Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bees raised on a hillside of wildflowers produce a fine wax that is blended into a hand cream much sought after in Bath and beyond . |
| 2 | The coir is blended with a mix of nitrogen , phosphate and potassium fertilizers to form the new compost . |
| 3 | The localized system of medico-pedagogical influence on a child , in so far as it is differentiated in an institution for social education , ought to prevail to the extent that it is in accordance with the natural needs of the child and to the extent that it opens creative prospects for the development of the given structure — biological , social , and economic . |
| 4 | then all the data from the TREE command , which normally goes straight to the screen , is redirected to a file called PENGUIN . |
| 5 | The statement that he overestimated the importance of sex in human psychology is refuted by an examination of his work and opinions . |
| 6 | For example , he is likened to a thief , but he actually wants to become a king , and speaks as if he were a Prince . |
| 7 | If God is likened to a king , as in Islam especially , it indicates that God is in control , that we can trust God , and so forth . |
| 8 | In the New Testament , God is likened to a father , a shepherd and the owner of a vineyard ( among other images , including some found in the Old Testament ) . |
| 9 | It is likened to a heaven full of stars , yet better than such because his wounds are efficacious by day as well as by night , and not only can not be obscured by clouds but positively drive away clouds of sin ; a net full of holes in which the meditator prays to be drawn to the bank of death ; a dovecote full of holes of refuge and a honeycomb full of cells of sweet honey ; a book written in red ink — matter for the meditator 's attention at " matyns , pryme , houris , euesong & complin " ; a meadow full of healing and delightful flowers and herbs ( 96 – 7 ) . |
| 10 | Racism is likened to a poison which children take in , if not from their mother 's breast , then at least from its mechanical substitutes . |
| 11 | The setpoint mechanism is likened to a thermostat . |
| 12 | A trade unionism that is paralysed by an obsession with parliamentary lobbying and television training for general secretaries can scarcely expect to win the wholehearted support even of its own members , let alone women engaged in domestic labour , part-time workers or the unemployed . |
| 13 | The most famous head that gets the cover treatment is ex-Band frontman turned yup rock jock , Robbie Robertson — his ‘ Makes No Difference ’ is the most commercial track on the mini-album and is mooted as a single . |
| 14 | The most famous head that gets the cover treatment is ex-Band frontman turned yup rock jock , Robbie Robertson — his ‘ Makes No Difference ’ is the most commercial track on the mini-album and is mooted as a single . |
| 15 | However Transitional Reduction is calculated on a Scheme Council Tax in accordance with the Government Regulations and not in accordance with the actual Council Tax levied by the Region and District Councils , in addition water charges are excluded from both years . |
| 16 | Your pension is calculated as a proportion of your final pay , which could mean literally the last year you work or for example ( and this is a requirement for controlling directors and those earning over £100,000 ) the average of three consecutive years during the last ten . |
| 17 | the square roots obtained from all the interest category loan components are totalled and then each individual square root is calculated as a percentage of that total . |
| 18 | Radelescu and Stoia ( 1979 ) , for instance , describe a microprocessor-based closed-loop control in which the switching angle is calculated by an algorithm involving the two previous step periods , enabling the rate of change of speed to be taken into account . |
| 19 | On the south side a corresponding basement is hidden by a drawer flap which , when pulled down , reveals the cellar with its groined roof . |
| 20 | The valley below the adventurers is hidden by a layer of thick mist that seems almost to glow . |
| 21 | If it is right then the coke is hidden among a load of coffee beans . |
| 22 | In contrast , an allegory is a story where the message is hidden in a type of code ; where the characters and/or events really represent other characters and events ; a story where every detail has a meaning . |
| 23 | Besides , the information is hidden in a computer . ’ |
| 24 | Occasionally , the real eye is hidden in a mass of spots , sometimes white , and sometimes black . |
| 25 | This sequence of photographs is arranged like a walk in a locality familiar to the photographer and , in some similar form , to any townsman or villager . |
| 26 | This situation is explained by a variety of factors : |
| 27 | More specifically , in sentences such as those above , in which an event mentioned in the first clause is explained by a reason or cause stated in a following because clause , that world knowledge includes information about what Garvey & Caramazza ( 1974 ) call the implicit causality of the verb in the first clause . |
| 28 | This marked urban — rural shift is explained by a number of causes . |
| 29 | The faster rate of population growth in Siberia than in the rest of the country demonstrates the rapid and determined process of Siberia 's colonization , settlement and russification , and is explained by a number of factors . |
| 30 | This theory is not in conflict with the Samuelson hypothesis , and both may be correct , that is to say , volatility is explained by a number of separate factors such as maturity and uncertainty resolution . |