Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] in the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Here , for once , is a look at the causes and consequences of a bar-room massacre , where the gun-play is fleeting and ketchup is mostly kept in the pantry .
2 Unfortunately , the majority of energy used in homes is for space heating ( heating the rooms and the people ) and this is mostly needed in the winter when there is not sufficient sunshine in this country for solar energy to be feasible .
3 Carmichael states that ‘ the plant is secretly secured in the bodices of the women and in the vests of the men , under the left armpit ’ , while Martin Martin gives an account of a man in Berneray , Harris , who wore it in the neck of his coat to prevent him from seeing visions , and ‘ he never saw any since he first carried that plant about with him ’ .
4 This reassurance is welcome , but it has to be said that the change gives less prominence to this requirement , and we shall need to watch with care that it is properly covered in the assessment arrangements .
5 Check that the UIC is properly defined in the configuration file .
6 Always ensure that your child is properly restrained in the car on every trip .
7 Several share KPMG 's view that ‘ the responsibility paragraphs more logically belong outside the report ’ and that ‘ if an uncertainty is properly disclosed in the accounts , such accounts can present a true and fair view without the auditors having to refer to it … a set of accounts should be complete in itself , without having to read the audit opinion ’ .
8 Biotechnology is widely applied in the treatment of industrial effluents and sewage and reference has already been made , in section 6.3.2 , to the potential that it provides for the denitrification of water intended for domestic consumption .
9 Borders Regional Council has sought to listen and to respond to its electorate and has succeeded in drawing up a document that is widely supported in the area .
10 The role and the value of account planning is widely debated in the industry .
11 The fire-bellied toad , when alarmed , suddenly throws itself on its back , so exposing its underside which blazes with a yellow and black pattern , a colour combination which is widely recognised in the animal world as a warning .
12 The " PartsBank " service is widely recognised in the U.S. as the most unique transportation and distribution system for time sensitive inventories , which is especially suited to the electronic and computer industries .
13 Epogam , a product containing this oil , is widely prescribed in the UK for treatment of atopic dermatitis ( AD ) .
14 Material characteristic of medieval Latin writing that is widely exploited in the fabliaux in ways that are often both entertaining and probing is the dogma of antifeminist traditions : traditions which present woman , the daughters of Eve , as generally morally reprehensible and dangerous to man ; insatiable and extravagant sexual sirens with their bodies , and perjurers , temptresses or endless naggers with their tongues .
15 ‘ He is widely regarded in the West as the token liberal , ’ Sims explained .
16 Industry is widely misunderstood in the world today .
17 " Product " is widely defined in the Act .
18 Geologically this seems unlikely , if only because the Campanian chalk is widely distributed in the Paris Basin and is certainly not confined to the Montagne de Reims . ’
19 In fact it has been known since the late 1950s ( see for example Nature , vol. 208 , p 423 ) that Po is widely distributed in the environment , and in man , as a result of atmospheric fall-out of the decay products of natural radon-222 , with an abundance in northern temperate latitudes of about 0.06 curie per sq.km or of the order of 10 6 curies in total over the surface of the world land mass .
20 Fibre is widely distributed in the plant kingdom , and good sources are wholegrains and foods made from them , such as wholemeal bread , coarse oats and sweetcorn .
21 Gypsum is widely used in the building trade as ‘ Plaster of Paris ’ .
22 He developed an index known as Quetelet 's Index , which is widely used in the assessment of obesity .
23 This approach is widely used in the United States in educational applications .
24 This approach to solving the model derives from the ‘ method of undetermined coefficients ’ , which is widely used in the macroeconomics literature .
25 Because chromosomal aberrations are a marker of malignancy and have been shown to correlate with changes in DNA content , DNA flow cytometry is widely used in the analysis of neoplasia .
26 Mr Kinnock is not obliged to include Mr McNamara in his first Cabinet but it is widely expected in the province that the Liverpool-born Roman Catholic would assume the portfolio that he has shadowed for more than five years .
27 Her identity is widely known in the village , but her wishes are respected and her name will not be revealed here She is the last of a long line of illustrious cheesemakers and her regular clients can only hope that she will pass on her expertise to the next generation .
28 Members and supporters of the main penal reform groups are to be found in both Houses , but their presence is most felt in the Lords where some of their officers invariably sit .
29 The contrast is most marked in the West Midlands , which has seen the percentage of births jump from 8pc to 20pc over the decade .
30 This age-based inequality in our society is most marked in the years of youth and early adulthood : thus , in British law , 16 is the age of consent , 18 is the age at which one can vote and drink in a pub , and so on .
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