Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another way of producing a picture that is botanically correct would be to choose a larger aperture ( rectangular is probably the easiest shape to work with ) and to show several pieces of the same plant . |
| 2 | The corpus of knowledge in which the student is most interested will be neither interest-free nor value-free . |
| 3 | In Sonnet 3 he asks ‘ who is so fond will be the tomb/Of his self-love to stop posterity ? ’ |
| 4 | Even hair which is naturally curly can be transformed because rollers can help to make the existing curls more crisp and structured . |
| 5 | Following this logic , only those depressive conditions where a stressor is apparently absent should be considered as ‘ real ’ depression , which is also sometimes assumed to be more likely to include psychotic symptoms and biological dysfunction . |
| 6 | In 1966 , the Court ruled that a publication which is not obscene might be regarded as such if distributed in a lascivious manner , and in 1968 , that the law 's jurisdiction did not ‘ reach into the privacy of one 's home … [ whereas ] public distribution … might intrude upon the sensibilities or privacy of the general public … ’ . |
| 7 | McLuhan lambasted the print media for encouraging linear thinking , but it can be argued that this way of thought brought to mankind very substantial benefits which one is not confident would be matched by the uncriticized new tribalism . |
| 8 | That the bible is deeply patriarchal may be taken as read . |
| 9 | ‘ No stock-taking ’ policies are adopted partly because of staffing shortages , but also on the premise that stock-taking is a waste of time because it does not bring back the missing books , and any item which is really important will be requested on reservation ( though a central reservation system , if employed , may mean that missing titles go unnoticed ) . |
| 10 | Because this phrase has been understood to mean , as far as Margaret Thatcher is concerned , ‘ over my dead body ’ , an announcement that the time is now ripe would be interpreted as a climbdown . |
| 11 | Judicial intervention which occurs only when the resultant agency decision is substantively arbitrary will be insufficient , because there may be many instances when it falls short of this , but still wholly or partially ignores the views of interested parties . |
| 12 | A simple word which to one person is relatively neutral can be emotive dynamite to another . |
| 13 | A bag which is too hot can be as uncomfortable as one which is too cold and while you can always add extra clothing when the temperature drops , it is n't necessarily convenient or desirable . |
| 14 | One that is too supple will be equally useless when you need to apply swift , instantly effective side-strain . |
| 15 | Companies which decide the cost of clean-up is too high will be able to buy the pollution permits in a new futures market at the Chicago Board of Trade . |
| 16 | The cultivated reader sensed that he was being teased , and reacted accordingly — ‘ Whatever is too original will be hated at first ’ ( De Quincey ) . |