Example sentences of "[det] of [adj] [noun sg] is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paid holidays are 25 per cent fewer in small firms and only half of this allowance is actually taken . |
| 2 | Well there seems to be a slight mismatch there , and perhaps some of this mismatch is also a part of , with the confusion I have of the various shifting policy of York , in term in terms of their requirement , there has been in the in the not too recent recent past York were saying they had an additional requirement beyond need which they termed their concealed requirement , although it might not be a concealed dwellings , as we might otherwise describe them , of one thousand six hundred , and that has progressively come down to seven hundred as presented at this enquiry . |
| 3 | Some of this pollen is inevitably brushed off when a bee visits another flower , but bearing in mind that only a few grains are needed to bring about cross-fertilisation , and that a bee on a single journey may collect two million , it is clear that the price a plant pays for this transport is a very high one . |
| 4 | Again , very little of this information is presently available in electronic form on initial publication , though also , again , this situation is gradually changing . |
| 5 | Much of Western psychotherapy is currently directed towards problem-solving or decision-making , reflecting the value given to personal self-sufficiency and the control of events by Western culture . |
| 6 | The Commission 's other research findings — that much of forensic science is far from certain , capable of misinterpretation and relies upon the defence to draw out its limitations — only add to the need for the defence to have already access to real defence experts . |
| 7 | Much of this communication is still through the post . |
| 8 | Much of this work is already in hand , aided by advances made in the organisation of women outside and inside the sociology profession . |
| 9 | However , much of this work is heavily weighted towards the study of individual words , even though it is widely recognized that most vocabulary growth comes from encountering words in the course of reading . |
| 10 | Much of this belief is soundly based in experience but part of it is based on wishful thinking . |
| 11 | Much of this research is purely theoretical , in that it explores computational implementations of linguistic theories that are independent of any specific application area . |
| 12 | Not all of this text is directly relevant , but the whole has been cited to demonstrate the connections that exist between the beginning and the end . |
| 13 | Heating probably begins at quite shallow depths but because the downgoing plate is cold virtually all of this heat is initially absorbed . |
| 14 | ‘ Gone are the days of large blueprints , maps and drawings as all of this information is now computerised and the originals have been translated to microfilm to keep on record for posterity , ’ said Phil . |
| 15 | All of human life is here , you know . |
| 16 | ‘ Almost all of human drama is there ’ , cried the London Daily Express , |
| 17 | Yeah erm there 's some um most of that stuff is fairly self-explanatory . |
| 18 | In reality the motive for most of this squatting is either political — a settled purpose of subverting public order — or simple greed and aggression . |
| 19 | Most of this material is now available for consultation and , interpreted with care , it illuminates many aspects of BUF activity , since the papers expand and complement other sources . |
| 20 | Most of this information is disconcertingly dry : we have to squeeze it hard to make anything of it at all . |