Example sentences of "[coord] [is] [adv] [adj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The third force is the headteachers , for it is they who have the most decisive influence on what it is or is not safe to do or say in a school .
2 Much of the above advice is based on the ‘ best available ’ knowledge principle and is thus difficult to give and actual authority for , however , we do make every effort to remain as up-to-date as possible .
3 A As vintage Champagne is not released before it is three years old it is a relatively mature wine and is thus ready to drink when available in Sainsbury 's .
4 He does however ride a bike and is already able to throw and kick balls where he is aiming them .
5 Unfortunately , much of this vast publicly available information resource is bibliographically ill-organised , is of very variable quality , and is frequently difficult to access or acquire The problems of accessing and acquiring such information have been greatly aggravated by the need for enterprises more and more to compete on a global basis ( compare , for example , the ‘ 1992 ’ initiative ; suddenly , we have to know all about Greece ! ) .
6 Coun Alan Robinson properly questions the figures and is equally right to stress that he means no reflection on the present , splendid incumbent or any of those before her .
7 They have researched the ownership of the land — it belongs to the government , and is therefore safer to occupy than private land .
8 The IRR is expressed as an interest rate and is therefore easier to understand than the NPV .
9 Each Council has its own plans for its area and is very willing to advise and in many cases back up advice with grant aid .
10 The mouse antibody is matched and cloned with the patient 's antibody and reintroduced into the patient , and is now able to recognise and destroy the cancer cells .
11 Second , local and regional government will have to be created and is more likely to require and use powers of economic initiative .
12 The form served on the defendant permits all these possibilities and is much easier to follow than the old forms , which were criticised as being too complicated .
13 Corris says that there are talks with at least one of these companies , but is too early to say whether any will bite .
14 And the social base of a governing elite can be open or closed , but is always susceptible to challenge or to displacement by a counter-elite : ‘ History is the graveyard of aristocracies ’ ( Pareto , 1966 , p. 249 ) .
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