Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [art] [noun] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably , the closer the referents of the familiar terms in a domain are to the potential referent of an unfamiliar word , the more specific are the inferences that children can legitimately make . |
| 2 | Hypnotic is the password that keys 11th Hour into an epic eight-minute atmospheric adventure , ushered on to the floor by tribal rhythms , annexed by haunting pianos and African paeans , all set on course to become another top bazooka with clubland . |
| 3 | So unpleasant is the experience that nations adopt a variety of devices for coping with it . |
| 4 | But what , of course , makes New Zealand different is the fact that farmers there receive no subsidies whatsoever . |
| 5 | What is also interesting is the way that stereotypes are portrayed on tv with the males being strong , sometimes violent , sometimes very intelligent , characters and the females being shown as helpless , stupid , domesticated and neurotic . |
| 6 | What I would find off-putting is the idea that people would see me as a divorced man 's bit of light relief . |
| 7 | But more ominous is the risk that children without mental health problems are being ‘ dumped ’ on the NHS , the ADSS said . |
| 8 | It is the system that is at fault here , and what 1 think is so appalling is the fact that children can be removed from their families and their environment without one single shred of evidence . |
| 9 | But most crucial was the fact that ICI itself became sceptical that this development was good for either the site or its image . |
| 10 | Even more valuable are the shelters that children improvise for themselves . |
| 11 | More nagging is the suspicion that Wallenberg did not die of a heart attack at the age of 35 , but was murdered or tortured to death . |
| 12 | What makes the modularity argument more compelling is the fact that brain lesions usually do produce effects , but those effects are highly specific to the area that has been damaged . |
| 13 | So cold was the weather that Sergeant Phillips died of hypothermia on only the second night . |
| 14 | Equally unsatisfactory is the decision that Harold Newstead , a bachelor hairdresser living in Camberwell , was libelled by a perfectly accurate court report that another Harold Newstead , also a Camberwell resident , had been gaoled for bigamy ( " I kept them both till the police interfered " ) . |
| 15 | What is useful is the idea that research and study in a particular field or discipline can proceed for many people for quite long periods in a relatively routine or normal way , without continually digging up the roots . |
| 16 | What is distinctive is the idea that consciousness can be adequately described in terms of causal episodes . |
| 17 | What is more contentious is the claim that Candida overgrowth in the gut can affect other parts of the body , where there is no actual infection . |
| 18 | At lunch-time he addressed himself to the kitchen cupboards and the refrigerator and was touched , though not surprised , at how spartan was the fare that Pooley allowed himself . |
| 19 | ‘ What was even more astonishing was the fact that people travelled miles to come and see him . |
| 20 | So great was the devestation that rescue workers were not at first sure how many vehicles were involved . |
| 21 | So great was the carnage that warriors fought over bodies of the dead and ravens feasted on the wounded trapped inside the mounds of corpses . |
| 22 | Even more extraordinary was the fact that Nelson Mandela , the sixth and most eminent member of the group , appeared to have negotiated the terms of the release of his colleagues , who are expected to be freed this weekend . |
| 23 | Equally important are the findings that attendance at post-natal clinics is also associated with social class . |
| 24 | Much more important is the verification that o ( in 1.7.2(v) ) is associative . |
| 25 | Particularly important is the contribution that EA will make to ensure that unemployed people are given an opportunity to keep their work skills and work records up to date . |
| 26 | I accept the valuable role played by the Minister , but does he accept that , although sponsorship is valuable , even more important is the fact that institutions such as the Royal Opera House can not go much further in the sponsorship race and will require funding ? |
| 27 | More important is the fact that Aragorn has the stone available to him , and that Sauron ( having seen a hobbit in the same stone ) thinks Aragorn also has the Ring : it is because Aragorn showed himself to Sauron in the palantir that Sauron neglects his guard . |
| 28 | Much more important is the fact that Mr Constantin Oancea , the man who dealt with Hungarian relations at the Romanian foreign ministry in Ceausescu 's time , has not only remained in post but appears to have been promoted . |
| 29 | Even more important was the fact that people had devoted their lives to establishing the identity of such creatures ; that for someone the original distinction between Porcellio and Armadillidium had been a matter of life-consuming importance . |
| 30 | Implicit is the idea that A has some form of control over B , or at least a strong bargaining position that enables A to score a ‘ victory ’ over B. Companies sometimes have power of this kind over suppliers , as where the company is one of only a limited number of buyers of a supplier 's goods or services , and even to an extent over governments , manifested , for example , in negotiations over subsidies or in successful attempts to dilute the content of regulation . |