Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By far the best I ever used was ‘ Humber Eclipse Fish Manure ’ which used the waste from the fishing industry as the raw material , but it is no longer obtainable as such because the fish content is redirected to cattle and poultry feeds . |
| 2 | If variation in breeding success is calculated for stags of above a year old ( the age of sexual maturity ) , it greatly exceeds more realistic measures of variation in breeding success such as variation in seasonal success within cohorts or lifetime success ( see Table 23.3 ) . |
| 3 | This is calculated from equations ( 1 ) , using the above assumptions about mortality , growth and reproductive success . |
| 4 | The value of the work done in some cases ( although less frequently in industrial construction ) is calculated from bills of quantities . |
| 5 | ‘ It has been described to me as an isolated house in the midst of fields , through which are only rough and rutty waggon tracks , and I have been told too , that it is hidden from passers along the road by a dark grove of trees . |
| 6 | Milligan has crammed it so full of Victorian antiques , paintings and illustrations that the cement is hidden by memorabilia . |
| 7 | Another important area of research is attempting to uncover female poverty that is hidden within households ( Brannen and Wilson , 1987 ) . |
| 8 | Intensive farming methods and particularly insecticides have had a disastrous effect on the lesser kestrel , an insectivore which now numbers only hundreds , whilst wetland birds such as the marbled teal and white-headed duck fail as their habitat is drained for crops . |
| 9 | A one-page note to the policy and resources committee of the Yorkshire Water Authority last summer revealed that : ‘ The village is drained by sewers via two outfalls to the Derrings Beck . |
| 10 | As yet there is no information on whether stores regulated by RYRs can induce capacitative entry if their calcium is drained by agents such as caffeine . |
| 11 | The two principal isotopes of oxygen , , are chemically very nearly identical , but modest fractionation between them can occur when oxygen is partitioned between phases in which it is bound in very different ways . |
| 12 | To override this problem , High Performance Fortran includes specific directives to describe the alignment of data and the way it is partitioned among processors . |
| 13 | To override this problem , HPF includes specific directives to describe the alignment of data and the way it is partitioned amongst processors . |
| 14 | A large and varied Social Programme including visits , debates , workshops , parties , etc. , is arranged for students . |
| 15 | The coding region is arranged in triplets , starting with an ATG codon at nucleotide 86 and terminating with a stop codon at nucleotide 710 . |
| 16 | His face is arranged in planes and his long hair is oiled and ochred . |
| 17 | The sort of choice available is explained on pages 125–131 , but a new refrigerator or fridge-freezer , the addition of a microwave oven , or purchase of a portable dishwasher if there is no room for a plumbed-in version , might make all the difference to your own work load . |
| 18 | This very specialized approach is explained on pp. 94–7 , but it is mentioned here because it sometimes uses a kind of experiment . |
| 19 | A rising yield curve is explained by investors expecting future short-term interest rates to rise , i.e. . |
| 20 | A falling yield curve is explained by investors expecting short-term rates to be lower in the future . |
| 21 | A humped yield curve is explained by investors expecting short-term interest rates to rise and long-term rates to fall . |
| 22 | The behaviour of a computer can be explained in terms of interactions between semiconductor electronic gates , and the behaviour of these , in turn , is explained by physicists at yet lower levels . |
| 23 | Given that resources are managed , hierarchy is explained by gains from allowing people to specialize according to their comparative advantage : in particular , those with a comparative advantage in deciding how to coordinate the diverse resources used in the firm and how to adjust this coordination in response to unforeseen changes , are assigned specialist managerial roles . |
| 24 | That transaction-specific assets are organized by management rather than markets is explained by savings on the resources used to decide how to adjust to changes unanticipated at the start of the contract . |
| 25 | This is explained in terms of the nature of the Germanic invasions which brought about the destruction of the Roman Empire and is dealt with in Chapters 7 and 8 . |
| 26 | In the empirical mode sentence , ( 26 ) , one event ( the window breaking ) is explained in terms of another event ( the ball hitting the window ) . |
| 27 | In the deductive mode sentence , ( 27 ) , a conclusion ( that the window broke ) is explained in terms of a piece of observable evidence ( there is glass on the ground ) . |
| 28 | Industrialization provides the backdrop for the study of the subsequent transformation into modern economic classes : the rise of colonialism is explained in terms of a search for markets , and wars in terms of economic competition . |
| 29 | Sometimes this is explained in terms of the community showing its recognition of and commitment to its own values ( eg Lacey , 1999 ) . |
| 30 | The behaviour of a motor car is explained in terms of cylinders , carburettors and sparking plugs . |