Example sentences of "[subord] is [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the foregoing brief chronology has demonstrated , which Councils have been recognized as ecumenical is far more arbitrary than is acknowledged by the bland words of the current Code . |
| 2 | The third way in which reliability might be breached is when , by judicious presentational techniques , a graph gives a more , or less , flattering view than is warranted by the underlying data . |
| 3 | ‘ The respondents were charged more than is warranted by the statute . |
| 4 | If a profit is equivalent to surplus labour , then the capitalist , in keeping a larger share of the surplus than is given to the workers , is in effect ‘ stealing ’ from them , although what amounts to theft is written into an agreement and therefore not recognised as such . |
| 5 | Thus , we would suggest that these second types of explanation for the differences in the rate of crime between men and women — that female crime exists to a much greater extent than is indicated by the statistics but is just less often recorded — can not explain the enormous sex differences in recorded rates of crime . |
| 6 | On the one hand , tenure in top positions is normally limited through a more explicit contractual term of office than is employed in the private sector , and self-perpetuating oligarchies can not form . |
| 7 | Fred Gillett of the American science team says that despite the sun 's heat falling on IRAS , the satellite 's insulation is working so well that there is ‘ less heat going into the system than is radiated by the tip of my little finger ’ . |
| 8 | To procure a steeper cut-off than is exhibited by the frequency responses of the simple C-R or L-R low and high-pass filters , further reactive components must be added to the network . |
| 9 | There is some evidence that the history of policing in England and Wales contains much more resort to the stick and fist than is recognized in the orthodox accounts . |
| 10 | If the obligor or feoffor pay a lesser sum either before the day or at another place than is limited by the condition , and the obligee or feoffee receiveth it , this is a good satisfaction . ’ |
| 11 | But green campaigns directed at the handling of solid waste sometimes go much further than is justified by the need to protect health , or even to prevent litter or damage to the landscape . |
| 12 | By exaggerating operating difficulties or temporary adverse market conditions , for instance , managers can shape board decision making , providing some leverage against the imposition of rigorous profit-maximising targets , or may attract funds for divisional growth to a greater extent than is justified by the profit potential . |
| 13 | The fact that lands were available for purchase presupposes that there were sellers as well as buyers , and much less is known about who these were , and why they were selling , than is known about the purchasers . |
| 14 | OWNERS of motor vehicles are sitting ducks for avaricious chancellors who already screw them for far more cash in fuel and vehicle tax than is spent on the roads . |
| 15 | They are using sonar , but it is a cruder kind of sonar than is used by the smaller bats with which we , in temperate regions , are familiar . |
| 16 | Due to the very nature of vigilance , the tests to measure it must take much longer than is required for the other tests above . |
| 17 | The types of behaviour to which this motivation is said to lead include employing a larger staff than is required for the purposes of the business , lavish expenditure on office accommodation , transport , and various forms of entertainment , and on image- building ( but not cost-justified ) advertising , and charitable giving . |
| 18 | The other advantage of affray for the prosecutor is that it requires a less exacting proof of mens rea than is required for the offences against the person . |
| 19 | In fact , during pregnancy , she becomes able to ingest and utilise more of the necessary substance than is required by the child alone so that by the end of pregnancy she will be better off for such substances as nitrogen , calcium etc. than she was at the beginning . |
| 20 | The electrons may be excited from one orbital to another , still localised at the nitrogen impurity , by much less energy than is required in the perfect diamond : in fact , blue light has sufficient quantum energy . |
| 21 | We believe that the industry and the demand it satisfies will have to come under much greater restraint than is offered by the draft guidance before improved efficiency , recycling and use of waste — all options currently more risky and expensive — are taken up in a serious way . |
| 22 | We believe that the industry and the demand it satisfies will have to come under much greater restraint than is offered by the draft guidance before improved efficiency , recycling and use of waste — all options currently more risky and expensive — are taken up in a serious way . |
| 23 | They deserve a role in our society that gives them a little more economic security and social dignity than is offered by the current outrageous employment practices . |
| 24 | The leave of absence arrangements allowed under section 18 of the Mental Health ( Scotland ) Act 1984 enables the psychiatrist and mental health officer to ensure a higher level of supervision of vulnerable patients in the community than is permitted under the Mental Health Act 1983 . |
| 25 | Jeff Rooker , the MP for Birmingham Perry Barr , who retired from Labour 's front bench last year partly to campaign for PR , said : ‘ A lot more people went away from this conference convinced of the merits of the argument than is shown in the vote . ’ |
| 26 | Divers are still used today although their equipment is rather more sophisticated than is shown in the museum display . |
| 27 | Still , that is more than is managed by the House of Commons in Britain . |
| 28 | Again the link between the two is more complex than is suggested by the HEDT . |
| 29 | However , rehabilitation has made rather more significant inroads than is suggested by the formal description of the system . |
| 30 | The ability of the Communist parties to survive the onslaught from the ‘ New Left ’ also bore witness to the fact that the debates over strategy and tactics were real , and had a deeper basis than is suggested by the oft-manifested rivalry for the role of ‘ true ’ revolutionary . |