Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] is [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study , by the Greater Glasgow Health Board , revealed that more than a tenth of all newborn babies in Glasgow entered the world with more lead in their blood than is considered safe for adults … |
| 2 | Even though it is the body that offends , it is none the less the mind that is found accountable . |
| 3 | Firstly , Seefeld is just 14 miles from fashionable Innsbruck and is set high on a sunny plateau . |
| 4 | The annual charge is currently 1.25% of the value of your investment and is charged each year that the plan is in force . |
| 5 | But once the jury had asked , in their innocence , to hear them , it seems obvious that the parties should be present when the tape is played , so that any material which comes to light and is thought worthy of comment can be dealt with . |
| 6 | There is a hierarchy of academic institutions that is founded much more on their social status than on their academic reputation . |
| 7 | Pardo , the first civilian to hold the post for 35 years , stated that his appointment implied " a political handling and responsibility in the Defence Ministry " and was the result of " an important political change that is made evident in the new constitution " . |
| 8 | An air pollution control strategy refers to the master plan adopted by a country , or sometimes a group of countries ( e.g. the European Community ) , to tackle air pollution problems and to ensure that air pollution concentrations are reduced or are maintained below a specific or general level that is deemed acceptable . |
| 9 | The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone treaty impliedly modifies the Vienna Convention provisions on treaties and third parties by establishing its own regime , a course that is made necessary by the framing of so many of the provisions of the Vienna Convention in terms applicable only to parties . |
| 10 | That is certainly part of the money that is made available as a result of the far-sighted decision of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister , when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 11 | The 1972 reform strengthened the local professional bureaucracy and a bureaucracy that is made stronger is unlikely to resist any opportunity to grow . |
| 12 | One can appreciate why there may be a deliberate decision to restrict their circulation : these are sensitive matters and whatever policy applies , one group or another will be dissatisfied , perhaps to the extent of taking action against the library ; moreover any decision-making that is laid bare almost always invites debate and dispute . |
| 13 | There they slew many of the Welsh ; and some in flight they drove into the wood that is called Andred Sley . |
| 14 | In a recent decision the Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that a woman who is entitled to return to work but is made redundant while still on maternity leave , is to be regarded as automatically unfairly dismissed if the employer does not offer a suitable alternative vacancy or prove that no such vacancy exists ( see John Menzies GB Ltd v Porter [ 1992 ] 457 Industrial Relations Legal Information Bulletin 13 ) . |
| 15 | It has a 110hp Warner and is painted red and white , as are all the replicas except the black and yellow Z. At Oshkosh time it had n't flown , but did so on September 12 , 1991 . |
| 16 | She 's expecting her second child in three weeks and is determined this time to have the baby at home . |
| 17 | Each print , including this one featuring a young lop-eared rabbit , measures 210 × 298mm and is sent ready for you to frame . |
| 18 | Whilst there are many types of heart disease , the most common and the most tragic is the type that causes heart attacks and is called coronary heart disease . |
| 19 | But surely Stevenson greatly underestimates the place which the attitude theory can allow for rationality in ethics of much the same sort as is thought desirable in science , history or philosophy . |
| 20 | er I 've read in the past that , that there are so many different strains of the , of flu that , that its , vaccine , the vaccine that is produced each year does n't necessarily tackle that strain of flu . |
| 21 | If we are ever to achieve a magnetically-confined plasma that is kept hot enough by thermonuclear reactions , then the confinement system must contain the electrically-charged alpha particles that are produced by the fusion of deuterium and tritium . |
| 22 | Denethor , steward of Gondor , succumbs to the desire for knowledge and is sent mad by what he sees . |
| 23 | Traditionally speaking , once an instructor has passed all his elementary examinations and is deemed proficient , he is awarded his first dan ( known as shodan ) . |
| 24 | and one of those is sixteen year old Rachel Bradridge from Gloucester … she 's the all england junior champion and is reckoned good enough to be a future olmpyic skier |
| 25 | Turnover represents the aggregate amount invoiced for goods supplied to customers and is stated net of any value added or sales taxes . |
| 26 | His third book Electricity , Economics and is published this summer . |
| 27 | The planning decisions of the authority can be one of three kinds : unconditional permission , permission subject to such conditions as is thought fit , or refusal . |
| 28 | That little cabinet that is crammed full of stuff |
| 29 | Theology in all its guises should step down from its exalted position and take its place alongside all other human activities and contribute to an autonomous religion only what is relevant , and that with no more authority than is accorded any other sphere of human endeavour . |
| 30 | It is surrounded by beautiful gardens and many fruit trees and is set 500 metres from the sea and just over a mile down hill from Taormina . |