Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That s past him hopefully , and he s also playing with more confidence … |
| 2 | Egypt 's ageing fleet of 12 submarines is mostly composed of Chinese and Soviet-made Romeo-class vessels . |
| 3 | In the absence of gastroduodenal surgery , the last is mostly found in chronic NSAID users , as shown in this study and others . |
| 4 | The cheap care provided by childminders is mostly patronized by poorer mothers , especially African and West Indian mothers . |
| 5 | A basic sense of wonder ( a ) to foster their capacity for imagination which can give rise to vision , realizing that reality can be greater and other than it often seems — so that they appreciate that a flat two-dimensional approach to life is not the only option available ; ( b ) to understand that religious faith expresses itself in a variety of forms , many of which are close to the arts , and to realize also that religious language is mostly used in symbolic or metaphorical ways ; ( c ) to appreciate the emotional power of religious commitment and how this can be beneficial or harmful . |
| 6 | The ‘ primary rate ’ ISDN provides a block of a minimum of 30 lines , and is mostly used by large firms which connect it to a telephone switchboard . |
| 7 | The phase of confusion is strikingly illustrated in some metopes from a large Doric temple at Selinus in Sicily ( fig. 23 ) . |
| 8 | Admittedly , this is a Treasury matter , but it can not possibly be beyond the ability of Treasury Ministers to work out an effective formula to ensure that the Ministry of Defence is properly rewarded for any help that it gives . |
| 9 | You should make every effort to ensure that this violent ‘ kamikaze ’ attitude is properly roleplayed by any affected adventurers . |
| 10 | The rule , Rule 15 ( Client Care ) , and the Law Society guide that interprets it , is intended to ensure that the client is properly informed at all times , as to who is dealing with the matter , as to the available complaints procedure and as to how the action is progressing . |
| 11 | Ensure that the UN Convention on Children 's Rights is properly reflected in all service provision and legislation affecting children . |
| 12 | Consumer demand is a powerful market force , so it is vital that the consumer is properly educated with accurate , scientifically responsible information . |
| 13 | They mean an easy , phonetic ( or rather phonemic ) system such as alphabetic literacy and they think of a ‘ literate society ’ as one in which such a script is widely assumed in public life , as they claim it was in sixth century Greece . |
| 14 | The pact is widely seen as one of the environmental fruits of glasnost in the Soviet Union . |
| 15 | That is widely accepted by all those involved in health and safety both in Britain and throughout the world . |
| 16 | This project , which is widely supported by other Scottish libraries , was given the highest priority for new funding by the Library in its Financial Plan 1990–1994 , prepared for the Scottish Office Education Department ( SOED ) . |
| 17 | This is widely recognised as one of the more remarkable achievements of Lubavitch . |
| 18 | In the Commons Mr Field is widely regarded as one of the most thoughtful and persuasive MPs . |
| 19 | Half-Italian and fluent in the language -Alfred is widely regarded as one of Britain 's most talented actors and certainly one of the busiest . |
| 20 | However , the unsupervised exploration of sunken treasure ships ( yielding rich pickings for anyone able to fund the high costs of such expeditions ) is widely condemned by marine archaeologists . |
| 21 | It is thus a kind of distributional history in space rather than in time — although in archaeology both chronological and spatial dimensions are involved , and is widely employed in modern geographical studies . |
| 22 | It is widely recognized among those involved with education that one of the most significant aspects of certification procedures is that aspects of educational endeavour which are not assessed are unlikely to be taken seriously by either teachers or pupils . |
| 23 | For example , it is widely believed in English-speaking cultures that women are good listeners . |
| 24 | The figure is widely extended in one plane , evidently designed for a primary view from an area in front of the torso with the head approximately in profile . |
| 25 | N lapillus is widely distributed on rocky shores bordering the North Atlantic Ocean between ( approximately ) the 19 ° C summer isotherm and the — 1°C winter isotherm for oceanic waters ( Moore , 1936 ) , apart from areas of reduced salinity-such as the Baltic Sea . |
| 26 | The elephant is widely distributed over much of Asia though the population is dwindling . |
| 27 | The enzyme is widely distributed in various tissues and cells ; in fact , it is said that PLA2 has been found in every tissue studied . |
| 28 | This is widely used for steady or mean pressure measurements but can not respond to rapid fluctuations . |
| 29 | The Coulter counter is widely used in industrial laboratories and in medical situations but relatively rarely by academic sedimentologists . |
| 30 | Again , the theory of this is straightforward ; it is based on standard probability theory , such as is widely used in other disciplines , notably in the biological sciences , where the sampling of a population is an accepted way of establishing the variety of species in a given area . |