Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb pp] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Once your water is soft it is easily acidified using peat filtration . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But the arrogant and self-confident side of Graeme Souness is always guaranteed to split public opinion . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is also claimed to reduce space usage . |
| 9 | An integrated dictionary is also supplied to help increase recognition speed . |
| 10 | The water is chemically treated to extend boiler life , and is in a closed circuit . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This file is then sent to batch queue number 3 ( because STA=3 was entered on the JOB command line ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Quicklime ( calcium oxide ) is commonly employed to concretize oil sludge containing PCBs . |