Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bees raised on a hillside of wildflowers produce a fine wax that is blended into a hand cream much sought after in Bath and beyond . |
| 2 | The coir is blended with a mix of nitrogen , phosphate and potassium fertilizers to form the new compost . |
| 3 | then all the data from the TREE command , which normally goes straight to the screen , is redirected to a file called PENGUIN . |
| 4 | Note that at the back of the head an allowance of approx. ½in has been left , and this is bevelled with a smoothing plane so that when viewed from above the head will lie at an angle to the neck . |
| 5 | One such sceptic , a certain Montgomery , is likened to a prickly housemaid . |
| 6 | In the New Testament , God is likened to a father , a shepherd and the owner of a vineyard ( among other images , including some found in the Old Testament ) . |
| 7 | The setpoint mechanism is likened to a thermostat . |
| 8 | Racism is likened to a poison which children take in , if not from their mother 's breast , then at least from its mechanical substitutes . |
| 9 | In many statements of this sort racism is likened to a contagious disease , which people catch off each other , or a cancer in the body politic , something which can only be stopped by either eliminating its carriers , or protecting others , especially children , from contact with its ‘ breeding grounds ’ . |
| 10 | For example , he is likened to a thief , but he actually wants to become a king , and speaks as if he were a Prince . |
| 11 | It is likened to a heaven full of stars , yet better than such because his wounds are efficacious by day as well as by night , and not only can not be obscured by clouds but positively drive away clouds of sin ; a net full of holes in which the meditator prays to be drawn to the bank of death ; a dovecote full of holes of refuge and a honeycomb full of cells of sweet honey ; a book written in red ink — matter for the meditator 's attention at " matyns , pryme , houris , euesong & complin " ; a meadow full of healing and delightful flowers and herbs ( 96 – 7 ) . |
| 12 | If God is likened to a king , as in Islam especially , it indicates that God is in control , that we can trust God , and so forth . |
| 13 | The most famous head that gets the cover treatment is ex-Band frontman turned yup rock jock , Robbie Robertson — his ‘ Makes No Difference ’ is the most commercial track on the mini-album and is mooted as a single . |
| 14 | The most famous head that gets the cover treatment is ex-Band frontman turned yup rock jock , Robbie Robertson — his ‘ Makes No Difference ’ is the most commercial track on the mini-album and is mooted as a single . |
| 15 | Compensation is calculated to a complex formula which includes a basic award related to gross earnings and length of service and a compensatory award which seeks to meet the employee 's actual and future losses arising as a consequence of the dismissal . |
| 16 | The normal corporate tax rate is 31% and personal tax is calculated on a sliding scale , reaching a maximum of 30% for a taxable income of S$800,000 a year . |
| 17 | Unemployment Benefit is calculated on a daily basis , so that each day on which an Unemployment Benefit recipient works is a day for which he is not entitled to claim any benefit . |
| 18 | Supplementary Benefit is calculated on a weekly basis and is reduced by the equivalent of any earnings in the week that are in excess of £4 . |
| 19 | However Transitional Reduction is calculated on a Scheme Council Tax in accordance with the Government Regulations and not in accordance with the actual Council Tax levied by the Region and District Councils , in addition water charges are excluded from both years . |
| 20 | Spokesman Mike Newman said : ‘ The rent increases reflect the increased commercial opportunities open to tenants and is calculated on a fair open-market basis . |
| 21 | This cost is calculated on a ‘ discount to yield ’ basis at 10 per cent . |
| 22 | On the internal market , the price is calculated at a third to a half of the Western auction estimate price . |
| 23 | the square roots obtained from all the interest category loan components are totalled and then each individual square root is calculated as a percentage of that total . |
| 24 | Your pension is calculated as a proportion of your final pay , which could mean literally the last year you work or for example ( and this is a requirement for controlling directors and those earning over £100,000 ) the average of three consecutive years during the last ten . |
| 25 | For any given point on the sheet of glass , whether inside the triangle or outside it , the appropriate genetic formula for that point is calculated as a " weighted average " of the genetic formulae of the three anchor biomorphs . |
| 26 | It is calculated in a similar way to ordinary pinch pleats in that the total measurement of unpleated fabric , i.e. , scallops and spaces , must equal the pole length . |
| 27 | The yield to put is calculated in a similar manner as the yield to call . |
| 28 | The portfolio beta is calculated in a similar fashion : . |
| 29 | The systematic or market or non-diversifiable risk of the portfolio is calculated in a similar way to that of an individual security ( see Eq.5.16 ) ) : variance due to the market ( 5.21 ) The unsystematic or non-market or diversifiable risk is calculated as follows : non-market variance . |
| 30 | The Twit Factor(TF) is calculated by a multiplying a Breeding Quotient ( BQ ) , marked between 1 and 5 , by the Outrage Index ( OI ) , based upon observed behaviour , marked between 1 and 10 , and then dividing the result by the Agreed Mitigator ( AM ) , a mark between 1 and 10 assessed on the basis of redeeming features such as intelligence , professional merit etc . |