Example sentences of "is [conj] [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Edward 's only extant will is that made before the French expedition of 1475 , and on internal evidence it had been modified , if not superseded , by 1483 .
2 Edward 's only extant will is that made before the French expedition of 1475 , and on internal evidence it had been modified , if not superseded , by 1483 .
3 The only relaxation presently available from the absolute prohibition against foreign lawyers ( other than those who duly obtain the professional qualifications necessary to become members of the legal profession in England and Wales ) undertaking the work of solicitors and barristers is that afforded under the European Communities ( Services of Lawyers ) Order 1978 which , as amended , has effect for the stated purpose of enabling an EC qualified lawyer to pursue his professional activities in any part of the UK by providing , subject to conditions , the services otherwise reserved to the local professions ( advocates , barristers and solicitors ) .
4 The most widely used system of nomenclature of chemical compounds is that recommended by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry ( IUPAC ) .
5 Perhaps the most remarkable of all serpentine chemical defences is that employed by the spitting cobras of Africa .
6 The oddest is that used in the fourteenth century by the English historian Adam of Murimuth .
7 Perhaps the best protected hole of all is that built by the female trap-door spider .
8 Another dramatic migration is that performed by the primordial germ cells ( Chapter 9 ) .
9 When the form of socialism is that found in the Soviet Union and most Eastern European states , with different social and economic organizations integrated into a single , state-wide organization , society is ruled by an apparatus which is largely bureaucratic and which attempts to integrate all collective activities .
10 One of the most innovative systems is that found in the optical mouse used with the Xerox Star business computer .
11 The rate of interest is that allowed in the High Court ( at the date of issue of the summons ) or such rate as the court thinks fit .
12 Hole mobility has therefore been totally restricted and the only movement below Tg is that allowed by the occupied volume vo .
13 A typical theoretical framework is that proposed in the first chapter of Bell ( 1991 ) , discussing the methodological requirements of translation .
14 A further complication is that included in the Copernican theory were several proposals .
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