Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this fashion dirt is broken up into particles until activity is exhausted . |
| 2 | The assembly task is broken up into segments , each being performed by a group of operatives in one bay of the plant , and taking about 20 minutes . |
| 3 | Whether the words are printed , typed or handwritten ; whether they appear on a screen or on different types and qualities of paper ; whether a ‘ text ’ occurs as a separate item , as part of an academic journal , or in a book or an encyclopaedia ; how the page is laid out , the extent to which it is broken up by illustrations , headings , and the use of different typefaces . |
| 4 | The objects in Braque 's painting like the Still Life with Fruit Dish ( Moderna Museet , Stockholm ) , which is roughly contemporary with the Compotier , are more faceted , and the whole surface is broken up in terms of the same angular but subtly modulated planes which carry the eye back into a limited depth and then forward again on to the picture plane in a series of gentle declivities and projections . |
| 5 | Nitrogen cycle — The process in which ammonia is broken down into nitrites and thence to nitrates by aerobic bacteria . |
| 6 | In the process of hatching , the inner impermeable shell membrane is broken down by enzymes secreted by the larva and by its own movement . |
| 7 | The final , most outstanding feature of tropical forest — not so obvious to the casual visitor , but exceedingly important — is the sheer speed at which detritus ( leaf litter and dead animals ) is broken down by insects , fungi , and bacteria . |
| 8 | This standpoint is gathered up with others in a book which is free with descriptions of creditable and discreditable dealings on the part of those of that persuasion . |
| 9 | In winter it is given over to turnstones , purple sandpiper , oystercatchers and other shellfish-eating birds . |
| 10 | Her famous voice ( ‘ Percet ’ said Sir Colin Davis of the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden ) , is in such worldwide demand that she is booked up for years to come . |
| 11 | If your village is clogged up with fumes , your house is threatened with being sunk under a reservoir or your road vibrates to the tune of ten-ton lorries each night , you might have something to say about it . |
| 12 | For example , Kerr ( 1968 , p. 16 ) defines the school curriculum as ‘ all the learning which is planned and guided by the school , whether it is carried on in groups or individually , inside or outside the school ’ . |
| 13 | So long as production is carried on in units of production which have a degree of real economic autonomy and ‘ employ ’ distinct groups of workers ( despite their general interdependence in terms of input/output relations ) there will exist real grounds for conflict between particular groups of workers and the ‘ social interest ’ , however democratically the latter is generated . |
| 14 | The present system of managed floating does contain the possibility of direct conflict if official intervention is carried out at cross-purposes . |
| 15 | I refer here to cases in which sexual behaviour or play with other children becomes obsessive in nature and frequency — or where it is imposed against the wishes of other children involved ; cases in which masturbation becomes a near-total preoccupation , or is carried out in circumstances which make it an aggressive act or one of attention-seeking ; or those in which the very nature of sexual activity shows that its implications are fully understood regardless of age . |
| 16 | Dr Spriegel : ‘ Much biological pest control is carried out in greenhouses ; open field growing still relies heavily upon chemical pesticides . |
| 17 | He is by no means a total social isolate for there are still occasions when work is carried out in groups of two or three , but contact is more desultory and the closely knit relationships developed out of lengthy periods of working side by side have become somewhat attenuated . |
| 18 | Trading is carried out in pits . |
| 19 | I turn now to the question of the relevance of such an account to language learning , in particular as that process is carried out in classrooms under the direction , or at least the surveillance , of the teacher . |
| 20 | As it is , a large part of the caring that is carried out for older people , both those living at home and those living with relatives , is carried out by women , mostly daughters and daughters-in-law . |
| 21 | This is carried out by groups such as entertainers , teachers and advertising copy writers . |
| 22 | There is , then , a difference between ‘ outsider ’ research ( whether observational or manipulative ) which is carried out by the external researcher with teachers as part of the data or the object of enquiry , and ‘ insider ’ research which is carried out by teachers themselves . |
| 23 | The transformation is carried out by organelles called chloroplasts . |
| 24 | Day to day work is carried out by contractors ' own labour or British Gas ' industrial staff under control of our supervisors and engineers . |
| 25 | There 's still a great deal to do to upgrade the changing facilities for the boys , all the work is carried out by parents and friends , but the materials cost money . |
| 26 | Can my right hon. Friend say what proportion of that car crime is carried out by juveniles and how many of them come into the category of persistent offenders ? |
| 27 | In Scotland , it is carried out by assessors who are employed by the regional councils . |
| 28 | The explanation for this is partly cultural — the legendary loyalty of the Japanese employees ( and bearing in mind that an estimated 75% of misuse in the West is carried out by insiders ) ; and partly technical — the current predominance of internal networks . |
| 29 | If 10%–15% of the total activity is carried out in private practice and a similar proportion is carried out by trainees without the direct supervision of a consultant then one consultant is required for approximately 30000 population . |
| 30 | Although most of the work is carried out by volunteers , funds are needed for training , daily activities and research projects . |