Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Is Olsen then going to drop him from the next side if he s not playing in Leeds first team ?
2 Farington 's influence is mostly seen in Green 's excellent etchings of buildings throughout the district .
3 Today 's version is irritatingly called by London Transport Underground a ‘ journey planner ’ .
4 ‘ I heard this morning , through Guy 's fiancée Nicola Schreider , that Guy is secretly negotiating with Farthingdales , ’ she said shakily .
5 They have to make sure that all the health and safety and related legislation is properly observed throughout Park Royal , and follow up any problems they find on site .
6 THE world of public relations has plenty of detractors but Michael Murphy , the founder and chairman of PR Consultants Scotland , has managed both to make himself wealthy and to run what is widely regarded as Scotland 's most professional home-grown consultancy , as well as its largest .
7 The couple have a home in Hollywood and a farm in Vermont , but Michael , who is widely regarded in Hollywood as a workaholic , found it hard to put family first and is now keen to produce his own films as well as act in them .
8 It is widely believed in Italy that the moon has a great influence on human beings and on nature .
9 This urge is not merely the nostalgic ‘ village patriotism ’ of a dwindling breed who remember Palestine before 1948 , as is widely believed in Israel .
10 The genus Proconsul is widely distributed in Uganda and Kenya in sediments ranging in age from 22 to 17Myr ( million years ago ) .
11 Trichlorophon is widely used across Europe for treating fruit and vegetables .
12 OPSIS — Greek for clear vision — is widely used in Europe for monitoring pollution , particularly in urban air where results can be linked with the movement of traffic .
13 ‘ It 's like selling coal to Newcastle , as eleutherococcus comes from Siberia and is widely used in Russia , ’ said Eladon director Mr Ross .
14 Cleft grafting on the spot is the primary example of field grafting and is widely used in California where varieties of vines cultivated change rapidly with fashion : a grower simply cuts off the whole of his existing variety at rootstock level and clefts on the new desired variety .
15 Such a benign view of government refereeing of the skies is widely held outside America .
16 ‘ I feel extremely anxious about you , being well aware that this time of year is most trying in England .
17 The reason Morgan sees for the passage of society from one stage to another — and this is what is most stressed by Engels in his restatement of Morgan 's theory in The Origin — is a social break due too the fact that the various subsystems stop working in gear , and come into conflict with each other .
18 Spring passage is most marked between mid-March and the end of April , with a fairly well-defined peak at the end of March .
19 Spring passage is most marked in March and April .
20 He is rather seen as God 's personal presence and intervention .
21 Just explain that it 's wholly favoured by Harry Dobson , the frugal company car manager .
22 The England captain , who had an outstanding match , is eventually halted by Aherne after a powerful midfield burst — but not before Geoghegan and Matthews are sucked in …
23 The rest of the myth concerns Psyche 's trials until she is eventually reunited with Eros on Mount Olympus .
24 The general muddle was discussed in Chapter 6.2(c) above : in principle , a person whose conduct was caused by mental disorder should not be liable to criminal conviction , but in practice the narrow and antiquated defence of insanity is rarely invoked in England ( a handful of cases each year ) , and the courts normally proceed to conviction and then select a medical disposal where appropriate .
25 The familiar mainland gripe of skill shortages is rarely heard in Northern Ireland .
26 This design is rarely found outside Persia , although India now produces rugs in traditional Persian herati schemes .
27 The snub is badly timed for Mr Major , who is looking to the US for a vital settlement in tough talks over farm subsidies to avert a damaging trade war .
28 Liberal Democrat candidate Suzanne Fletcher has welcomed news from British Rail that the Norton to Ferryhill route is to be kept open for freight traffic , but also says that an improved service is badly needed through Stockton station .
29 Market overt is expressly excluded in New South Wales , Queensland and , by inference , in the Australian Capital Territory .
30 Although he is little known in Britain , Mr Ryder appears to be developing into an influential international figure in the regulation of nuclear safety .
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