Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [adv] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The true theory of the Nicol prism was not clearly understood even by its inventor , but in a neglected paper by Edward Sang the mathematical theory is given completely for the first time ; this also contains a suggestion , made forty-seven years later by M. E. Bertrand in the Comptes Rendus , that a polarizer might be constructed of two glass prisms separated by a suitably placed thin layer of Iceland spar . |
| 2 | This procedure is depicted above for the first three values of the repeated median smooth , shown in full in figure 9.9 : Thus 47 is the value to be smoothed , the skip mean 43.5 is the mean of 40 and 47 and the smoothed value 45.2 is the rounded mean of 47 and 43.5 . |
| 3 | There is , however , the difference that in those cases the control is used to investigate the first instability whereas here it is needed only for the later stages . |
| 4 | When the first episode of the cult series , The Prisoner is broadcast tonight for the fourth time . |
| 5 | By section 5 of the 1987 Act , the liability covered by Part I of the Act extends to : a ) death or personal injury , b ) damage to or destruction of any item of property ( including land ) other than the defective product itself ( there is a lower threshold of £275 before a claim can be made ) provided that the property ; i ) is the type normally intended for private use and consumption , and ii ) it is used mainly for the private use or consumption of the person claiming . |
| 6 | The conflict is played out for the last time in The Red Shoes ( 1948 ) , where the ballerina played by Moira Shearer initially lives unproblematically for her dancing , until she falls in love with a composer . |
| 7 | Gradually you make your standards ( criteria ) of your child 's approximations to the correct response more and more stringent until , in the end , he is rewarded only for the precise behaviour that is required . |
| 8 | The case of Donoghue v. Stevenson is noted moreover for the general test as to liability in negligence propounded by Lord Atkin where he says : ‘ You must not injure your neighbour . |
| 9 | Scorton is entered both for the 1993 Britain in Bloom and the Best Kept Village competitions . |
| 10 | ‘ In it , the goal of a federal European state is spelled out for the first time . ’ |
| 11 | A whole pig is served up for the main New Year feast , and bean curd , sausages and special wine are prepared . |
| 12 | Below the cheek the head tapers down and is rounded off for the lower jaw ; the mouth finishes up about 2¼in wide . |
| 13 | a reduction in men 's pensionable age is ruled out for the foreseeable future on grounds of cost … on the other hand , the government believes that raising the pensionable age for women would be unfair to women who have contributed over the years in the expectation of a pension at 60 . |
| 14 | Having rejected the need for an appropriate comparison to be made with a man for true pregnancy-related dismissals Lord Keith then resumes the need for a comparison when a gender-neutral explanation is put forward for the unfavourable treatment . |
| 15 | If one suspect confesses and implicates the other , who does not confess , the confessor will go free as a reward for cooperation , while the partner is sent down for the maximum sentence , 10 years . |
| 16 | Thus competition is singled out for the first time as the chosen mechanism for ensuring the public interest . |
| 17 | Criticised for what actually went into it , now the sausage is singled out for the artificial colouring often put in . |
| 18 | ‘ My rent is paid up for the next six months , ’ Caro had assured her airily , ‘ before I knew I was leaving . |
| 19 | The book is published now for the first time as a result of scholarly study by Steve Joshua Heims of the cybernetics group of the late 1940s . |