seventeenth century , a rise that is explained equally by natural increase and by immigration .
9 The use of the CLI is explained later in this section .
10 The failure to enforce laws is explained not by organizational complexity but by the ability of an external business and social elite to control the means of implementation .
11 The Animosity rule is explained below in complete detail .
12 Each device is explained below in some detail , followed by an attempt to explore its relevance to translation .
13 One is contracting out to private sector firms the production of goods and services which the state provides free or at subsidized prices to consumers .
14 This course is intended primarily for Environmental Health Officers who wish to broaden the scientific basis of their work .
15 This publication is intended only as general guidance .
16 Digital Equipment Corp is bringing forward to next month its agreed purchase of a further 4.03% stake in Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA , doubling its 4.03% stake , which was bought directly from Olivetti 's controlling shareholders .
17 General Accident will insure you for all sums which you may be held legally liable to pay in connection with your caravan and the plot on which your caravan is situated together with any fences , hedges , posts or chains around the plot resulting in
18 The Corporation will indemnify the Policyholder in the event of an accident caused by or through or in connection with any Caravan described in the Schedule and the fixed site on which such Caravan is situated together with any fences hedges posts or chains in relation thereto against liability at law for damages and claimants costs and expenses in respect of
19 The Soviet media observed in March 1979 that ‘ the policy which Iran is pursuing today in many respects resembles the programme formulated by the Non-Aligned Movement which is being implemented successfully ’ .
20 The intensity of the group sessions is broken up with other prison activities , and relaxation .
21 Like kung fu , karate is broken up into many styles , each professing to have within its range of techniques the answer to many combat situations .
22 This fascinating program is broken up into several parts .
23 Plan the layout so that the page is broken up into short paragraphs with sub-headings and highlighting through the use of emphasised test and underlining giving the message impact and more chance of getting through .
24 The development department is broken down into product-oriented sectors which , in turn , are divided into discipline-oriented units .
25 Route B : This is broken down into five steps , one of which is the formation of the lattice from its gaseous ions .
26 The required action is broken down into small segments and a reward is given when the next segment of action is correctly performed — even if this is done by chance .
27 If a sponge is forced through a fine gauze sieve so that it is broken down into separate cells , these will eventually reorganise themselves into a sponge , each kind of cell finding its appropriate place within the body .
28 Stage II is broken down into four sections of one week each .
29 The strong linear flavour emphasizes , of course , the flatness of the picture plane and this effect is further strengthened by the fact that the entire picture surface is broken down into angular forms of almost equal size , which are all dealt with in the same vigorous technique .
30 The programme is broken down into three sections .
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