Example sentences of "and is [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Perhaps the clearest indication of the increasingly multidisciplinary nature of Quaternary investigations is that a book written by a geographer , D.Q. Bowen , and published in 1978 is entitled Quaternary Geology and is subtitled A Stratigraphic Framework for Multidisciplinary Work . |
| 2 | Another project that received sponsorship from the Wood Group was the Granite Foundations book for start-up businesses , which has now been published and is proving a great success . |
| 3 | There is still a three-month waiting list for the cars , but even so , Caterham saw its turnover drop from a £9.4m peak in 1991 to £8.3m this year , and is forecasting a further drop next year , even though it has managed to increase its export sales a little . |
| 4 | Gradient Technology , Hudson , Massachusetts , author of an Open Software Foundation Distributed Computing Environment ( DCE ) product for Windows 3.1 , is negotiating with Novell Inc and Apple Computer Inc to develop DCE products in their environments and is considering a DCE-Lite version for MS-DOS , according to Computer Reseller News . |
| 5 | The organisation , formerly known as Operation Raleigh , has a new logo and is considering an above-the-line campaign to boost its image revamp next month . |
| 6 | If you knock at the door of the gamekeeper 's house and he comes to the door wearing an antler head-dress , a black satin robe with a pentangle on it , and is holding a headless bleeding chicken in one hand , then even if he gives you permission to camp , think about going to a B & B. Some country folk are best left to their own devices . |
| 7 | Springfields is supporting several events including a Lancashire Industry exhibition and illuminations in a local park and is providing a mobile play facility to Preston neighbourhood unit . |
| 8 | A research team in Edinburgh has discovered a substance previously undetected in young babies and is beginning a three-year study which may prevent future cot deaths . |
| 9 | If a man lies on the ball and is given a good rucking he will think twice about doing it next time . |
| 10 | Each of the solutions found for the Schrödinger equation ( quantum mechanical wave equation ) for a one-electron atom can be regarded as relating to one of a set of orbitals , which is characterized by a unique combination of quantum numbers and is given a corresponding symbol , such as 1s , 2p , etc . |
| 11 | Going through this book the reader is put firmly into the cockpit of this awesome aircraft and is given a fascinating insight into an SR-71 sortie . |
| 12 | The chef that evening , Nigel Alexander , originally from Stockton , has returned to the north after four years as a chef in London and is given a free rein with the menu . |
| 13 | 8 A coin collector has C coins and is given a further 20 coins.If he now has 2,352 coins altogether , how many did he have at first ? |
| 14 | The Allstar forward has been battling against injury lately and is given a 50/50 chance of being fit for Sunday . |
| 15 | At present ESA has an X-ray satellite , Exosat , ready for launch , and is building an optical astronomy satellite called Hipparcos ( New Scientist , vol 95 , p 31 ) . |
| 16 | Daedalus dislikes this tedious and wasteful business , and is inventing an in-situ laundering machine . |
| 17 | This is a programme similar to your Volunteer Service Organisation and is requires a two year commitment to work in a developing country . |
| 18 | The House , at Lytham St Annes , provides convalescence for 23 guests , and is situated a short walk from the sea and promenade . |
| 19 | PA has developed and is installing a real-time expert system to monitor the operation of BP Chemicals ' butadiene plant at Grangemouth in Scotland , to provide operators with advice and priorities for corrective action . |
| 20 | But there are signs that the prime minister has got his timing right and is setting a shrewd course . |
| 21 | The paper says that Sun has been working on the project for two and a half years under the code-name Green at its SunLabs unit under former Apple Computer Inc executive Wayne Rosing , and is forming a new company , First Person Inc , to exploit it . |
| 22 | The Government is to amend the Environment Protection Bill and is expecting a rough passage through the Lords where a select committee is already examining the NCC 's scientific base . |
| 23 | Carol , 24 , has two children ; Charlene , seven , and Christopher , three , and is expecting a third in October . |
| 24 | Germany received 256,112 asylum-seekers last year and is expecting an estimated 400,000 this year . |
| 25 | This describes a situation in which a monopoly appears to be the best structure for an industry , and is called a natural monopoly . |
| 26 | It bears all the characteristics of a tax and is called a social security tax in other countries . |
| 27 | As I am sure you have heard , Ruanda Mission has changed its name to Mid-Africa Ministry ( CMS ) and is entering a new phase of development . |
| 28 | However , the fact that she can ‘ still do a two hour ballet class — after one hour of Keep Fit to warm up — ’ and is contemplating a new career in millinery shows enviable versatility . |
| 29 | Various factors could prevent the tenant from commencing to trade within a specified period and where a tenant has fitted out the premises and is paying a full rent ( or using up a rent free period ) the tenant would hopefully only delay opening for trade for a good reason . |
| 30 | There is a strong feeling in the country that Colombia is footing the bill for what is really an international problem , and is paying a high price , in violence , in murders and the breakdown of state institutions . |