Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bees raised on a hillside of wildflowers produce a fine wax that is blended into a hand cream much sought after in Bath and beyond . |
| 2 | The coir is blended with a mix of nitrogen , phosphate and potassium fertilizers to form the new compost . |
| 3 | then all the data from the TREE command , which normally goes straight to the screen , is redirected to a file called PENGUIN . |
| 4 | For example , he is likened to a thief , but he actually wants to become a king , and speaks as if he were a Prince . |
| 5 | If God is likened to a king , as in Islam especially , it indicates that God is in control , that we can trust God , and so forth . |
| 6 | In the New Testament , God is likened to a father , a shepherd and the owner of a vineyard ( among other images , including some found in the Old Testament ) . |
| 7 | It is likened to a heaven full of stars , yet better than such because his wounds are efficacious by day as well as by night , and not only can not be obscured by clouds but positively drive away clouds of sin ; a net full of holes in which the meditator prays to be drawn to the bank of death ; a dovecote full of holes of refuge and a honeycomb full of cells of sweet honey ; a book written in red ink — matter for the meditator 's attention at " matyns , pryme , houris , euesong & complin " ; a meadow full of healing and delightful flowers and herbs ( 96 – 7 ) . |
| 8 | Racism is likened to a poison which children take in , if not from their mother 's breast , then at least from its mechanical substitutes . |
| 9 | The setpoint mechanism is likened to a thermostat . |
| 10 | The most famous head that gets the cover treatment is ex-Band frontman turned yup rock jock , Robbie Robertson — his ‘ Makes No Difference ’ is the most commercial track on the mini-album and is mooted as a single . |
| 11 | The most famous head that gets the cover treatment is ex-Band frontman turned yup rock jock , Robbie Robertson — his ‘ Makes No Difference ’ is the most commercial track on the mini-album and is mooted as a single . |
| 12 | However Transitional Reduction is calculated on a Scheme Council Tax in accordance with the Government Regulations and not in accordance with the actual Council Tax levied by the Region and District Councils , in addition water charges are excluded from both years . |
| 13 | Your pension is calculated as a proportion of your final pay , which could mean literally the last year you work or for example ( and this is a requirement for controlling directors and those earning over £100,000 ) the average of three consecutive years during the last ten . |
| 14 | the square roots obtained from all the interest category loan components are totalled and then each individual square root is calculated as a percentage of that total . |
| 15 | On the south side a corresponding basement is hidden by a drawer flap which , when pulled down , reveals the cellar with its groined roof . |
| 16 | The valley below the adventurers is hidden by a layer of thick mist that seems almost to glow . |
| 17 | If it is right then the coke is hidden among a load of coffee beans . |
| 18 | In contrast , an allegory is a story where the message is hidden in a type of code ; where the characters and/or events really represent other characters and events ; a story where every detail has a meaning . |
| 19 | Besides , the information is hidden in a computer . ’ |
| 20 | Occasionally , the real eye is hidden in a mass of spots , sometimes white , and sometimes black . |
| 21 | This sequence of photographs is arranged like a walk in a locality familiar to the photographer and , in some similar form , to any townsman or villager . |
| 22 | Help text is arranged in a series of levels from brief prompts displayed on the current page to , in some cases , subsequent levels containing several screens of information , guidance and explanation . |
| 23 | There is an anisotropy in the radiation which is explained as a Doppler shift due to the Earth 's motion relative to the frame of the distant galaxies ; the radiation would appear isotropic in that frame . |
| 24 | This situation is explained by a variety of factors : |
| 25 | More specifically , in sentences such as those above , in which an event mentioned in the first clause is explained by a reason or cause stated in a following because clause , that world knowledge includes information about what Garvey & Caramazza ( 1974 ) call the implicit causality of the verb in the first clause . |
| 26 | This marked urban — rural shift is explained by a number of causes . |
| 27 | The faster rate of population growth in Siberia than in the rest of the country demonstrates the rapid and determined process of Siberia 's colonization , settlement and russification , and is explained by a number of factors . |
| 28 | This theory is not in conflict with the Samuelson hypothesis , and both may be correct , that is to say , volatility is explained by a number of separate factors such as maturity and uncertainty resolution . |
| 29 | At its root it is explained by a divergence of certain fundamental objectives between different Member States . |
| 30 | This ignorance is compounded by a lack of knowledge of where to turn to for advice , and a fear of direct contact with enforcing authorities . |