Example sentences of "is [vb pp] with [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain , most sewage sludge comes from cities and is contaminated with industrial waste from which toxic metals can not be economically removed . |
| 2 | But , whilst she 's hiding , Anna sees the stranger bathe in a stream which she knows is contaminated with radio-active fallout . |
| 3 | ‘ If the river is contaminated with toxic waste then there is every possibility all river life would be killed off for generations . ’ |
| 4 | The result is music which is overloaded with restless movement of little significance . |
| 5 | The temperature is bitterly cold , the chamber is filled with freezing fog , and drifting towards the adventurers to surround them come the soul pupae . |
| 6 | From the cover cartoon of John Major , labelled ‘ Yesterday 's man — the vanishing Prime Minister ’ it is filled with ill-chosen invective . |
| 7 | Decorated with Disney 's best loved characters — such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck — the Teethe & Cool is filled with sanitised water . |
| 8 | If the chamber is filled with combustible fuel and a mouth pressure pipe is attached , a needle-thin jet of liquid is produced . |
| 9 | One of its unusual features is the later window in the façade which is filled with decorative marble plates instead of glass ( PLATE 46 ) . |
| 10 | It is held in a double-skinned tank which is filled with hot water to raise the temperature of the milk . |
| 11 | Another process is sometimes adopted for getting rid of the sediment without the trouble of decanting in this mode ; the bottles are reserved in a frame proper for the purpose , for a certain number of days , so as to permit the foulness to fall into the neck ; while in this position , the cork is dexterously withdrawn and that portion of the wine that is foul , allowed to escape , after which the bottle is filled with clear wine , permanently corked and secured with wire . |
| 12 | To make one , a pie dish lined with shortcrust pastry is filled with sliced cooking apples sprinkled with demerara sugar and topped with slices of cheese . |
| 13 | The cable car journey to the top is the longest in the Alps and the whole journey is filled with breathtaking scenery . |
| 14 | The cell is filled with heavy water ( shown as dots ) and is surrounded by a bath of ordinary water to maintain constant temperature . |
| 15 | Used as a savoury flavouring and salt source , nam pla is regarded with great suspicion and , often , revulsion , by Occidentals . |
| 16 | This was perhaps what was in Temple 's mind when he wrote that ‘ whereas in communities governed by native institutions the white man , qua white man , is regarded with great respect , in those districts where the native administrations have been swept away he is regarded as a person of no very great significance ’ . |
| 17 | Like buggery , which generally involves penile penetration of the anus , rape is regarded with extreme gravity and carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment . |
| 18 | Bowie , whose admiration is tinged with honest caution , has summed up the Lacanian system in these words : |
| 19 | There 's 7% unemployment and the town is punctuated with vacant business premises . |
| 20 | The residue is treated with sulphuric acid and boiled . |
| 21 | Therefore the dojo is treated with great reverence and respect , whether it is a room within a sports complex or simply a disused garage . |
| 22 | If hypnosis in any form is to be taken seriously , then it is even more vital that hypnotic regression is treated with due respect . |
| 23 | God is treated with loud contempt . |
| 24 | ‘ Miss Ironside ’ was Lucille Iremonger , author of The Ghosts of Versailles , in which the ‘ vision ’ of An Adventure is attacked as an imposture , and Eleanor Jourdain is treated with scant respect . |
| 25 | A bourbon-type whisky , it is very full because it is treated with maple-wood charcoal to remove the lighter flavours . |
| 26 | This is perhaps the most obvious aspect of the issue of Creativity in the poems , partly due to the fact that the matter is treated with particular clarity and vividness of imagery . |
| 27 | Sardinia is a land whose past is riddled with bloody brigandry and often inexplicable feuding ; a land which at various times in the past has bowed the knee to such untoward arrivals as the Vandals and the Goths ( not to mention the supreme midfield general of his day , Napoleon Bonaparte ) . |
| 28 | The more you think about it , the more you realize that life is riddled with Iterated Prisoner 's Dilemma games , not just human life but animal and plant life too . |
| 29 | Consequently it is riddled with superb finger pockets . |
| 30 | The text details the methods used in the selected illustrations and is spiced with good advice and instruction . |