Example sentences of "and is [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CCLGF meets six or seven times a year and is chaired by the Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 2 | The Group was formed on the initiative of Financial Public Relations Ltd and is chaired by ex-MP Sir Robin Chichester-Clark of head-hunters The Welbeck Group . |
| 3 | The ACA committee comprises none members of the marketing and advertising industry and is chaired by ICI 's head of group communications Anne Ferguson . |
| 4 | The group 's membership includes SCOTVEC , SEB and SCCC and is chaired by HMCI Douglas Osler . |
| 5 | The Advisory Committee on Business and Environment comprises 25 senior executives from some of Britain 's largest companies and is chaired by John Collins , the chair of Shell UK . |
| 6 | Mountain Equipment is marketing a ‘ Green Cotton ’ shirt ( £30 ) which uses cotton grown without the use of pesticides and defoliants and is manufactured in a less environmentally damaging way . |
| 7 | The ratio of fast twitch to slow twitch fibres varies between individuals and is determined by heredity . |
| 8 | This basic model postulates that the current price ( P o ) is a present value and is determined by the discounted future income that the share earns . |
| 9 | Rover has launched a Metro special offer this month and is hoping for an improvement . |
| 10 | After an amazing cross country round yesterday with her agile horse Knockdrin Vina finished in first position with 49 points after the dressage , and is hoping for a clear round today to win the £1,500 national championship and title . |
| 11 | But Ian Shiels , who works in the warehouse and has been responsible for football activity in the past , is aware of this and is hoping for better things to come . |
| 12 | He has already complained to the local government ombudsman and is hoping for an investigation into alleged maladministration over the closure of Hustledown . |
| 13 | He has already complained to the local government ombudsman and is hoping for an investigation into alleged maladministration over the closure of Hustledown . |
| 14 | THE world 's first museum to the humble sardine has opened at Grau-du-Roi on the coast of southern France — and is hoping to be tightly packed with thousands of visitors . |
| 15 | But now , at almost 19 , Kirsty has found she loves painting and writing poetry and is hoping to be a social worker to help other youngsters like herself . |
| 16 | Ceausescu 's aim in issuing such a threat was probably to frighten Hungary , but Romania already has the delivery system in the form of Soviet built Scud missiles and is believed to be developing its own missile with the help of Egypt and Iraq . |
| 17 | His family woollen business was founded in 1541 and is believed to be the oldest family business of its kind in the world . |
| 18 | It will allow instant and easy access , on computer screens , to the financial reports and results of 4.5m companies in over 40 countries , and is believed to be the largest integrated online database of its kind . |
| 19 | The clay-puddled cutting itself was of single-break shape and is believed to be the earliest example of the type . |
| 20 | Maria Elena Aparicio was sentenced to seven years and is believed to be held in a women 's prison in Havana . |
| 21 | Our most famous memorial is the Lambarde Brass which is unique and is believed to be of Flemish workmanship . |
| 22 | Currently , the Navy runs half its school at Aldershot and the other half at Devonport and is believed to be keen , for financial reasons if nothing else , to re-locate on to one site . |
| 23 | Cholesterol nucleation is preceded by vesicle aggregation and fusion , and is believed to be an initial step in the formation of cholesterol gall stones . |
| 24 | The remaining population of the " white ghost " dolphin , as it is known locally , now stands at between 150 and 350 , and is believed to be falling fast under pressure from pollution resulting largely from intensive construction work on the massive new offshore Chek Lap Kok island airport . |
| 25 | The buzzard population in the province has been growing over the last few years and is believed to currently stand at 650 . |
| 26 | Transport Secretary John MacGregor , MP for Norfolk South , has been approached by the family of Bondone of his constituents and is believed to be making his own contact with Sir Nicholas . |
| 27 | Shame , his novel of Pakistan , was short-listed for the Booker Prize and is believed by many to be his finest work . |
| 28 | The water enters through a drilled spray bar and is filtered through Cypripack plastic filter medium under a perforated support tray . |
| 29 | The tank measures 24″ × 12″ × 15″ and is filtered by a Fluval 2 internal filter . |
| 30 | The guest turns the pages and is perplexed by some of the photos . |