Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] [conj] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is widely agreed that such psychoactive plants or preparations from them were much used in religious ceremonies , where their effects were taken as evidence for religious reality ; visions of Paradise which could be reached only by the faithful . |
| 2 | First , the analogy itself is rather stretched since many local government services , particularly in education and welfare , unlike those delivered by central government ( for example , through social security ) , have always been based on discretion and variation between individuals and not on standardization in accordance with clearly identified rules . |
| 3 | Erm you know there is no doubt in our system of government that the power is highly centralized and that local government is seen as a , a possible convenience well a public convenience probably erm something |
| 4 | He wrote ‘ It is generally acknowledged that all organic beings have been formed on two great lines , unity of type and the conditions of existence . |
| 5 | Thornton 's studies of medieval carving in churches gives a touch of drama to a show in which this quality is generally diluted and all these aspects are overseen by Bridge with Rooftops , a superb blocky composition of highly acceptable and tasteful colour and tone.RAY RUSHTON |
| 6 | As a corollary , it is generally accepted that many marginal social groups , especially economically-depressed ethnic minorities , also have high rates of crime . |
| 7 | It is generally accepted that most colorectal carcinomas arise from adenomatous tissue , which usually but not always assumes the form of polyps . |
| 8 | Many elements of the Exchequer transactions total can be predicted with a reasonable degree of accuracy by the Bank of England on a day-to-day basis : the impact of foreign exchange transactions passing through the EEA is generally known since most such transactions are settled two days later ; gilts transactions are generally settled on the next business day ; and various government sources give information on both government expenditure and expected tax receipts . |
| 9 | Nutrient availability is thus enhanced but such scavenging also results in the trapping of pollutants , which can retard growth . |
| 10 | It is thus argued that any statistical model linking pixel counts of land cover to population should be simple , linear , additive and without any intercept constant . |
| 11 | Psychologically , as the response is always rewarded when this crucial element is present , the response becomes more and more strongly connected with the relevant cue and extinguished as a response to other cues . |
| 12 | However , immunity is rapidly re-established and any clinical signs which occur are usually of a transient nature . |
| 13 | This blurring of disciplinary frontiers is further encouraged when those few social anthropologists who can count , or have convenient access to mathematical aids , follow sociologists in succumbing to the lure of statistics and the computer . |
| 14 | The purpose is clearly to determine whether any other forms of intervention would be in the child 's best interests . |
| 15 | It is also assumed that all complex carbohydrate malabsorbed are converted to H 2 with the same degree of rapidity as is the case with lactulose . |
| 16 | It is also recognized that this complex individual does not live in isolation but is in continual interaction with his or her environment , and that this must also be taken into account in both assessing the problem and planning the treatment . |
| 17 | But it is also believed that such cellular circulation develops on smooth coasts with uniform offshore bottom topography . |
| 18 | It is also envisaged that some other steel exporting countries would ultimately accept the rules , creating an ‘ International Consensus ’ on public aids to steel producers , which could be formalised under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) . |
| 19 | The Clean Air Act of 1970 set out to create a healthy atmosphere for the population within less than a decade , but even by the 1990s this has not been achieved and it is now expected that some urban areas will not achieve healthy air until well into the next century . |
| 20 | It is often said that many young people lose interest in poetry , and even stories , as they go through secondary school . |
| 21 | It is often said that most congenital abnormalities are untreatable , but this overlooks the great contribution of tertiary prevention , and surgical techniques are constantly improving . |
| 22 | Still , he was ‘ absolutely very aware ’ that ‘ bisexual ’ is often taken as some strange pop-code for ‘ gay ’ and is keen to point out that , as it happens , he is indeed bisexual . |
| 23 | It is here contended that this last group , forming a close network of interdependent and inter-communicating people working at the leading edge of science at a time of rapid personal and scientific development may be a highly significant unit for the establishment of contacts in later careers , and for the promulgation of paradigm shifts in science . |
| 24 | It is well established that any Palestinian delegates must be acceptable to all parties : if this were not already the case , the Palestinian delegation would be made up of PLO members . |
| 25 | It is well known that any such sheet of water will attract birds , and these reservoirs ' main importance is for the wintering wildfowl Table VI ( p. 33 ) gives an indication of the ornithological importance of the four major reservoirs which attract about 30 per cent . |
| 26 | Now it is well known that any linear differential equation of order n has n independent solutions , the most general solution being a linear combination of these . |
| 27 | Despite this the symptom of urgency is invariably improved and all 81 patients with ulcerative colitis who have been followed up for more than six months state that they can defer defaecation for more than two hours . |
| 28 | They could obtain compass information from the sun and stars , and it is indeed known that some seasonal migrators follow stellar patterns ; stellar orientation has been particularly well studied in the indigo bunting , a bird that inhabits North America . |
| 29 | Here the proposed mechanism is fully analysed and all kinematic functions are obtained graphically , including displacements rotations and all their derivatives . |
| 30 | The hotel is fully airconditioned and all 84 bedrooms have telephone , colour TV , minibar and balcony . |