Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] [adv] [coord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interchange of the two peoples is more and more frequent , and … is likely to continue increasing ’ . |
| 2 | Yet the London we inherited from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is more or less a success . |
| 3 | C. A. Moser in Survey Methods in Social Investigation identifies three sources of bias in sample selection : ( 1 ) the use of a sampling frame which does not cover the population adequately , completely or accurately ; ( 2 ) the use of a ‘ non-random ’ method of sampling , so that the selection of subjects is consciously or unconsciously affected by human judgement ; and ( 3 ) the refusal to co-operate among some segments of the chosen population . |
| 4 | I know Piers is morally and psychologically ugly — just plain and dull , phoney . |
| 5 | The main owner of such schools is usually and indirectly the Church of Ireland , and current expenditure and salaries are provided by the state , with the board of governors presided over by the local minister . |
| 6 | All are agreed , however , that competition in European telecommunications is more or less inevitable , as a debate at last week 's Networked Economy Conference in Paris , organised by Communications Week International , demonstrated . |
| 7 | The argument that converted barns provide housing for rural communities is well and truly scotched by the average price of conversions — well beyond the means of local people . |
| 8 | The electric/hydraulically powered adjustable wheelbase will stay for certain , and the recycled aluminium structure with its plastic panels is here and now technology . |
| 9 | Although the , the hub of the sails is more or less in the centre of this photograph it 's not in sent not in the sense of , of the area of vision because you 've got a lot of dark area here so that tends to move the centre of vision so it becomes this bit , if you like , and so that 's not in the centre there . |
| 10 | It recommended that criminal charges be brought , stating that " indiscriminate and prolonged shooting at innocent demonstrators is morally and legally indefensible and is deserving of the strongest censure " . |
| 11 | It is plain that staying home and looking after children is culturally and economically undervalued by our society . |
| 12 | There is limited choice for the national advertiser in cinema — 60 seconds is more or less standard , though 30-second spots are used ; in magazines full pages , DPSs , halves and quarters ; in newspapers full pages , and , depending on whether the paper is broadsheet or tabloid , 35 cm × 6 , 25 cm × 4 , 15 cm × 2 are very widely used sizes : on TV , 30-second spots dominate , with 20-second and 10-second spots becoming more popular ; in posters , 4-sheets are still most common . |
| 13 | The parking spaces for the erm bungalow residents erm are are generally spread around in in a , in such a way as to be as close as possible to the bungalows that they serve , they 're not if you like , specific car park , but on this drawing they 're , they 're identified it 's simply that the proportionate parking that the planners require for a construction of new houses is there and then over and above that there is further parking which , if you like , will satisfy the need of the bungalow residents , though they may not necessarily be identified specifically . |
| 14 | The alternative regime in ss219 to 229 applies if : ( a ) Target is an unquoted trading company or the holding company of a trading group ( an unquoted company will include one whose shares are traded on the Unlisted Securities Market ) ; ( b ) the purchase of own shares is wholly or mainly for the benefit of Target 's trade or any of its 75% subsidiaries ; ( c ) the purchase does not form part of a scheme or arrangement the main purpose of which is to avoid tax or enable shareholders to participate in the company 's profits without being taxed on dividends ( there is a clearance procedure under s225 ) ; ( d ) the vendor shareholders are resident and ordinarily resident in the UK in the tax year in which the buy-in occurs ; any nominee shareholder must also be so resident , so if the distribution treatment is desirable it can be achieved by interposing non-UK-resident nominees ; ( e ) the shareholder has held his shares for at least five years ; ( f ) the shareholder 's shareholding immediately after the buy-in has been substantially reduced ( ie , by 25% or more , and his entitlement to profits must be similarly reduced ) ; for these purposes the shareholder must include the shareholdings of his " associates " as determined in accordance with s227 ; ( g ) the shareholder must not be connected with the company following the buy-in , and for these purposes he will be connected if he is entitled to acquire more than 30% of the share capital or voting rights in the company or assets on a winding up . |
| 15 | Otherwise the course of events is more or less predictable . |