Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More specifically , in sentences such as those above , in which an event mentioned in the first clause is explained by a reason or cause stated in a following because clause , that world knowledge includes information about what Garvey & Caramazza ( 1974 ) call the implicit causality of the verb in the first clause . |
| 2 | The master is placed on a drum and comes into contact with damp rollers then ink rollers . |
| 3 | With the resin combination used above , the jig is placed on a hotplate and curing carried out at 80°C for about 15 minutes . |
| 4 | This simple mixture is placed in a heater and the temperature quickly raised to just below the boiling point of water . |
| 5 | The strip is placed behind a pelmet or soffit of some kind — a piece of wood or moulding running all round under the cornice , if there is one , or ceiling angle if there is not — and you then achieve the lighting expert 's dream : light without a visible source . |
| 6 | The explanation of this is to be found in the matters propounded in Chapter One , that is , that members of the human race have a deeply felt need for a ‘ god ’ and a religion , and as almost everybody is reared within a family or group with some kind of religious background , each has at least a lingering allegiance to some form of established religion . |
| 7 | Moreover this , exercise is intended as an illustration and not as the presentation of a detailed proposal for a capital sharing tax . |
| 8 | The must is heated in a cauldron and boiled until it is reduced to one third of its volume to make the Arrobo . |
| 9 | And finally I can just look at erm draft planning policy guidance thirteen , it is very easy to lift one or two sentences out of either the draft planning policy note , or indeed the Ecotech report which underpins it , erm , I think if a full reading is made of that , what comes across strongly in the research is that there is a very complex relationship between urban forms and transport patterns , and indeed erm I think the advice in P P G , er draft P P G thirteen is prefaced with a note that erm , transport issues are , will be erm , there are very few general principles , if any , and local er considerations will influence the er the importance of this iss issue very considerably , what I think draft P P G thirteen does invite us to do is to more overtly look the transportation implications of alternative settlement patterns , and that 's all . |
| 10 | Sometimes we are on call at someone else 's house , and a call is referred from a dog-owner and a relative hears us saying , ‘ And how is his third leg ? ’ |
| 11 | The only stable group is formed by a tigress and her cubs ( right ) . |
| 12 | The wort is then run into a copper where it is boiled for an hour or more with hops . |
| 13 | Obtaining by false pretences is ordinarily thought of as different from theft , because in the former the owner in fact consents to part with his ownership ; a bogus beggar is regarded as a rogue but not as a thief , and so are his less petty counterparts . |
| 14 | Such is contrary to the wishes of the CLRC ( p.28 ) : " A bogus beggar is regarded as a rogue but not as a thief … |
| 15 | But if it is regarded as a report that 's covered already . |
| 16 | We find social relationships simplified , while myth and ritual are elaborated … if liminality is regarded as a time and place of withdrawal from normal modes of social action , it can be seen as potentially a period of scrutinization of the central values and axioms of the culture in which it occurs . |
| 17 | In psychoanalytic thought and practice the mind is regarded as a process and not a thing : |
| 18 | She is regarded as an outsider and a probable nuisance to the solidarity of a joint family . |
| 19 | First , the line between what is regarded as an office and what is construed as a pure master-servant relationship can be very fine , thereby rendering the applicability of natural justice difficult to predict and producing divisions which are capricious . |
| 20 | you can also reclaim old floorboards for use as a new surface ; the hard work of stripping and sealing them is regarded by a floor that has more colour and character than new wood . |
| 21 | To verify this the remedy is stopped for a week or two . |
| 22 | Here the infinitive 's event is treated as a possibility that has no chance of being real — as something which is impossible , absurd — which shows that the infinitive is clearly capable of expressing a potentiality all by itself . |
| 23 | The capital element of future rentals is treated as a liability and the interest element is charged to profit and loss account over the period of the leases in proportion to the balances outstanding . |
| 24 | iv Comedian or mascot : This child , often the youngest of the family , is treated as a pet and is not meant to be bothered by " serious " matters . |
| 25 | He ought , whether he remains technically an employee or is treated as a partner or is classified as somewhere between the two ( eg taxed under Sched D on his " salary " ) , to be in a position to know enough about his firm to judge what amounts to a reasonable restriction and not to need the court 's protection if he should have agreed to covenants in stringent terms . |
| 26 | The surplus of market value over consideration given is treated as a distribution and advanced corporation tax will be payable . |
| 27 | Delivery of a certificated transfer is treated by a buyer and by the company as equivalent to delivery of a transfer and the relevant certificate . |
| 28 | that early intervention is the best way of coping with it , and certainly it demands that parents and friends and teachers , and people concerned are aware of any change which is sustained over a period because by early intervention then you 're probably coping with the problem rather than the eating disorder , because the problem is there before the eating disorder . |
| 29 | If the visual cortex of a monkey is exposed to a stain that highlights the enzyme cytochrome oxidase it is possible to identify densely labelled blobs , which indicate high concentrations of the enzyme , in the upper layers of the visual cortex ( Livingstone and Hubel 1984 ) . |
| 30 | The jacket is fastened with a zip and studded stormflap . |