Example sentences of "[is] [verb] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Student Keith Marsh is particularly interested in science and has organised a trip for pupils to use the college laboratories while Clare Phillips is helping in the primary school library . |
| 2 | The temptation for Germans now , even though the generation of which Mann was writing has largely passed away , is to see in the great breakthrough of the last few months simply a kind of vindication of Germany 's efforts to achieve hegemony in Europe , to see the first and second world wars and what is happening now as three chapters of the same story . |
| 3 | The temptation for Germans now , even though the generation of which Mann was writing has largely passed away , is to see in the great breakthrough of the last few months simply a kind of vindication of Germany 's efforts to achieve hegemony in Europe , to see the first and second world wars and what is happening now as three chapters of the same story . |
| 4 | It 's no great surprise that a lecture on Othello is mooted in the Possessed notebooks , and that ‘ O , Iago , the pity of it ’ gets quoted in Russian . |
| 5 | Where the relevant movement does not span the change in reference date of January 1987 , the indexation factor is calculated in the usual way using : where RD equals the retail price index for the month on which the disposal occurs ; and RI equals the retail price index for March 1982 or the month on which expenditure was incurred , whichever is the later . |
| 6 | The genealogy is arranged in the following pattern : |
| 7 | This is explained in the financial review on pages 28 and 29 . |
| 8 | Unfortunately not enough value is placed in the working world on the organizational and management skills acquired in running a home and family efficiently . |
| 9 | Large envelopes or packets and registered letters are stored in a separate place and a notification slip ( Fig. 6.1 ) is placed in the appropriate pigeon hole in the letter rack asking the guest to collect it either at the reception desk or enquiry office . |
| 10 | A dot is placed in the appropriate column opposite each criterion and the dots are joined up by a line . |
| 11 | A dot is placed in the appropriate column opposite each criterion and the dots are joined up by a line . |
| 12 | The bulb is placed in the narrow neck of the glass which keeps it dry . |
| 13 | Plant material is placed in the still and is in direct contact with the water . |
| 14 | What difference will it make if the wire loop is placed in the magnetic field as shown in Fig. 4.4 ? |
| 15 | Moreover , the law is only one method of control over what is placed in the public arena . |
| 16 | This is recognized in the familiar distinction in criminal law between mala in se and mala prohibita . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Kuhn 's relativism is emphasized in the concluding sentences of the postscript to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions . |
| 19 | In the US it is flown in the Experimental Amateur-Built category , but some countries will apparently take it ready to fly without further certification . |
| 20 | Unidirectional microphones have a pick-up pattern which is biased in the forward direction , a characteristic which is sometimes referred to as cardioid because of the heart-shape of the pattern . |
| 21 | Such application ( because the property is registered in the joint names of the husband and wife ) requires the signatures of both husband and wife and the submission of the land certificate to the registry . |
| 22 | The Lake District is situated in the northernmost peninsula of England . |
| 23 | This gracious 18th-century converted coach house is situated in the small and peaceful village of Dry Drayton , five miles north-west of Cambridge . |
| 24 | It is situated in the small highland village of Carrbridge and surrounded by beautiful countryside of sweet-smelling pine trees , dark moorland and mountain peaks . |
| 25 | It is situated in the small town of Melrose , which nestles comfortably between the Eildon Hills and the silvery River Tweed in the beautiful rolling countryside of the Scottish Borders . |
| 26 | It is situated in the picturesque surroundings of Cosmeston Lakes Country Park , near Penarth and is only 15 minutes by car from the centre of Cardiff . |
| 27 | Opened in 1990 , this 5 star hotel is situated in the historic heart of the city . |
| 28 | It has the loveliest of gardens and is situated in the residential area of Sorrento known as Sant' Agnello . |
| 29 | It is situated in the charming old spa town of Moffat , a recent winner of both the ‘ Best Kept Village ’ and the ‘ Scotland in Bloom ’ awards . |
| 30 | It is situated in the main hospital corridor one full day a week . |