Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Regan argues , at careful and considerable length , that Rawls is inconsistent here ; that his duty to animals is in reality an indirect one owed not to animals as such but only to self-interested individuals who have purposes that include animals ( 1983 : 163–74 ) . |
| 2 | However , the number of organizations this produces is unmanageable , and it also tends to emphasize differences rather than similarities . |
| 3 | ‘ The problems this causes is phenomenal and many training agents have had to carry expensive overdrafts because of it , ’ said Mr Hanson . |
| 4 | ( 12 ) In principle ( though in practice the degree to which this happens is questionable ) schools continue to develop and extend their coordinated planning of curriculum initiatives and library enhancement . |
| 5 | Exactly how this happened is intriguing . |
| 6 | Where this leads is unclear . |
| 7 | The underlying rule-structure which determines the form that this takes is dependent on how the offence has been perceived , that is , whether it is taken to be demeaning or non-demeaning . |
| 8 | Bereaved people may seem reluctant to accept invitations out , but that is often because they feel that they will be in the way or make an odd number at any gathering , and the hurt and embarrassment this creates is awful . |
| 9 | And as the economic constraints push more and more farmers towards the rationalization of their enterprises the proportion of farmers ( and of the countryside ) to whom this applies is likely to increase . |
| 10 | Quite what this means is unclear , but one can be sure that voters out on the Plains would not approve . |
| 11 | There are occasions when you get an odd fish that weighs a couple of pounds more or less than the average on that day , but to expect this to happen is foolhardy . |
| 12 | Any sexual activity which allows this to happen is unsafe . |
| 13 | However , the pattern of merger/approximation that this suggests is complicated by the existence of the raising rule by which /a/ is raised before velars . |
| 14 | When and how much to feed is important , as the berries will burst if they are overfed and become too ripe , but for a berry to weigh heavy it must be nearly ripe , full of liquid instead of seeds . |
| 15 | This also found expression in the cosmological argument , which in structure resembles those from causality and design : all that exists is real , but only accidentally so ; for it might not have existed , may cease to exist , and can certainly be conceived of as non-existent . |
| 16 | Mike Jones , from West Sussex , who launched the campaign , said yesterday : ‘ The old image of custard and cabbage that 's soggy and cold to boot is wrong . |
| 17 | Traditionally , the law has said that allowing someone who is terminally ill to die is lawful , but bringing about his or her death is unlawful , even if he or she consents or requests it . |
| 18 | The best performer in Wise Speke 's half dozen to follow is Darlington-based engineering group which last week announced that 93.9pc of the recent rights issue had been taken up by shareholders . |
| 19 | Children are taught , for sound historical reasons , that to point is rude . |
| 20 | The rarity of quakes there has lulled people into a sense of security that many say is false . |
| 21 | Deciding that you want to go out with someone because they happen to fit into this year 's idea of what is good looking is stupid . |
| 22 | I suddenly heard my father 's voice telling me that all acting is mere imitation . |
| 23 | Burnett 's favourite preparation for the treatment of uterine tumours was Aurum Muriaticum Natronatum so not having the LMI gave her the 6C potency in a 10ml dropper and within 3 days she was relieved of the discomfort on walking and standing which it seems reasonable to assume is due to the fibroid shrinking . |
| 24 | I walked — in amazing Cecil B de Mille film type downpour yesterday for tea with a young lawyer son of one of John 's contemporaries at Gordonstoun , so that he could help me finalise the leaflet for a seminar on 14th January in respect of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY , which many think is akin to copyright and so on but it embraces much more than that nowadays , especially in respect of computers , TV and sound usage , collaboration in respect of research and development projects which eat investments budgets and so on . |
| 25 | The criteria by which marathon times would become acceptable for ratification as world records were drafted by the IAAF 's own road running committee in response to a call for change many think is overdue . |
| 26 | There is also a growing need to measure what many think is immeasurable — our consumption of natural resources — and to help evaluate the extent to which business activities are truly sustainable . |
| 27 | And being able to swim is vital . |
| 28 | Okay , definition of disability , what they 've actually got to be , to be able to claim is unable to perform any part of their normal occupation . |
| 29 | By and large , these and other regional officers ' reports from the second wave of evacuation did not indicate that the outcry of September 1939 was justified ; typical of them was the verdict of one officer in October 1940 that ‘ the general standard of those evacuated is good and 80% of them should offer no difficulty at all in billeting ’ . |
| 30 | To be able to hypothesise is important , to be able to evaluate findings is vital . |