Example sentences of "is [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sum of the probabilities for space to which records have not been allocated , P EMPTY , is : The rest of the total file area must therefore hold home records , i.e. ( Note : The proportion of the file area that contains home records is calculated indirectly rather than directly , because the sum of home record probabilities is made up of an infinite series , while that of the empty positions is finite , as is clear from equation ( 6.13 ) . ) |
| 2 | He said , in an unusually wan way , ‘ The crux of this business is hidden far deeper than I imagined . |
| 3 | If the bit-wise comparisons match ( and the length is checked more accurately if it is more than 10 ) then the word shape is checked . |
| 4 | It is emphasized still further when we see that of the latter group none has external lockboard battens . |
| 5 | As for the G protein-linked receptors , signal transduction through tyrosine kinase receptors is an energy-requiring process because ATP is consumed not only as the two receptors interact ( autophosphorylation ) , but also during the subsequent phosphorylation of PLC- γ 1 ( Box 2 ) . |
| 6 | Caught here by Peter Chick on September 11 , despite its age it is faring much better than the much younger , but cocooned , Citation executive jet behind ! |
| 7 | Gloucestershire is faring much better than many other parts of England . |
| 8 | For most companies , the practice in the UK is to report much sooner than the publication period permits . |
| 9 | The Date Achieved is filled in only after you have reached your goal . |
| 10 | The job analysts are in the position of actually making sure that a job description is filled in correctly before it goes to the jury on which Phil sits . |
| 11 | Will he also acknowledge the sterling campaign carried out by the sister of Derek Bentley , Iris Bentley , in making sure that that grave injustice and wrong is righted as rapidly as possible ? |
| 12 | This is regarded favourably even though Libya is a Muslim country . |
| 13 | The situation is saved : HAMLET , escorted , is marched in just as CLAUDIUS leaves . |
| 14 | If , say , he borrows £5,000 three times , repaying it each time , he is treated as severely as someone who borrows £15,000 outright . |
| 15 | The effect of the proposed addition to Article 93 would be to require the Company to include in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting , free of charge , any notification made by shareholders of their intention to propose a person for election as a Director , provided it is received not less than 70 days before the meeting . |
| 16 | So when the cry is heard again just before the curtain falls it comes as a final appeal for help . |
| 17 | Claims lawyer Leslie Perrin is wading through more than a hundred cases of people who say they 've fallen victim to the virulent chryptosporidium bug and he believes that 's just a small percentage of the number who could eventually seek damages . |
| 18 | The administration of these services is decentralised as far as possible to conform with these areas in more accessible mini-town halls . |
| 19 | Once a project which meets the predetermined criteria has been found the natural inclination is to proceed as quickly as possible , but ignoring changed circumstances will cause problems . |
| 20 | Important though this literature is , the main purpose of later sections is to isolate as far as is generally possible the impact of the government budget on the Lorenz curve that would otherwise have obtained , and then to consider proposals that are more closely tied to the poverty literature . |
| 21 | A fragment from an altarpiece can not be appraised in just the same way as an independent portrait ; and a craftsman 's skill is esteemed more accurately when the materials used are rightly identified . |
| 22 | They should also press for the training necessary to enable them to carry out their duties of securing provision for individual pupils and working to ensure that special education is esteemed as highly as any other form of education within a system in which schools will have greater control over resources and the setting of priorities for their use . |
| 23 | There is an ancient variant in the Lucan version of the Lord 's Prayer , which is attested as early as Marcion in the second century and reads , ‘ May thy Holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us , ’ instead of , ‘ Thy kingdom come . ’ |
| 24 | It is considered briefly here because researchers have concentrated more on the use of context , although none have ventured beyond the lexical level . |
| 25 | In other ways , however , the pattern is becoming less rather than more linear . |
| 26 | In Jordan v. Burgoyne Lord Parker C.J. made the point that the expressions ‘ threatening , abusive or insulting ’ are all ‘ very strong words , ’ and Lord Reid in Brutus v. Cozens repeated the warning against too expansive a reading of the section , observing that ‘ vigorous and it may be distasteful or unmannerly speech or behaviour is permitted so long as it does not go beyond any of these limits . ’ |
| 27 | But the aim is to discover not merely whether there is more radioactivity in the brains of the trained compared with the control chicks , but just where in the brain it is located . |
| 28 | The water from the lower source is emitted sufficiently faster than the main flow that it forms a turbulent jet . |
| 29 | The posture is organised as carefully as the length of the red tags or the Sta-prest or the hair . |
| 30 | One in Devon has 70 members and is carried on much as when it was founded in 1799 . |