Example sentences of "that is [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These tales are told with an extraordinary lightness : the frequency of the present or the perfect as narrative tenses ; the adoption of a simple but precise vocabulary ; the sparing use of adjectives ; the composition of short , essential paragraphs added one to the other , not like bricks , in the conventional metaphor of story-building , but more like transparent balloons lifting the story off the ground — with all of these techniques , Celati has created a mode of story-telling which shakes off the weight of narrative in what is a conscious and consistent effort to pare away the superstructure of ideology and ‘ that homogeneous and totalizing continuity that is called history ’ ( Celati 1975 : 14 ; cf. |
| 2 | This year came Ella to Britain , with his three sons , Clymen and Wlenking , and Cissa , in three ships ; landing at a place that is called Clymenshore . |
| 3 | Aragorn sings his song of Beren and Lúthien some fifty pages earlier with a certain reluctance , explaining that it is ‘ in the mode that is called ann-thennath among the Elves , but is hard to render in our Common Speech , and this is but a rough echo of it ’ . |
| 4 | In fact the power that is called God is beyond definition ; it is , as is stated of Brahman , ‘ neti , neti , — not this , not this ’ , and in our attempts to define it we are seeking to describe the indescribable . |
| 5 | The rhythm that is made use of depends upon the type of environment , the organism , and the period that the body clock will be adjusted to . |
| 6 | yes and it 's the education that is made children literate early on in life |
| 7 | Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king , behold there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem , saying , ‘ Where is he that is born King of the Jews ? |
| 8 | ‘ A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea . |
| 9 | Everything that is labelled Pocock may not be Pocock , albeit in his style . |