Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast to white , black is widely employed to represent evil , terror , darkness , decay , the appropriate colour for mourning — a range of depressing associations perhaps ultimately deriving from the alternation of night and day ; we share these with the Ndembu and readily assume they are universal . |
| 2 | Tropospheric ozone ( not to be confused with the ozone layer ) forms when vehicle emissions react with sunlight and is widely believed to damage trees . |
| 3 | The non-steroidal antioestrogen tamoxifen is widely used to treat breast cancer , predominantly in postmenopausal women . |
| 4 | The outer conductor ‘ Coax ’ is widely used to carry radio . |
| 5 | In Zambia it is widely used to control termites and as a pesticide in maize fields . |
| 6 | Fletcher , who , as captain , guided Essex to their first eight trophies between 1979 and 1985 , is widely expected to replace Micky Stewart at the end of this season when he retires , probably to take up a role with the TCCB . |
| 7 | Inability to buy oil is widely interpreted to mean inability to sustain even the very low level of industrialization already achieved . |
| 8 | In the northerly direction , the railway is eventually destined to reach Parkway . |
| 9 | It may be advisable to speak to your local pharmacist who is professionally qualified to offer advice on how to cope with the symptoms of flu . |
| 10 | It may be advisable to speak to your local pharmacist who is professionally qualified to offer advice on how to cope with the symptoms of flu . |
| 11 | Similarly , Article 13 is expressly designed to allow service by post unless the law of the state of destination contains what the commentary describes as a ‘ positive prohibition ’ of such service , a requirement which is quite unrealistic in the context of the legal tradition of many countries which would actually take grave exception to such service . |
| 12 | A court is likely to take the availability of insurance into account in assessing the reasonableness of any exclusion or limitation of liability ; where liability is subject to a financial limit , the court is expressly directed to have regard to the availability of insurance ( UCTA 1977 , s11(4) ( b ) ) . |
| 13 | Bridges are being built between different confessions , and a new atmosphere of mutual respect is slowly helping to find ways of overcoming what were once felt to be absolutely irreconcilable differences . |
| 14 | I am pleased that the idea that we should turn our prisons into workplaces is slowly beginning to take hold . |
| 15 | Unlike gas and electricity which have other uses and purposes , solid fuel is predominantly used to provide heating , and VAT is quite simply a tax on warmth . |
| 16 | Richard Hoggart , for example , notes in 1951 that the adult tutor is necessarily forced to face challenges to the self evident value of literature given the types of student involved . |
| 17 | The USSR is constantly tempted to divert oil from Comecon countries to the West to earn foreign currency and this is a threat which concerns these countries . |
| 18 | The subject , Home Economics , has changed considerably in recent years and is constantly evolving to take account of social change and developments in technology . |
| 19 | The resulting biomass is thermally dried to remove pathogens and the final product is used as an animal feed . |
| 20 | the subordinate 's ability and experience must be borne in mind when allocating tasks and responsibilities , since it is highly damaging to allocate tasks beyond a subordinate 's capabilities ; and |
| 21 | It remains to be seen if the British public 's conscience is sufficiently roused to change things . |
| 22 | The council says it 's trying to save money , and is merely proposing to bring church schools into line with other state schools . |
| 23 | The insurance is only intended to cover vendors who at the time of contract had no knowledge of circumstances which eventually give rise to a claim or of the likelihood of claims being made under the warranties . |
| 24 | Because the RAWP formula is only used to determine shares of the nationally allocated budget for the NHS , it has not suffered from the same instability of allocations for individual Regional Health Authorities that has occurred for Local Authorities . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , ’ he continued , ‘ I know we all call this place the summer-house , and it is only used to keep salmon nets and baskets in nowadays , but it is really a gazebo , where the local gentry used to meet their ladies of ill repute in the old days . ’ |
| 26 | But it 's essentially , therefore , that natural selection is only going to produce adaptations if it can do so gradually , that 's basically the guts of Darwin 's position . |
| 27 | But a Government clause says Caldaire is only allowed to keep 35pc of the purchase price above £1.3m . |
| 28 | But a Government clause says Caldaire is only allowed to keep 35pc of the purchase price above £1.3m . |
| 29 | It has been suggested that he is so determined to retain control that he deliberately avoids working with famous directors such as Bertolucci , Cronenberg or Karel Reisz . |
| 30 | SCO , which got its Unix System V.3.2 licence relatively cheaply , is apparently trying to win concessions from Unix System Labs Inc in return for its endorsement of SVR4 , having behind it the leverage of its Unix-on-Intel base that would give USL a commanding share of the overall market . |