Example sentences of "[noun pl] is a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Community arts is a very , very important part of the community development . |
| 2 | I do n't think the public view of community arts is a very good one , do you ? |
| 3 | It is noticeable , however , that whereas the G-5 countries now account for 75 per cent of the world 's FDI flow , their position as the five major exporters is a much less concentrated 45 per cent . |
| 4 | In the great tit , then , males sing to keep intruders out of their territories , and a repertory of songs is a more effective deterrent than a single song . |
| 5 | Matching receivables and payables in the same currency or in closely related currencies is a very effective and less costly method of hedging exposures . |
| 6 | It is even possible that acoustic recording techniques dictated the popularity of the fox-trot , which to modern ears is a very four-square and unsophisticated rhythm . |
| 7 | Whilst agreeing in part but disagreeing substantially with the assumptions of Ludmer , I felt — and still feel — that the attraction of sport for black kids is a little more complex and that any full understanding can not assume that sport constitutes an area freed of racialism , or that black youths are attracted to it simply because they see it as such . |
| 8 | Today Blandy Brothers is a very large and important company on the island with such very diverse interests as madeira wine , Reid 's Hotel , engineering , electronics , shipping and insurance agencies , newspaper publishing and tourism . |
| 9 | You know , three hundred acres is a fairly medium , a fairly small farm in the U K. |
| 10 | The desire not to make waves is a particularly depressing and insipid form of self-censorship . |
| 11 | Electric catfish live in the Nile and Congo rivers of Africa , and the fresh water of their homes is a much poorer conductor of electricity than the salt water surrounding the marine rays . |
| 12 | The allocation of the number of broadcasts to the parties is a somewhat contentious one . |
| 13 | Jupiter is about 11 times the diameter and about 1300 times the volume of the Earth , and in its size and in many other respects is a very different world from the terrestrial planets that you have so far met in this book . |
| 14 | To capitalise on one 's strengths is a fairly self-evident statement . |
| 15 | The result of this cocktailing of influences is a vastly entertaining album , with lots of spritely guitars ( ex-Housemartin Norman Cook was responsible for the mixing ) and get-up-and-jig rhythm . |
| 16 | The name of the shops is a little misleading ; many of the plants are made from synthetic materials and scores of people have stooped to smell the waxy lilies only to find that they are plastic through and through . |
| 17 | Sayers is a comically baleful disappointed copper . |
| 18 | Glitters is a really gothic shop in Camden with erm all this sort of and leather pvc gear , it 's a really good shop actually , but it 's a bit of a rip off some of the people try and rip you off unless you 're a respectable adult-looking person . |
| 19 | Start with Words and Pictures is a beautifully illustrated picture dictionary for young beginners which contains 470 headwords , arranged in alphabetical order and including important verbs and prepositions . |
| 20 | ’ Renegades is a very aggressive film . |
| 21 | The withdrawal of privileges is a very popular response by parents to non-compliance — for example : ‘ You 've been cheeky so I wo n't let you go out ’ ; ‘ You disobeyed me by going out on the road so you ca n't have that ice-cream . ’ |
| 22 | Marketing washing powders or mouse traps is a much simpler task than marketing a school . |
| 23 | A small collection of reference books is a most valuable asset on any farm . |
| 24 | Reading interesting books is a very great help and a great way of taking you out of yourself , especially travelling books . ’ |
| 25 | What ‘ science ’ demands is a very open question , and we need to be as clear about it as we can before broaching the claims of ‘ Understanding ’ in the next chapter . |
| 26 | ‘ What I have been interested to witness over the last year to 18 months is a newly confident Left in the Socialist International saying we have a common formulation about the best way to proceed . |
| 27 | Losing three months is a far nastier experience than being jolted back two centuries . |
| 28 | These surveys are invariably undertaken by specialist research organizations , since the construction and administration of questionnaires is a highly skilled operation . |
| 29 | Oh , no yuck all tape listeners is a really fat ugly rough mother fucker . |
| 30 | That is one The boundary to the north of these two sites is a very firm distinct feature , and very . |