Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Less is heard of the other welfare state , which runs parallel to the ‘ traditional ’ welfare state , and is financed by tax concessions , such as mortgage interest relief and pension contribution relief . |
| 2 | Although no explanation is given of the stunned response of her fellow pilgrims at the end of her tale : their response is not difficult to understand . |
| 3 | In contrast , the disquieting literature of more dissident bourgeois intellectuals/writers such as Andre Malraux , Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet is unreservedly praised , and a sympathetic account is given of the cultural activity of working-class writers such as Georgette Gueguen-Dreyfus , Eugene Dabit and Andre Philippe . |
| 4 | A literal translation is given of the Arabic themes to highlight the partial loss of orientation through discontinuity of theme . |
| 5 | It is considered of the first importance that young persons should receive correct and permanent impressions on this subject and to assist in securing that object it is intended to exhibit a model of a SLAVE SHIP which was recently captured upon the coast of Africa . |
| 6 | The Junior boys and Cadet girls are defending champions but much is expected of the Junior girls side , with the U-12 girls having an outside chance of upsetting Leinster . |
| 7 | If you study the UKCC 's Code of Professional Conduct ( Appendix 1 ) you will see that the criteria for desired outcomes relates directly to what is expected of the registered nurse and health visitor . |
| 8 | Showing the history of the USAAF/USAF from 1931 to 1953 it shows the early development with B-10 bombers helping out during the flooding of 1935 , film is included of the first B-17s , a type that was delivered in 1937 , the expansion programmes of the late 1930s show the tremendous build up of men and machines . |
| 9 | One is reminded of the early expert , but possibly apocryphal , prediction that the maximum number of computers which could be envisaged as being necessary in the UK might be as much as two . |
| 10 | Open one of the new novels of the 1950s and read a page at random , and one is reminded of the inter-war comic fictions of P. G. Wodehouse or the early social novels of George Orwell . |
| 11 | that a major consultation has been going on in one is reminded of the earlier discussion about er St Albans , twelve thousand questionnaires have been sent out and there |
| 12 | Also in 1935 , the men were given permission to mark cards for the Ladies , but nothing is said of the reverse procedure . |
| 13 | It is in a rather different sense that it is said of the wicked that they will soon fade like the grass ( Ps 37.2 ) , for there it is not an inbuilt weakness of the human constitution that accounts for the imminent death of the wicked but a fate peculiar to wrongdoers . |
| 14 | It is built of the typical pale Yorkshire brick with local stone dressings . |
| 15 | It is built of the same materials and shows the same Moorish features of decoration and construction ( 415 ) . |
| 16 | Mention is made of the Equal Pay and Sex Discrimination Acts but there is no attempt to question their ultimate effectiveness . |
| 17 | The lecture method has the great disadvantage that the speed of delivery of information can not be controlled by the receiver , and repetition is not possible unless printed handouts are provided , the student manages to write a synopsis , or some recording is made of the actual lecture . |
| 18 | Apart from the dubious nature of several of these claims , no mention is made of the possible ill effects of health services on economic growth . |
| 19 | This is a figure you 're likely to achieve quite often if liberal use is made of the fifth gear which comes as standard . |
| 20 | A calculation is made of the estimated gross return from a development project less ; construction costs , including siteworks , roads and sewers architect 's fees planning and building regulation fees legal and estate agent 's fees overheads and interest on capital invested profit required The balance will equal the residual valuation of the land . |
| 21 | That their duvet cover is made of the Russian flag and the Union Jack can be passed by ; better are such details as the fact that Russians call spam ‘ Roosevelt smile ’ ; the question of whether Down 's syndrome chidren are known as Mongols in the USSR , and a dispute over private medicine : ‘ You think I 've fled 1,000 miles from scientific communism just to live with Mrs Engels ? ’ asks Slava . |
| 22 | Scarcity value apart , the Stag is made of the right stuff by classic yardsticks . |
| 23 | In Fig. 11–5 a comparison is made of the two grants . |
| 24 | The display can be even more eye-catching if use is made of the wide choice of containers now available . |
| 25 | No mention is made of the lateral road on the ridge of Busaco which was so carefully restored by Wellington and which played such a vital role in the successful conduct of the battle . |
| 26 | 8.8 To ensure that appropriate use is made of the available line management support arrangements , all requests for external counselling must be discussed with the employee and approved by the relevant District Manager . |
| 27 | Kava is made of the ground-up roots of the kava bush . |
| 28 | Much play is made of the dual nature of Woman as madonna and whore : a chestnut by now , surely to God . |
| 29 | A study is made of the social characteristics of medical men , their social origins , incomes , household structures , and place and type of residence . |
| 30 | The process of the development from parable to allegory can be clearly seen when a comparison is made of the three accounts in the Synoptic Gospels . |