Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It represents a halfway position between jobbing production and mass production , and is mostly to be found in the light engineering industry . |
| 2 | I consider that this is properly to be regarded a case of extortion colore officii . |
| 3 | It seems to us that it is a perfectly proper use of ordinary language and as such to be readily understood by ordinary literate men and women to say of a person in this appellant 's position that his services as an accountant were ‘ employed ’ by his customers , and that this state of affairs is properly to be described by the word ‘ employment . ’ |
| 4 | But in my judgment , at all events where the belief is that A is going to be given a right in the future , it is properly to be regarded as giving rise to a species of constructive trust , which is the concept employed by a court of equity to prevent a person from relying on his legal rights where it would be unconscionable for him to do so … |
| 5 | But what is most to be welcomed about the current spate of rhetorical outrage from politicians is the emerging consensus between Labour and the Tories on a new approach — an attempt to fill the moral vacuum , to look at society as a whole for the flaws . |
| 6 | It is rather to be traced to the survival of feudal notions of lordship . |
| 7 | I do n't mind ; it is rather like being a little girl again . |
| 8 | It is rather like being at the Court of Elizabeth 1 . |
| 9 | The effect is rather like being in a sensory deprivation tank , in that you ca n't move or react at all . |
| 10 | Also , in spite of the canopy of thick cloud it is not dark during the day , but is rather like being beneath very thick thunder clouds on the Earth , though the cloud base on Venus is far higher , and , as revealed by Venera 14 , the sky is orange . |
| 11 | This is rather like being able to draw a straight line tangent at any point on a smooth curve . |
| 12 | Being assaulted by the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) on such issues is rather like being attacked by a bread and butter pudding . |
| 13 | Being Hereford 's keeper though , is rather like being King Canute . |
| 14 | If a deal is eventually to be wrung out of a reluctant Kremlin to break the deadlock over the Baltic republics , much will depend on how much support Mr Yeltsin can muster . |
| 15 | If , by virtue of the above , proceedings may be commenced in either court , the choice of court will be influenced by the following considerations : ( 1 ) where the case is eventually to be tried , ie whether in the High Court or in the county court — separate rules for each , set out below , apply ; ( 2 ) whether the county court has jurisdiction to grant the relief being sought ( see Chapter 2 ) ; ( 3 ) whether the county court has jurisdiction to enforce the judgment to be obtained ( see Chapter 2 ) ; and ( 4 ) the risk of being struck out or penalised in disallowance of costs if proceedings which are clearly suitable for one court are brought instead in the other ( see below ) . |
| 16 | Grunte is rarely to be seen in the constituency and even more rarely in the House of Commons . |
| 17 | Her Majesty 's Government , by the mouth of the Queen 's chief minister , has announced that no distinction is henceforward to be made between universities and other places in which students of similar age and attainments seek instruction and qualifications . |
| 18 | ‘ Of course you 'll have to , ’ Father Devlin boomed cheerfully , ‘ it 's only to be expected . ’ |
| 19 | Overall sound quality is good , without the dulling and squashing side effects that some products can produce ; pumping can be provoked in the hard ratio mode by extreme settings , but that 's only to be expected . |
| 20 | " And Martha 's the same , it 's only to be expected at her age . " |
| 21 | ‘ Well , that 's only to be expected . |
| 22 | it 's completely anonymous number you know it 's only to be on that , said I 'll wipe it off then , you bloody well wo n't , I think he wants to tell people before he can say very wrong , could say something personal , if it was personal , no longer it , no you were n't personal to you , but I 'm quite happy to arrange it if you wish , no , no , no , no , no , , I should n't have to tell you not to take my points in full , there we go it 's driving me doing that in the factory having without people 's permission , I want to know , I ask permission if I 'd er wanted to as a without being asked to do it , I would of gone and seen personnel and asked , I would not of dreamed of doing it in a work 's situation unless I was asked , say anything personal I 'd turned it off not that it , apart from me and Stuart |
| 23 | ( For a fuller account , which gives a much more rounded picture than is possible here of such thinkers as Schleiermacher , Hegel and Kierkegaard , and which also gives special attention to British and American theology , Claude Welch , Protestant Thought in the Nineteenth Century , vol. 1 : 1799–1870 ( 1972 ) , is especially to be recommended . ) |
| 24 | It 's all to be found within the borders of Thailand … a country rich in history , blessed with sun-drenched beaches and filled with charming people . |
| 25 | After that the pacey plot leaves the audience wondering who is engaged to whom , who is to marry whom , who wrote the love poems and why and how it 's all to be unravelled before the final curtain . |
| 26 | This does not , therefore , purport to be a standard list , and it is recognised that an up to date and authoritative list is greatly to be desired . |
| 27 | The recent government commitment to providing an element of specialist music teaching in primary schools is greatly to be welcomed . |
| 28 | It is greatly to be hoped that some version of the censorship hypothesis holds because close to naked singularities it may be possible to travel into the past . |
| 29 | My right hon. Friend 's agreement to such a review and initiative is greatly to be welcomed . |
| 30 | That is greatly to be welcomed . |