Example sentences of "and is [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 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 | Belser have previously published facsimile editions of books and manuscripts in the Vatican.The Archbishop of Cologne has shown a keen interest in the refurbished ‘ Archbishop 's ’ museum and is supporting the new director , Joachim M. Plotzek , in his efforts to gain international recognition for the museum . |
| 10 | If a man lies on the ball and is given a good rucking he will think twice about doing it next time . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | The Allstar forward has been battling against injury lately and is given a 50/50 chance of being fit for Sunday . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | There is also a General People 's Congress , consisting of 700 elected and 300 appointed members , which meets every two years and is elected every four years . |
| 18 | Daedalus dislikes this tedious and wasteful business , and is inventing an in-situ laundering machine . |
| 19 | This is a programme similar to your Volunteer Service Organisation and is requires a two year commitment to work in a developing country . |
| 20 | The House , at Lytham St Annes , provides convalescence for 23 guests , and is situated a short walk from the sea and promenade . |
| 21 | Fujitsu Ltd is to begin selling its VP 2000 Unix-based vector processors in the US , and is to target the commercial sector : the 10 models in the VP 2000 range run Fujitsu 's UXP/M Unix SVR4 implementation , with around 100 applications available . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | But there are signs that the prime minister has got his timing right and is setting a shrewd course . |
| 24 | Jeff is now recovering from his injury , and is organising the local Great Yarmouth half marathon which will take place on 25 July . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | MDH builds the AH-64 Apache military gunship , and the MD500E , 530F and 520N NOTAR for the civilian market , and is developing the new-generation Explorer ( formerly MDX ) twin-engine commercial helicopter , which will fly at the end of this year . |
| 27 | This represents a reversal of the prevailing trends of the nineteenth century and is re-establishing the broad distribution found before 1750 , dominated by the national capital and the rich agricultural lowlands ( Osborne , 1964 ; Department of the Environment , 1971 ) . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Carol , 24 , has two children ; Charlene , seven , and Christopher , three , and is expecting a third in October . |
| 30 | Germany received 256,112 asylum-seekers last year and is expecting an estimated 400,000 this year . |