Example sentences of "[indef pn] is [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 the respondent 's observations must be received at the Association 's offices within 14 days ; if none is received within this time the Director and honourary officers will have to consider such evidence as is available to them .
2 Everything is done with calm precision .
3 Everything is done in 10 minutes . ’
4 The clothes themselves are for children aged nought to six and everything is made in this country , 80 per cent exclusively for Young England .
5 By the time everything is packed into that bag that 's going to be heavy but on the other hand I 'm going to have taxis .
6 We have a get rich quick philosophy where everything is geared to maximum profits .
7 Everything is covered under this policy , including claims for damage when your car is being driven , with your permission , by someone else .
8 At the other extreme we have something like Plato 's system , where the people are given no role at all and everything is left to individual experts , individual administrators , so Plato 's system is at one everything is left to the individuals , participatory democracy
9 The law does not specify any of these elements : everything is left to prosecutorial discretion .
10 From Lugano it was fine because the winter is always six months and everything is closed in any case , but here the galleries are open the whole year and the museum is easier to get to .
11 Perhaps 20 items is a bit much to take in at one sitting , but choose your favourites and you will not be disappointed , as everything is captured in wonderful sound and expertly performed .
12 Everything is hinged at this point .
13 They 're too old , and this one is broken in three places !
14 It is a difficult journey , particularly when one is misled by sudden exultations which seem to offer an almost magical release but so quickly dissipate into even worse depression and remorse .
15 There seems to be considerable evidence that the New Testament Evil One is influenced by apocryphal literature , which in turn was influenced by Persian Zoroastrianism .
16 One is made from good quality plastic , with imitation hide lining .
17 Inside one is faced with elegant lay-out , handsome printing ( by Ages Arti Grafiche , Turin ) on paper of pleasing quality .
18 Does Schüssler Fiorenza mean that one is inspired by these women , although the religion in which they were involved is sexist ( in which case one is inspired to act against the biblical God ) ?
19 ‘ an excellent piece of methodology … one of those rare books which make good reading , and this one is packed with good activities
20 On entering the exhibition , one is confronted by three objects in space surrounded by a perimeter of panels of drawings .
21 One is reminded of modernist poetry ; the echoes and reverberation of Eliot , the Imagists ' individual statements within a given form .
22 If something is increased by fifty percent it is multiplied by one point five .
23 If something is couched in general terms then it is too vague and ill-defined .
24 Everyone is affected to some degree by the nature and quality of health and education provision in their society .
25 The way everyone is treated in this country . ’
26 It is necessary the body should move that way whither the greater force carries it which is the consent of the majority or else it is impossible it should act or continue one body , one community which the consent of every individual that united into it agreed that it should and so everyone is bound by that consent to be concluded by the majority .
27 If everyone is screened for genetic disorders , for which there may be no cures , what are those people then to do , and who is to have access to the information — prospective employers , insurers ?
28 Everyone is overworked in this business .
29 That Aethelberht , king of Kent , exercised authority over his brother , Eadberht , is clear from the way in which it was necessary for Ealdwulf , bishop of Rochester , to secure confirmation of a grant of land from Eadberht in 738 from Aethelberht and Nothhelm , archbishop of Canterbury , acknowledging that he had erred in not doing so sooner ( CS 159 : S 27 ) , but nothing is said of any necessity to secure Aethelbald 's confirmation .
30 Note , too , that nothing is said within such analyses about forms of middle-class racism — the discussion pivots around a simple polarization between a ‘ ruling ’ and ‘ working ’ class .
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