Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb pp] and [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For this the sore is gently scraped and any fluid that exudes can then be looked at under the microscope .
2 The house is tastefully decorated and each room has an individual character , each with its own colour TV .
3 The course for the degree of BMus is broadly based and former students are to be found in all walks of musical life in broadcasting , recording , publishing and musical administration , as teachers , writers , performers , composers , conductors and instrument makers .
4 In other words , provided that the liquidity trap is not reached and that investment remains sufficiently responsive to interest rate reductions , falling prices could conceivably establish levels of expenditure and real income which correspond to their full employment values , E * ; and Y * ; respectively .
5 The seller of the goods , however , is not deceived and any dishonesty is towards the bank .
6 The cause of the painful rib syndrome is not known and this study has not thrown any light on the pathogenesis .
7 Some spend their time inland on headwaters where streams are small and flows are low , while others work on predominantly tidal rivers where dilution is easily achieved and any pollution carried out to sea .
8 And then , though in varying degrees , you can see or hear these specific kinds of work : relatively easily if they are specific forms of your own culture ; with more difficulty , and sometimes with absolute difficulty , if they are forms of some other , especially remote culture , or if your own culture is deeply divided and these forms come from an area that is strange to you .
9 The positioning of electric equipment is important because of possible splashing with waterjets ; therefore , it is imperative that such equipment is specially protected and that outlet sockets are placed at a level where there is no danger of their coming into contact with water .
10 Another process is sometimes adopted for getting rid of the sediment without the trouble of decanting in this mode ; the bottles are reserved in a frame proper for the purpose , for a certain number of days , so as to permit the foulness to fall into the neck ; while in this position , the cork is dexterously withdrawn and that portion of the wine that is foul , allowed to escape , after which the bottle is filled with clear wine , permanently corked and secured with wire .
11 The whole book is extensively referenced and this aspect is particularly valuable because the majority of the citations are to Russian work published during the past 20 years , much of which has not previously been translated .
12 However , all donated blood is now tested and any blood showing traces of HIV is discarded .
13 Conversation between strange women at the beginning of a party is often strained and this occasion proved to be no exception .
14 Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is more likely to be associated with hypoxia as this procedure is often of longer duration ; a combination of sedatives is often used and many patients have underlying cardiorespiratory disorders .
15 Further , the presence of these hypersensitive sites is appropriately regulated and these sites are found only in those tissues which normally express class II MHC , as DH sites corresponding to the Ea transgene were not detected in brain tissue isolated from Long 12 transgenics ( data not shown ) .
16 The new picture is then assessed and another remedy given starting at the lowest degrees of dynamization ( LM 1 ) regardless of what potency level the previous remedy had reached .
17 But things calm down only when Dr Boron appears , who is then outwitted and all hell seems about to break loose when Superboron makes his entrance .
18 As the transmitter itself is not connected to a real earth or ‘ ground ’ it is essential that the instrument used is adequately screened and all wiring connections are in good condition .
19 Admittedly the action is heavily implied and most people would take the hint but the point is that , strictly speaking ideas have to be explicit .
20 It is a common experience that when things go well nothing gets said but when things go badly it is certainly noticed and all hell breaks out .
21 In reality heavy drinking is far more pervasive than is commonly realized and most drugs which are consumed to excess are prescribed by a GP rather than bought illegally .
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