Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This bloke is propped up in the corner of the cab , and blood all over the place . |
| 2 | The second CD is given over in the main to what I think of as Mark Goodier bands ( not a breath of criticism implicit in that , by the way ) . |
| 3 | We prefer to distribute these on a sessional basis , rather than all together in a book form which is given out in the first session , as individual handouts seem to focus attention on the specific issue under discussion . |
| 4 | It consists of a short phrase in the slow introduction to the opening movement , which in the Septet is given out in the major before being echoed in the minor , but which appears both times in the minor in the transcription . |
| 5 | I believe tobacco-smoke is the most effectual , but to one not a smoker it would require to be a case of hiring another to the office of smoking away the midges — a work many would gladly undertake , for tobacco is looked on in the Highlands as a very great good , almost as essential as the whiskey . |
| 6 | The evolutionary sequence for the history of mankind which is sketched out in The German Ideology is patchy and in some respects inconsistent , but the main features emerge clearly . |
| 7 | Or else , because one is lifted up in the air , to be unsettled and therefore restless , anxious , tense and doubtful . |
| 8 | The teaching is carried on in the form of folklore and tribal legends . |
| 9 | At the least , the seller should agree to ensure that the business of the offeree group is carried on in the ordinary and usual course so as to maintain the same as a going concern ; and that nothing is voluntarily done or omitted which would result in a material inaccuracy in the warranties if they were repeated on , and as at , completion . |
| 10 | ( 2 ) At least one of the merging enterprises is carried on in the United Kingdom or by or under the control of a company incorporated in the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | After dilution , the determination of ammonia is carried out in the normal way . |
| 12 | Also , enforcement is carried out in the same way by the weights and measures authorities , sections 27–33 . |
| 13 | A thorough empirical evaluation of the research 's hypothesis is carried out in the context of total consumer expenditure and its various components . |
| 14 | In consumer electronics , toys , apparel , automobile parts and sports goods , a major part of global production is carried out in the assembly plants of TNCs . |
| 15 | The individual is caught up in the personalising/objectifying dialectic as in life , and because the communication is between participants , the normal interaction of a social context is also reflected . |
| 16 | The story centres on Giorgio , a successful eye-surgeon working in Paris and his alter egos : his much younger brother Piero , who is caught up in the obscure ‘ manoeuvres ’ going on in Sicily ( it will turn out that he has sabotaged an American helicopter and is on the run ) , and Charles , a 12-year-old boy who is at the centre of the whole story . |
| 17 | The tree is caught up in the constellations . |
| 18 | He is caught up in the communal excitement , without the prospect of release that performance gives . |
| 19 | So there is evidence that the immune system is caught up in the pathological process , but whether it 's truly an auto-immune disease is not so clear . |
| 20 | Subtle shades of beige from the Crown Expressions range have been ragged to cleverly break up the colour which is picked up in the marble fireplace , pale loose cotton covers and unbleached cotton curtains . |
| 21 | Similarly it seems unlikely that the reader will bother to construct a three-dimensional , photographic representation of ‘ the baby ’ which cries in the first sentence and which is picked up in the second sentence . |
| 22 | But after the relativists ' case is built up in the first two articles , no one has much to say for it , at least not the strong version that splits systems of thought into watertight compartments . |
| 23 | In the seemingly endless , and to male ears repetitive , chatter that goes on among women … a massive and encyclopaedic confidence is built up in the gossipers … gossip serves exactly the same grooming functions for the women as poker for the men … |
| 24 | A cartridge pleat heading is made up in the same way as pinch pleats ( page 22 ) , but the bases of the small tubes ( pleats ) are not pinched up but left rounded by filling with a soft stuffing such as wadding . |
| 25 | After he 's been ridden , he is turned out in the field , because he wo n't eat unless he 's turned out and I do try desperately hard to get four feeds a day into him . |
| 26 | Otherwise ACT is written off in the profit and loss account . |
| 27 | Compositional autonomy is closed off in the sphere of avant-garde negation , while commodity musical production takes on an increasingly standardized character , coupling formula and fetishized effect in both ‘ serious ’ and ‘ popular ’ markets . |
| 28 | As saccharin is used by in the manufacture of prawn cocktail and similar sweet/savoury flavours , it meant that if this draft legislation should pass into law , from April 1993 , there would be no more prawn cocktail flavour ! |
| 29 | The third round is generally regarded as a consolidation round , and this is borne out in the figures with an average of 68.3 before the final charge to victory . |
| 30 | This will tell you how much ‘ dead money ’ is tied up in the three products . |