Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What determines whether people see a glass as half-full or half-empty is mood rather than fact , and change in mood often defies quantification . |
| 2 | A mother who is living in an environment where she is very isolated and whose general social contacts with neighbours , relatives , and husband are mostly unhappy or antagonistic is likely to behave differently from a mother who generally has pleasant interactions with most people but occasionally experiences some aggressive reactions from her child . |
| 3 | It is paradoxical that this kind of censorship is really based on the belief that to be black or disadvantaged is something to be ashamed of , so that any references to such conditions have to be suppressed . |
| 4 | If you need a rule of thumb , any item which is common or plentiful is 90% likely to be here ; any item which is average or scarce is 70% likely to be here ; anything else is 20% likely to be here . |
| 5 | There may be alternative keys , in which case the most natural or concise is normally chosen . |
| 6 | Pro and anti-hunt demonstrators have been lobbying a meeting of the full council , where Labour is trying to rush through a ban . |
| 7 | The " feeling of knowing " offered either when drunk , drugged , drowsy or asleep is no reliable indication of having achieved a real solution to a problem ; there are unfortunately no short cuts in that direction ! |
| 8 | As part of the whole process of computerising its information systems , Catering & Allied is making neat use of the Psion Organiser II alongside personal computers loaded with the Caterdata software from T IS . |
| 9 | This model of working-class culture as pathological or deficient is often given a holistic twist and linked to notions of ‘ necessary false consciousness ’ . |
| 10 | They have , in effect , invested in excess capacity , though whether this was deliberate or accidental is harder to judge . |
| 11 | Provision of the real object where possible is usually eagerly explored . |
| 12 | Marxman join the ranks of the likes of Hiphoprisy and Consolidated , bands who are bangingly right-on to the hip-ho beat at a time ( as we are constantly being reminded — YAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN ! ) when to be anything other than either defeatist or mindless is utterly unfashionable . |
| 13 | Far from focusing more tightly on issues , many of the Ham & High 's key stories have been taken up by the nationals . |
| 14 | The requirement that analysis be objective or scientific is often little more than another means of social control . |
| 15 | No , nothing so useful or interesting is ever included . |
| 16 | where non-syllabic is also acceptable ‘ history ’ or ( not usually ) ‘ wanderer ’ or ( not usually ) |
| 17 | The concern in the present section is with purely reactive circuits and it is worth noting that in dual versions the frequencies at which the reactance becomes zero or infinite is the same , one circuit being resonant ( ) whenever the other is antiresonant ( ) and vice versa . |
| 18 | Where specific rules correspond , reference where appropriate is made to the RSC rule in the notes which follow the County Court rule in the County Court Practice . |
| 19 | 11.1.3 a receiver or administrative receiver or similar is appointed over any substantial part of either party 's business , then the other party may by written notice terminate this Agreement immediately . |
| 20 | However , Jim Payne of the SSGA said : ‘ The continued use of a formula based on the end price of a product , whether this price is profitable or loss-making is fundamentally flawed . |
| 21 | Art , picking up confidence from the decline of religion , announces its transcendence of the world ( and it lasts , it lasts ! art beats death ! ) , but this announcement is n't accessible to all , or where accessible is n't always inspiring or welcome . |
| 22 | Ultimately , of course , whether a cause is held to be direct or indirect is a statement about the state of scientific knowledge at the time ; while one variable may provide an illuminating explanation for a puzzle at one point in time , it is likely to provoke further questions about how it operates at a later date . |
| 23 | Or soft is said . |
| 24 | The attitudinist would say that calling an emotional attitude correct or incorrect is simply expressing a higher order emotional attitude towards it . |
| 25 | Last year Standard & Poor 's lowered its ratings on a record 474 issues of municipal bonds , worth $48 billion . |
| 26 | The pressures that brought about last year 's downgradings will intensify , says Vickie Tillman , Standard & Poor 's managing director responsible for municipals . |
| 27 | Heather Goodchild , entertainment analyst at credit ratings agency Standard & Poor 's , said yesterday : ‘ MGM 's films just are n't working , their debts are running away and they have major problems in their corporate structure . ’ |
| 28 | The pool performance has so far been good and consistent with a triple-A rating , Standard & Poor 's said . |
| 29 | Compania de Telefonos de Chile SA 's $182.6m proposed convertible bond issue won ratings of triple-B-minus rating from Standard & Poor 's Corp , and Baa-3 from Moody 's Investors Service Inc ; Standard & Poor 's said its rating reflects the company 's dominant position in local telephone services , growth prospects , and favourable regulatory framework ; Moody 's that it believes the company will continue to be the largest telecommunications company in Chile and will benefit from a supportive regulator . |
| 30 | The absence of any viable or constructive action by IBM in the face of impending doom leads the authors to conclude that ‘ a collapse equivalent to those experienced by Wang , Control Data or Prime is not at all improbable . ’ |