Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is differentiated from other ovine lungworms by its larger size and straight tail . |
| 2 | Indeed , if the reduction of infant mortality is differentiated by maternal age , as in the case of Hungary ( which is probable considering that socio-economic factors such as , for example , educational achievement or economic activity , are also associated with maternal age ) , the differential rate of reduction should necessarily cause some modifications in the relationship between infant mortality and maternal age in other countries , too . |
| 3 | Streamlined for swimming , much of the energy used in walking is squandered on side-to-side motion . |
| 4 | Philip French wrote in The Times , ‘ Once again , the considerable talent of Michael Crawford is squandered on feeble material , and he is excusably incapable of convincing us of the irresistible attraction of an insipid newcomer called Genevieve Gilles , who delivers her lines as if reading them from the small print of an oculist 's chart ( from which they might well have derived ) . |
| 5 | R. Knowland , CChem , FRSC , is to retire as managing director of British Petroleum . |
| 6 | Ricardo Ellcock , the Middlesex fast bowler , plans to study in the United States for a career as an airline pilot after confirming yesterday that he is to retire from first-class cricket , as reported in Monday 's Daily Telegraph . |
| 7 | The fear is that 65 per cent of this sum is to go into nuclear power , on the grounds of its low levels of greenhouse gas emissions . |
| 8 | For older people he is implicitly saying that the usual pattern is to go into residential care ’ . |
| 9 | The response is that in a rapidly growing market ( say 30 per cent growth per annum ) the only way to increase market share is to go for massive expansion of capacity ( say 50 per cent per annum ) . |
| 10 | In Bristol , often the pressure is to go for high status careers . |
| 11 | The Tale of the Nail is to go on national tour in October , accompanied by workshops and teaching materials . |
| 12 | The largest increase in funding is to go to coastal conservation , which received an increase of 25 per cent to 134 million francs , followed by money to rehabilitate degraded areas . |
| 13 | In 1991-92 , the TDC had a budget allocation of £51 million , which it is using to great effect . |
| 14 | PC Sandy Kelly , 32 , was also shot and is recovering under armed guard in hospital . |
| 15 | Mallett is recovering from dreadful first-half figures . |
| 16 | The rouble-dollar rate is calculated in twice-weekly exchange sessions in Moscow . |
| 17 | The outbound leg is adjusted for single drift , and is flown 1 minute <+-; > 1 second for each knot of head or tail wind component . |
| 18 | If suitable test equipment is available , VR1 is adjusted for symmetrical clipping using the standard techniques . |
| 19 | grouping — new vocabulary is arranged in distinct category groups |
| 20 | It is arranged in alphabetical order . |
| 21 | Anyone may display the list , which is arranged in alphabetical order . |
| 22 | The subtlety is that fc(N) is arranged in increasing order . |
| 23 | This is arranged in encyclopaedic form , in loose-leaf binders , some statutes being reprinted with amendments from time to time . |
| 24 | Belgium 's above average growth rate is explained by heavy investment from EEC bodies says IDC . |
| 25 | If it is not obvious , as remarked before , it surely is true that the nature of causal circumstances and causes , as against effects , is , at least in good part , explained by what we have already-it is explained in good part by the fact that causal circumstances necessitate effects , and effects merely necessitate one causal circumstance or another . |
| 26 | Despite protection in most countries , there is still an illegal trade in cat skins , which is compounded by continuous encroachment of their habitat by an ever-increasing human and domestic animal population . |
| 27 | The problem is compounded by increased water consumption — up by 70 per cent per head compared to 30 years ago — and leakage in the supply system , which is estimated to be running at around 20 per cent . |
| 28 | In patients with airways obstruction hypokalaemia induced by theophylline is compounded by concurrent treatment with β 2 adrenoceptor agonists and corticosteroids and by hypoxia . |
| 29 | The error is compounded by three-dimensional block charts with false perspectives ( figure 1 ) . |
| 30 | Again the question of just what is disorganized about disorganized capitalism surfaces for our consideration . |