Example sentences of "[conj] [is] [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There they slew many of the Welsh ; and some in flight they drove into the wood that is called Andred Sley .
2 Timing is good ; this tends to be particularly noticeable in recordings such as the Keith Jarrett interpretation of Bach 's Goldberg Variations , which has superbly organic style that is pulled this way and that , but which never spoils the music or prevents it from working .
3 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 .
4 County Council believes that this advice and guidance is synonymous with the view that is taken that development of the open countryside will in fact represent the exception rather than the rule and that new development would not normally be permitted .
5 ‘ Anything that 's run that gauntlet without getting hooked has got to be brother to an eel . ’
6 The First 20 Hits ( Mute ) , capturing the camp audacity of the band that 's made Seventies disco fashionable in Nineties clubland .
7 It 's a strategy that 's boosted half year profits 45 percent to 3.7 million pounds .
8 Jazz , classical , the weird art-pop of Beefheart , techno ; you 'll find 'em all lodged in the grooves of any Yello track — if you 're not convinced , check out the ‘ Essential Yello ’ compilation that 's released this month .
9 She 's expecting her second child in three weeks and is determined this time to have the baby at home .
10 The annual charge is currently 1.25% of the value of your investment and is charged each year that the plan is in force .
11 It has an insidious fascination , and is given added mystery by the surrounding emptiness , which is not simply a physical background to a carefully composed work .
12 Between Times ( 5.04 ) is on a recovery mission and is given another chance in similar company .
13 It is important to remember when cutting and pasting that the Clipboard can only hold one item at a time and is cleared each time the cut or copy command is used .
14 The outbound leg is adjusted for single drift , and is flown 1 minute <+-; > 1 second for each knot of head or tail wind component .
15 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 .
16 His third book Electricity , Economics and is published this summer .
17 The first Power PC chip , the 601 , will become available for it and is expected next year , ahead of schedule .
18 Transferred to the realm of gender relations , this would describe the state of affairs in which a woman has influence over a man and manipulates his discourses , but is allowed this power only as long as she agrees not to flaunt it and remains in the position of silent partner with no autonomous voice .
19 Each commander has general orders , but is allowed considerable independence in day-to-day decisions .
20 As I understand it , GPs refer patients to individual consultants , usually to the older , more experienced man who may be slowing down , rather than to the younger , inexperienced newcomer who is right up to date with the latest hi-tech mod. con. , but is afforded scant opportunity to increase his experience .
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