Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [verb] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The apse is widely believed to represent the peak of Gothic architecture in Italy and was completed at a time when many of the architects working on the project had been brought in from Germany .
2 Abraham 's story is widely used to justify the irrationality of faith .
3 This exemption is widely used to exempt the distribution of confidential material such as long form reports , business plans and investment memoranda to small groups of potential investors .
4 The move is widely expected to see the society — which is currently a tied agent of Standard Life for the sale of investments — reviewing the options for starting its own life-assurance operation .
5 Coun Dixon said the corporation 's support proves that Darlington is widely considered to have a housing crisis .
6 The real-time board computer is presumably intended to supersede the company 's HP1000 technical and industrial minis , though it does n't say so .
7 I his is the sort of individual who is eventually invited to become a board master and the system engenders a wonderful sense of anticipation , as you progress up the board towards the prime positions ; when you are going to have your special day , on your favourite loch .
8 This means that , although it was originally intended to publish a longer work , it was never completed and that the three volumes out of the planned six , or some other combination , are all that will ever be available , unless some other author is eventually commissioned to complete the job .
9 Moses is expressly commanded to count the people upon entering the Sinai wilderness to ensure that they can subsequently be accounted for .
10 The affidavit can also be sworn by some person such as a director , company secretary or similar company officer , or a solicitor , who has been concerned in the matters giving rise to the petition , or by some responsible person who is duly authorised to make the affidavit and has the requisite knowledge .
11 The army sets out on its way to France , and Roland is duly posted to lead the rear , together with the flower of Charlemagne 's feudatories , the twelve peers of France .
12 But this omission is a consequence of my claim that individualism is fundamentally designed to sustain a conception of individuals as agents .
13 This is made particularly difficult because no specific psychological mechanism is necessarily proposed to explain the relationships underlying the effect .
14 It is constantly adapting to meet the requirements of its customers . ’
15 This lining is highly folded to increase the area for the absorption of nutrients .
16 Holding the mussel with both forefeet , it begins pounding it on the rock until it is sufficiently broken to allow the otter to extract the flesh with its teeth .
17 While the university is taken to stand at " the apex of the educational edifice " , its position there is sufficiently elevated to cause the writers of the Report to retreat ( in this instance only ) into a narrow conception of their frame of reference , thereby justifying a refusal to address the work of the universities as a whole .
18 This ensures that the patient 's conscious mind is sufficiently relaxed to allow the subconscious to offer up whatever it may choose to reveal .
19 You 've got to have somebody that 's , that 's obviously going to save a mortice lock to you .
20 That 's obviously going to make a difference to you , ’ he commented : ‘ Well , it 's marvellous to have a lot of support ’ .
21 ‘ Rick claims that Angy was already dead when he got there and he 's obviously managed to convince the police that his story is true .
22 But Mr Rychetsky argues that the Liberal Club is merely trying to safeguard the reforms by winning popular support for them .
23 The C&G claims the cash distribution is merely designed to bring the reserves of the two societies in line .
24 After sleeping on the split decision loss of his WBO super-bantamweight title to Puerto Rico 's Daniel Jimenez at the Lewisham Theatre , McKenzie and Duff both feel there is enough left to offer the world scene .
25 The UK is only beginning to realise the potential of partnerships ; education has been shy to join hands with business and vice versa , but it has to happen .
26 The vet is only trying to assist the cat , but there is no way that the animal can associate the injection , or the forcible administration of a medicine , with its feeling healthier later on .
27 This short chapter is only intended to offer a taste of the topic .
28 Although in word-processing this key acts in the same way as the typewriter lever that moves the paper up one line , on a computer it is only used to force the word-processor to move one line — usually at the end of a paragraph .
29 On this job , however , it is only used to give a view of the smouldering remains of the skip and lorry .
30 Remember : keep your hands on the mast — the rope is only used to raise the rig .
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