Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The P P G seven has a very clear theme about supporting rural diversification , it is positively worded P P G. I think the restrictive nature of the existing policy and the district 's support for that is something that can not run forward in the structure plan and be consistent with national policy .
2 This is very important if a UK business is to ensure that it is not charged VAT at the standard rate on the supply of these goods where the customer 's VAT number subsequently proves to be false or otherwise incorrect .
3 That is just called pentate it is not called E M penta any more equally you do n't have sec butile alcohol turk turt butile alcohol they 've been out for ten years !
4 The currency of a provisional grant where it is not declared final is to be a period of one year ( subs .
5 The German working parties are also out , so it is not considered etiquette to fire .
6 Much of it is intensively managed grassland carrying a heavy stocking of dairy cattle .
7 It is well settled law that the exercise by the Court of its discretionary power to validate a post-petition payment does not turn on whether the company was or was not damaged by the payment .
8 This dust is sometimes called fines , and it is also called soil but this is a poor term because it implies an organic component , which is absent .
9 It is also called St Austin 's Stone , because of the legend that St Augustine ( also known as ‘ Austin' ) preached from it and baptized converts in the spring below .
10 ( In the United States it is also called Lou Gehrig 's disease . )
11 However , while Accountancy Personnel estimated similar average pay increases of around two per cent , it is also noted student recruitment and partnership prospects for qualifieds were on the up and redundancies were falling in public practice , and some demand for specialist skills and pro-active commercial skills in commerce and industry .
12 It is already taken care of Thank you for keeping me company . ’
13 Secondly , it is mindfully directed thinking , displaying a quality of attentiveness .
14 Alternatively , where a local plan is in existence it is usually stated policy to confine certain types of industry to particular areas , restricting land use in and around residential areas to that of a ‘ light industrial ’ nature within Class III of the Town and Country Planning ( Use Classes ) Order 1972 ; defined as :
15 RE is on a much stronger wicket than it is usually given credit for , provided it is open in character .
16 It is usually held flat against the underside of the body , but if disturbed , the springtail flicks it backwards , projecting the animal into the air and out of harm 's way .
17 It is often called Ramsey pricing , after Frank Ramsey who first flamed this ( or , rather , a similar ) problem in 1928 .
18 It is often given solo passages to play , and its tone is so intrinsically striking that entirely unaccompanied phrases are not infrequently allotted to it .
19 This phenomenon is distinct from onomatopoeia — it is sometimes called sound symbolism : there is no question of auditory resemblance .
20 The wind or Spirit of the Lord is indeed power , but it is morally defined power , designed to communicate the will of God and bring his creation into conformity with it .
21 If one takes ‘ amount ’ as referring to duration and extent ( number of people affected ) , perhaps together with probability and proximity , Bentham certainly does not think that all that matters is amount , since this would be to forget intensity , which seems to mean simply the extent to which it is actually liked moment by moment .
22 It is actually entitled Speke , Porot and contains the following significant variants of the first three stanzas :
23 It is then stayed athwartships by wire and fixed for and aft by an aluminium alloy strut which clamps onto the backstay .
24 It is now stated policy to encourage GPs to group together into health centre-based practices .
25 It is now called Givat Shaul and is a mere suburb of Jerusalem , its main street a line of petrol stations , garages and high-rise apartment blocks , more like the Edgware Road or Brooklyn than the scene of a mass murder .
26 Quantum Software Systems Ltd , the 10-year-old Unix-like Kanata , Ontario firm has changed its name to mirror its software : it is now called QNX Software Systems Ltd .
27 ‘ Mr. Gould the author of the Birds of Europe is about leaving this country for New Holland , or as it is now called Australia .
28 Then , deciding boldly not to enter another beguiling-looking passage which , had he done so , would have wasted very many miles and many days ( it is now called Canal Jeronimo , and leads into an immense maze of lakes and passageways ) , he sailed directly north-west , up the Paso Largo and finally into the Paso del Mar .
29 It is now settled law that railway companies do not warrant the absolute safety of passengers : all they undertake with regard to passengers is a duty to carry with due and reasonable care , and their liability is for negligence arising from a breach of that duty .
30 But the position from which he is today assessed rests on precarious , even quaint , over-simplifications .
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