Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the variance , not the midspread , which is broken down into a fitted ( ‘ explained ’ ) and residual ( ‘ unexplained ’ ) component . |
| 2 | Waste material in the ubiquitous black plastic bags brews up and is broken down by a common bacterium , Clostridium botulinum , which produces a very potent toxin . |
| 3 | Textured bob-length hair with full fringe is smoothed out into a chic wrap as an alternative . |
| 4 | However , on Saturday , October 10 , it is pencilled in for a proposed Newcastle to Maryport via Leeds , Skipton and Workington special , returning to Bradford Forster Square . |
| 5 | It is tricked out with a handsome jacket and contains the standard acknowledgements , including the author 's thanks to the Universe for her participation in Existence . |
| 6 | Every Thursday is given over to a drop-in day , which is open to the previous year 's group to come back or to any girl on home-teaching , and sometimes girls from three or four years back may also drop in for a chat or advice . |
| 7 | For the rest of the week it is given over to a different selection : good second-hand clothes , useful but redundant household articles , outgrown children 's toys plus almost anything that someone no longer needs and someone else might use . |
| 8 | As is pointed out in a robust response from Ernst & Young , the code is full of the desired qualitative attributes of boards and directors , but it is short on objective operational criteria . |
| 9 | It was probably effective the first time , but now it is looked on as a desperate move , a last ditch attempt to gain attention . |
| 10 | From the simplest beginnings the reader is carried along on a step-by-step journey to adventures in ‘ Harmonic landscaping ’ and a variety of textures . |
| 11 | A further point is that there is no need to rely on the right unless the decompilation is carried out to a substantial part of the original program ( there is no infringement to excuse otherwise ) . |
| 12 | Briefly , after diagnostic ERCP , endoscopic sphincterotomy is carried out with a long nose sphincterotome . |
| 13 | Spraying is carried out with a coarse spray at low pressure . |
| 14 | If a member can not carry out work for which a deposit has been paid , the fund will either ensure the work is carried out at a fair price less the deposit or refund the deposit . |
| 15 | I usually have some sympathy for a player who is dismissed simply for being over-aggressive , but I draw the line when this aggro is carried out on a fellow team mate . |
| 16 | Where a sanitiser can have advantages is where a particular cleaning task is carried out on a repetitive basis as for example the daily cleaning of a retail soft ice cream dispenser . |
| 17 | Lichen research is carried out on a world-wide collection which is particularly good on European crustose lichens . |
| 18 | Personal selling is a very expensive activity to maintain , and it may be best suited to relatively concentrated markets , such as in the UK for ceramics or steel manufacture , or those in which buying is carried out on a centralised basis . |
| 19 | Partial water changes will be sufficient — about 15% of the tank 's volume every fortnight , provided a larger water change of about 30% is carried out on a monthly basis . |
| 20 | The hazards involved in this operation , the pollution to the environment , the problem of safeguarding the plutonium , and the extremely high costs mean that reprocessing is carried out on a commercial scale by only a handful of other nuclear nations , most notably France and the Soviet Union . |
| 21 | The human rights issue is also a priority of the region 's animation programme , which is carried out on a voluntary basis by the officers . |
| 22 | It is important both in long term or " corporate " ( company wide ) planning , and in the budgetary planning and control process which is carried out on an annual basis . |
| 23 | The check is carried out as a preliminary step within option 1.5.2 , Prepare Package for Approval . |
| 24 | A single one-off move may be disruptive to overall business activities but at least the process is carried out over a short time . |
| 25 | The work is carried out through a rolling programme , and the results are published in the official journal of the European Community . |
| 26 | Much of the Group 's work is carried out under a comprehensive quality-assurance programme , and the Group provides the internal auditors for the whole of the BGS quality-assurance programme . |
| 27 | For safety purposes , the servicing of petroleum carrying vehicles is carried out in a separate work area . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes it is , provided the shooting is carried out in a responsible manner . |
| 29 | LASMO believes that as operator it must take responsibility for the care and protection of the environment and it must ensure that every aspect of its work is carried out in a safe and effective way . |
| 30 | While the police are clearly involved with formal social control , it is apparent that much of their work is carried out in an informal manner . |