Example sentences of "[pron] is [vb pp] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Office : a relatively permanent position within the social structure to which someone is appointed or qualified , for example , electrician , nurse , pilot |
| 2 | In relation to the exercise of a profession such as medicine , the fact that a person has acted in accordance with practice which is recognized as proper by a responsible body of persons skilled in that profession means that there has been no negligence . |
| 3 | One is that regulation seeks to control economic life , yet it is this which is recognized as responsible for the material well-being of the community . |
| 4 | Reports in the press or on radio or television must not reveal the name or address of the child , his school or any other information which is intended or likely to identify him ( s97(2) ) . |
| 5 | Our results indicate that information which is neglected and unavailable to higher levels of visual processing can nevertheless be processed by earlier stages in the visual system concerned with segmentation . |
| 6 | Social workers are increasingly placing children in foster care , which is seen as preferable to care in residential homes , whose image has been marred by scandals . |
| 7 | But it is the theory of democracy as the right of the majority to rule which is seen as central , rather than democracy as the preservation of minority rights . |
| 8 | Because Linnaeus worked in western Europe , it tends to be the European form which is seen as typical in this sense ; and of course it is accidental which species in a group happens to be first described and hence seen as typical . |
| 9 | In residential areas average speeds remained at about 30 km/h , which is seen as appropriate for this type of road . |
| 10 | For instance , usury was not a sin in the Jewish laws so his way of living , which is seen as immoral by Christian terms , is justified by the fact that he is abiding by his own laws . |
| 11 | Simmel places exchange at the point at which Hegel constructs society , and this articulates well with a major tradition in anthropological theory , where it is exchange , often viewed in terms of the polarity of gift and commodity , which is seen as constitutive of society itself ( e.g. Appadurai 1986 ; Lévi-Strauss 1969 ; Sahlins 1974 : 165–183 ) . |
| 12 | Another factor may be the time taken in coping with a particular old person which is seen as disproportionate in relation to other work which has to be done . |
| 13 | Or , it could be behaviour which is seen as eccentric or bizarre , such as not wearing shoes and socks in conventional situations or carrying on prolonged conversations with the plants in one 's garden . |
| 14 | A typical clause on the sale of a registered title is as follows : All that property known as the title to which is registered as Absolute at HM Land Registry under Title No Together with the rights and Except and Reserved and Subject as mentioned in the Entries on the Register of the said Title . |
| 15 | Britain 's future must be safeguarded by active membership of a European Community which is united and democratic and in which decisions are taken as close to the people as possible . |
| 16 | One matter which is viewed as significant is a short space of time between the provocation and the killing , and there are some judicial statements which treat this as a matter of law : the loss of self-control must , it is sometimes held , be ‘ sudden and temporary ’ . |
| 17 | We suppose that the nucleic acid molecule which survives and replicates best ( i.e. the ‘ fittest ’ ) carries a message which is represented as THIS IS THE BEST MESSAGE . |
| 18 | In both the type of support given and in the way it is delivered , it seems of great importance to sustain a balance between dependence and independence which is regarded as appropriate by all parties . |
| 19 | The structures of Employee Involvement have only been accepted by salaried staff ; shopfloor unions have refused to make a formal commitment to the programme , which is regarded as contrary to the established contractual job-control orientation of workplace trade unions . |
| 20 | A central feature of all such theories is the distinction between that which exist sin a fundamental sense , i.e. the basic entities ( I should emphasise that I am here using the term 'entity' in the broadest possible sense ) and that which is regarded as existing in a secondary , derivative , or parasitic sort of way . |
| 21 | Thus attention focusing may only be observed where there is a well-defined task which is regarded as important by the subject . |
| 22 | ‘ We are clearly reluctant to take any step which is regarded as hostile to their interests . ’ |
| 23 | The intelligentsia — which is defined as those engaged in ‘ intellectual labour ’ — do not themselves form a distinct class . |
| 24 | His theory is that leukaemia is a rare response to a much more common but , as yet , unidentified infection which is transmitted when large numbers of people from different backgrounds come together . |
| 25 | This has resulted in an AIDS activism which is limited and inaccessible , centred around those who are directly involved in caring for PWAs , those who gain prestige from that involvement . |
| 26 | His book is about ancestral worship in West Town which is presented as prototypical of that which prevails in Chinese culture as a whole . |
| 27 | In terms of the land which is lost and will it be counted , er I would agree with David Allenby , in so in so far as where small sites are lost , they are in fact largely taken up in past land-take trends , but when a major site is lost , that at the moment forms part of the ninety one base of employment , and it it is something that we would n't have anticipated , therefore I think in terms of when we look at land availability figures and availability of supply erm we would have to look very carefully at land which is lost or significant land which is lost , or a significant number of jobs , it would n't necessary be added onto the structure plan requirement , but it could be deducted from the land availa land availability figures as land lost . |
| 28 | To put it the other way around , it is through the state appropriation of the language of change and urbanicity that the construction of an opposite which is perceived as unchanging and suburban becomes sustainable . |
| 29 | The increased incorporation occurs only in the groups showing memory and not in the group which is trained but amnesic . |
| 30 | Section 5(9) states that Customs may make regulations with respect to the time of supply of services for a consideration the whole or part of which is determined or payable periodically ( known as ‘ continuous supplies of services ’ ) . |