Example sentences of "[det] [vb base] is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rarity of quakes there has lulled people into a sense of security that many say is false . |
| 2 | The general principle they all provoke is this : all teaching involves dilemmas which arise when teachers seek to reconcile the various circumstances , contingencies and expectations of which the job , by its nature , is constituted ( Berlak and Berlak 1981 ; Nias 1989 ; Alexander 1988 , 1989 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Of course I have to say that er software fails as well sometimes and indeed one of the problems we all have is that with today 's hardware technologies some of the er computers are so fast that it really reaches the bugs rather quicker . |
| 7 | This prompts a counter proposal that , again , both know is unacceptable . |