Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On board will be the British-built instrument that will attempt to answer why the Sun 's outer atmosphere — the corona — is heated to over 1 million degrees , boiling off charged particles to produce the solar wind . |
| 2 | This spontaneous surge of ‘ substitute fictions ’ ( 169 ) is commented upon by many of those who take to keeping computerized journals . |
| 3 | He heals a woman with a flow of blood , but haemorrhaging is a disease and is referred to as such : ‘ Be healed of your disease . ’ |
| 4 | This measure is referred to as comprehensive income . |
| 5 | However , because reinforcement is derived from the termination of noxious events , it is referred to as negative reinforcement . |
| 6 | Since this relationship is established through the reduction of pleasant environmental events , it is referred to as negative punishment . |
| 7 | This indicates the extent to which the language test is able to predict how a child 's language will change over time and is referred to as predictive validity . |
| 8 | The representation of a word in the mental lexicon is referred to as that word 's lexical entry : this entry contains semantic , phonological and orthographic information about the word . |
| 9 | The gradient in the vertical size ratio is referred to as differential vertical perspective . |
| 10 | The gradient in the horizontal size ratio is referred to as differential horizontal perspective . |
| 11 | Chastity is referred to as one of the greatest disciplines . |
| 12 | This form of impersonation , discovered by Henry Bates while collecting insects in South America , is referred to as Batesian mimicry . |
| 13 | This condition is referred to as full surrogacy , or uterine fostering . |
| 14 | This is referred to as inter-tester reliability . |
| 15 | This is referred to as direct anting . |
| 16 | Each cited paper is referred to between 1.05 and 1.15 times on average in every paper that actually cites it . |
| 17 | It is interesting to note that neither of the Palmotićs receives even a passing mention in Zvane Črnja 's standard Kulturna historija Hrvatske , although Jakita is described by Sir Arthur Evans as one of ‘ the most celebrated names in the long annals of Ragusan literature ’ and Junije is referred to by one English historian as ‘ the creator of the national drama ’ . |
| 18 | His own seminal research work is referred to by other writers , and his experience in studies of the history of child care , policy trends , practice and organizational issues enables him to take both abroad and a detailed view of this complex field of human need and the research carried out within it . |
| 19 | The desert valley in which the complex is located , known as the Wadi Qelt , is referred to in ancient rabbinical sources as having been ‘ flooded by the blood ’ of the rebels . |
| 20 | It must be remembered that fault is referred to in two contexts , the fault of the defendant and the fault of the plaintiff . |
| 21 | If the meme is a scientific idea , its spread will depend on how acceptable it is to the population of individual scientists ; a rough measure of its survival value could be obtained by counting the number of times it is referred to in successive years in scientific journals . |
| 22 | In addition , the party groups often appoint Whips , whose job it is not just to enforce party discipline , but by operating what is referred to in Parliamentary jargon as ‘ the usual channels ’ can assist in the smooth running of the authority , by , for example , effecting agreements on nominations to committees or outside bodies . |
| 23 | ( The argument that went on in Tanzania at this time is referred to in some detail in the next chapter . ) |
| 24 | Inventory control is an important feature of Purchasing activities , and is referred to in more detail in Chapter 38 ( paras . |
| 25 | What is referred to in this book as ‘ differentiation ’ is often referred to rather vaguely as ‘ quality improvement ’ . |
| 26 | The coal that is referred to in this eulogy was mined in pits that did not have to be sunk far to reach the Silkstone seam . |
| 27 | Er the er narrow band that is referred to in eighty nine , nineteen ninety one between births and deaths . |
| 28 | Consequently , although the modulus is high , specimen deformation is limited to about 1 per cent , due to the lack of glide planes in the disordered mass . |
| 29 | The Single Transferable Vote gives voters a free choice of candidates in multi-member constituencies — but the number of members is limited to between three and eight . |
| 30 | The Florida county 's ironic predicament illustrates the extent to which drug testing is relied upon by some US employers to screen the workforce . |