Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Research in the Arts is mostly conducted on an individual basis and it is not possible to do full justice to this activity here . |
| 2 | The protein is mostly lost during the early stages of sweating and has detergent-like properties . |
| 3 | The County is mostly served by the Southern Electricity Board . |
| 4 | It is mostly found in the stronger astringents used for greasy skins . |
| 5 | Sub-littoral is mostly known as the submerged seas over the Continental Shelf ( see diagram ) . |
| 6 | The operation of the system is strikingly instanced in the secret visit to London of James Butler , Marquess ( later Duke ) of Ormonde [ q.v. ] , |
| 7 | Even though the statutory offence that replaces it reduces the public order characteristics of the offence and raises doubts as to whether affray is properly characterised as a public order offence at all , the likelihood is that it will continue to be employed in the prosecution of spontaneous brawls that result in no great injury in circumstances where the evidence of specific offences against the person is deficient . |
| 8 | An invention which is properly exploited by a small business may have a dramatic impact on the employer 's turnover ; a larger business , on the other hand , may be able to generate a far larger sales income with the same invention but ultimately produce an insignificant effect on the latter 's overall liquidity . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman knows that we are determined to sustain adult education , to extend it and to ensure that it is properly based in the local community . |
| 10 | It is to be hoped that it is properly tackled in the next Budget . |
| 11 | It is to be hoped that it is properly tackled in the next Budget . |
| 12 | It is assumed here that juries and others do attach considerable importance to the label when it is a question of homicide , and therefore that the excessive use of force in self-defence is a matter which is properly reflected by a separate qualified defence , rather than being left to sentencing ( which means executive discretion , if the mandatory penalty for murder remains ) or forced artificially into the doctrine of provocation ( when there may be no real evidence of loss of self-control ) . |
| 13 | What we seek is school management which more fully reflects this diversity of opinion , rather than what is widely seen as the inflexible dogma of the current approach . |
| 14 | it is widely accepted as a supreme achievement |
| 15 | He is widely accepted as a decent and honourable man . |
| 16 | The level of income at which SB is received is widely accepted as a crude and basic measure of the ‘ poverty line ’ , that point below which people may be said to be ‘ in poverty ’ . |
| 17 | It may be noticed that insensibility both to moral appeals and to appeals to one 's future interests , imprisonment within both ‘ I ’ and ‘ Now ’ , are often combined in the same person , and that the combination is widely accepted as the strongest criterion for classing him as ‘ psychopathic ’ and exempting him from moral judgment . |
| 18 | The problem here was that genuine open dialogue is unpredictable and can lead anywhere ; it is not consistent with the pursuit of a detailed prearranged plan of work , yet it is widely accepted as an appropriate medium for teaching . |
| 19 | As we have said , at least one modern authority maintains that the mausoleum in question is Priscillian 's , and this is widely accepted by the local populace as well . |
| 20 | Interactive spoken language is widely recognised as a powerful means of learning ; it is also obviously essential in the world outside school . |
| 21 | Abbey National , the UK 's second largest lender , is widely recognised as a major market player . |
| 22 | At Marlborough College , where he runs what is widely recognised as the best art department at any school in Britain , his students have repeatedly achieved the highest A-grade results in the country . |
| 23 | We are lucky in this country that we have some of the better zoos , and indeed host what is widely recognised as the best , Jersey . |
| 24 | Mr Gonzalez managed to win a vote of confidence in the first round only with the support of a Canary Islands deputy who is widely regarded as a parliamentary spokesman and lobbyist for the Tenerife banana planters . |
| 25 | Mr Gonzalez managed to win a vote of confidence in the first round only with the support of a Canary Islands deputy who is widely regarded as a parliamentary spokesman and lobbyist for the Tenerife banana planters . |
| 26 | Linda Nicholson is a member of the London Fortepiano Trio and is widely regarded as a leading fortepiano player . |
| 27 | The ECMT , which is not part of the EC , is widely regarded as an ineffectual organisation . |
| 28 | This phenomenon , often referred to as the ‘ ageing ’ of the population , is widely viewed as a serious problem or ‘ burden ’ . |
| 29 | This indigenous dimension is widely recognized as an important element in the paraprofessional 's value and effectiveness . |
| 30 | The European Community ( EC ) , for example , actually came into existence largely through an acute perception of French national interests by Jean Monnet , who was mainly responsible for creating the European Coal and Steel Community — the precursor of the Common Market — as a means of protecting French industry and especially French steel makers from their more efficient German competitors ; and it is widely recognized at the present time that national interests continue to play a major part in the debates and decisions of the Community . |