Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] [verb] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The non-steroidal antioestrogen tamoxifen is widely used to treat breast cancer , predominantly in postmenopausal women . |
| 2 | Still , the Giuliani campaign theme of ‘ crime , crack and corruption ’ is apparently failing to ignite voter interest . |
| 3 | Mr Moncrieff added : ‘ Instead of providing short-term cash flow assistance to producers , the bridging fund is apparently going to provide cash flow assistance for the oil funds . |
| 4 | It has taken an awful long time to come to fruition — and appears to have needed the departure of founder Ken Olsen to come to fruition , but Digital Equipment Corp is finally to start marketing Apple Computer Inc Macintoshes to major companies in the US , mirroring the arrangement the two companies have had for some time in Europe . |
| 5 | 85 per cent capacity ( 75–80 per cent is generally reckoned to represent break-even point ) , but the Northwich brewery ( mainly lager ) is currently achieving no more than 65 per cent . |
| 6 | Once your water is soft it is easily acidified using peat filtration . |
| 7 | This can be overcome by combining the mechanical strength of the metal with the biocompatibility of hydroxyapatite by coating a metal with this ceramic — the coating is usually deposited using plasma spraying . |
| 8 | But the arrogant and self-confident side of Graeme Souness is always guaranteed to split public opinion . |
| 9 | But as far as the security services are concerned , the Kremlin is still plotting to undermine world capitalism and J. Edgar Hoover is still holed up in the FBI powder room . |
| 10 | Perhaps EGF is stored in the endothelial cells of the normal mucosa and when inflamation develops is rapidly utilised to stimulate cell proliferation because EGF is cruicial for the change from quiescent cells to the S phase of the proliferative cycle . |
| 11 | The area is rich in raw materials such as timber and construction materials and it is also planned to attract ship repair , machinery manufacture and electronic assembly plants . |
| 12 | It is also claimed to reduce space usage . |
| 13 | The society is also planning to include Model Engineering tracks on the same site . |
| 14 | An integrated dictionary is also supplied to help increase recognition speed . |
| 15 | Rex is now negotiating to undertake maintenance work on peace time service graves in the the county . |
| 16 | Having used the microcomputer for this purpose the school librarian is now planning to use word processing programs and to link an information retrieval program to the schools information skills course , thus expanding the use of the microcomputer into educational as well as administrative areas . |
| 17 | The water is chemically treated to extend boiler life , and is in a closed circuit . |
| 18 | The incremental optical encoder which is conventionally used to detect rotor position in a closed-loop system may be expensive and has acquired perhaps unjustly a reputation for poor reliability . |
| 19 | This file is then sent to batch queue number 3 ( because STA=3 was entered on the JOB command line ) . |
| 20 | A story that is sometimes used to explain market opportunity concerns the managing director and marketing director of a shoe-making firm , who were visiting a less-developed country . |
| 21 | Quicklime ( calcium oxide ) is commonly employed to concretize oil sludge containing PCBs . |