Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we look at Poe 's tales , the structure seems predictable , even formulaic : the dawning sense that all is not as it should be ; the attempts to explain away the moaning sounds that something inside him is nevertheless compelling him to hear ; the fight with fancy , as if one could will away one 's deepest fear ; and then the horrified recognition that what one was most afraid of is there , behind the antique panels , waiting to throw one to the floor . |
| 2 | What these men are interested in is home , partner and religion . |
| 3 | The loaf was very large , flat , brown-crusted , open-textured , a pain de ménage , the real household French bread such as is rarely produced nowadays in restaurants and inns . |
| 4 | Again , the theory of this is straightforward ; it is based on standard probability theory , such as is widely used in other disciplines , notably in the biological sciences , where the sampling of a population is an accepted way of establishing the variety of species in a given area . |
| 5 | He probably tells you that it is all arranged at this end , whereas in point of fact nothing has been laid on except by verbal arrangement with him , and then we have a frightful period such as is now going on . |
| 6 | The new Mamey Abbey had the appropriate symbolism , for ‘ the portal opened to a hall , such as is now rarely found ; with the dais , the screen , the gallery , and buttery-hatch all perfect , and all of carved black oak ’ . |
| 7 | The only way to determine which of these possible readings best explain the behaviour of voters in different localities is through an in-depth study of all the constituencies in England and Wales , such as is currently being undertaken by the History of Parliament Trust . |
| 8 | A delay loop such as is quite likely to fail . |
| 9 | A clause , such as is commonly found in standard terms , providing that the whole of the parties ' obligations are defined by the written agreement may also be caught by s3(2) ( b ) if , in fact , the contract is partly written and partly oral as a result of oral undertakings given alongside the written contract . |
| 10 | Optical scanning devices have become increasingly used for data capture either via some sort of bar coding system such as is commonly found at library issue desks , or by means of equipment able to read pencil markings at specified positions on a sheet of paper ( ‘ mark sensing ’ ) . |
| 11 | The lawyers had told her vaguely that a woman from the village came in to clean — but she had quite expected to find the furniture shrouded in dust-sheets , and a general air of cheerlessness such as is usually associated with empty houses . |
| 12 | What students are n't so good about is actually critically evaluating it . |
| 13 | ‘ Cleo , ’ Dauntless said firmly , ‘ has it occurred to you that the business they 're involved in is very dangerous ? |
| 14 | That next-door neighbour dabbler you are so concerned about is much more likely to be involved in the ‘ soft-occult ’ , and may still be open to a little reasoning . |
| 15 | S I mean t y you see , what you could work more towards is almost a sort of an agreement wi with individuals is n't it ? |
| 16 | Such knowledge as he was full of is fast decaying and it is interesting to come across this old exponent of time-honoured homely skill . |
| 17 | Whether you feel that these cocktails are what your roses will be happy with is very much like you considering whether you would be happy and healthy on a diet of fast and convenience food like hamburger and chips and little else . |
| 18 | In other words , the type of critical and political self-analysis which New Historicists claim to be aware of is insufficiently foregrounded when reading a Renaissance text . |