Example sentences of "[adj] the [noun] [is] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is combined with the previous result of 40 per cent of places ‘ lost ’ in 1814 as against 1792 being Scottish the conclusion is that the 1814 petitioning was not only much more English than 1792 but even much more English south of the North Country . |
| 2 | Well I think the attitude is and maybe I 'm totally wrong the attitude is that if they 're outside , they 're not creating mess and havoc in the house . |
| 3 | Now I think half the problem is that most of the people working in the press are in fact amateurs in the sense they 're not specialists in your particular subject except perhaps in the trade press . |
| 4 | I would like to know how old the pump is and what the original price would have been . |
| 5 | Now this may sound an anathema to some Evangelical ears because for some the Church is but a secondary fact in Christian truth , coming a long way after personal faith and experience . |
| 6 | WET AND WINDY is a night of progs about how interesting the weather is and encompasses Paul Gambaccini , Peter Greenaway 's ACT OF GOD and the original THE THING . |
| 7 | If the curve is steep the implication is that an increase in government spending increases income , which increases the transactions demand for money , which increases interest rates , which chokes off private investment . |
| 8 | I would like to record that they tried to cheer each other up in their double misery , but I 'm afraid the truth is that as far as I know they never spoke to each other again . |
| 9 | I 'm afraid the fact is that we had the finest guitarist in the world and we did n't recognise it . |
| 10 | Know how much the budget is and how much you have left to spend . |
| 11 | In the second the situation is that the debtor has voluntarily parted with the property as security for a loan . |
| 12 | The sample list of libraries at the end shows how serious the phenomenon is and forestalls criticism of the kind I have already heard : ‘ The situation is wildly exaggerated . |
| 13 | The first consideration , I think , is how serious the offence is and there will be some offences which are so serious that custody may be the only proper sentence . |
| 14 | It can be used to check how serious the inquiry is and to arrange a personal visit should the inquiry prove to have potential . |
| 15 | 7 The fact is that Spurs are a better team than Arsenal . |
| 16 | All the evidence is that it is overwhelmingly harmful to the patient . ’ |
| 17 | In the same way , we should declare that we believe in the existence of God even when all the evidence is that such belief is absurd . |
| 18 | But , as many observers will agree , all the evidence is that the tiny infant is not interested in babyhood , on the contrary , it is striving to reach the adult stage with all its might . |
| 19 | The report concluded that ‘ all the evidence is that while a gradual change in eating patterns may yield slower results , those results are far more likely to prove permanent ’ . |
| 20 | As we saw in the section on deterrence , all the evidence is that the penal system is engaging in a massive overkill operation — which amounts to a massive infringement of the human rights of those it punishes excessively . |
| 21 | But however one expresses it , all the evidence is that the quantum phenomenon and the uncertainty principle are unavoidable and that they occur in every branch of physics . |
| 22 | Yet all the evidence is that most violent crimes occur between 11 pm and 3 am at the weekend , with the largest number happening on a Saturday . |
| 23 | As I have said , he started to make a try at listening , but all the evidence is that the public is very deeply worried at standards in our schools and at the under resourcing of education , crumbling schools , lack of books and , frankly , the very low morale of very many teachers . |
| 24 | It might be cos they ask where all the stuff is and we have n't got it . |
| 25 | I mean the thing that they latch onto all the time is that they think it 's perfectly reasonable that they should compliment a young woman and so on , and I do see , Bill , that this is a problem because these men have been brought up like this and they think of themselves as being polite and courteous and , you know , a little flirtatious and doing all the things that actually they were taught women like and is rather nice . |
| 26 | The essential feature of all the techniques is that a shuffling of genes is involved . |
| 27 | The phrase that has caused all the fuss is that contractors and their staff , should they decide to adopt the code , should ‘ have proper regard for the public and be courteous . ’ |
| 28 | In fact it has shown just how shaky the deal is and how deep the marriage crisis has become . |
| 29 | The image of royalty gives us an idea just how powerful and proud the train is as it seems to influence and belittle all the things around it . |
| 30 | You do n't know how green , how green the grass is until you actually stand |