Example sentences of "is [adj] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the Secretary of State not realise that that conspicuous failure , which is clear to the people of Northern Ireland , is undermining the confidence of the great majority , and that that is pregnant with considerable consequences ? |
| 2 | Circulating gastrin is trophic to parietal vells , but its paracrine effects are unknown . |
| 3 | Transforming growth factor α is trophic to pancreatic cancer in vivo |
| 4 | The growth of BR stations in recent years is heartwarming for pro-rail supporters and the figures speak for themselves , 1986 = 2,526 , 1987 = 2,530 , 1988 = 2,554 , 1989 = 2,561 . |
| 5 | The other leads to sustainable agriculture , which is beneficial to the environment , sensitive to consumer demand and produces safe and healthy food in a manner that is supportive of rural life and culture " . |
| 6 | Standard equipment on the Dodge includes air conditioning , cruise control and a four-speaker sound system , but the bulky plastic dashboard is garish by European standards . |
| 7 | In the summertime , it is alive with hot fumes and rampant dogs and fashionable bathers crawling up Highgate Road on their way to the Heath , where they claim respective ponds and languor till the sky slowly turns to a soothing summer gold . |
| 8 | The proposal document , which is extensive by Minor Project standards , clearly reflects a strong team approach . |
| 9 | This outcome could not , of course , justify the suggestion that discrimination training is unnecessary for positive transfer to occur , as the control subjects would have supplied for themselves what may be the critical feature of such training . |
| 10 | It is narrow with passing places ; it winds in and out and up and down to circumvent natural obstacles , and progress is slow by main road standards . |
| 11 | The justification is that it is undesirable for domestic firms to compete against each other in overseas markets : national welfare is enhanced if they maximize their joint rents . |
| 12 | The debate arises from the obvious difficulty of avoiding two types of police relationships in the community , each of which is undesirable for different reasons . |
| 13 | But he is derisive about English defenders and he has a descriptive way of saying so . |
| 14 | This is understandable for actual evidence can be only archaeological , and that means that such evidence would have to be of a concrete nature . |
| 15 | This is understandable with onomatopoeic words like ‘ crunch ’ but less obvious for ‘ tree ’ , say , which appears as baum , or arbre in other languages . |
| 16 | The co-operation is understandable in evolutionary terms as the males and females in a single-female syconium are brothers and sisters . |
| 17 | True Gothic would not waste money and he quoted Scott 's Remarks that a ‘ tissue of costly ornament over the entire building … is destructive of true dignity ’ . |
| 18 | But Alan Lyddiard 's adaptation is strong on physical impact — the sheer effort involved in ploughing , the hunger and pain of the animals ' lives . |
| 19 | It is strong with public service workers whose relation to the generation of wealth is indirect , but it does not work with the young bank employee in Basildon with £15,000 a year and prospects . |
| 20 | It is strong in technological subjects and has an important department of architecture and town planning . |
| 21 | ‘ He is due for immediate leave , I seem to remember . ’ |
| 22 | The record Jennifer refers to is called ‘ Above , Below And Beyond ’ and is due for British release soon . |
| 23 | Delayed maturation Some researchers have indicated that persistence of bedwetting after the age of 5 years is due to delayed maturation of the necessary mechanisms ( Bakwin and Bakwin 1972 ) . |
| 24 | The State acknowledges that the homage of public worship is due to Almighty God . |
| 25 | In many cases this is due to great disappointment : if you can not enjoy yourself at Christmas when can you enjoy yourself ? |
| 26 | According to Isaac et al. ( 1982 ) the northerly dip on the Rusey and other thrusts in this zone is due to postorogenic tilting , perhaps related to the injection of the granites . |
| 27 | Indeed ‘ the whole piece is something of a dream ’ ( Hugo Young , The Guardian , 21 June 1988 ) , in which ‘ you could n't take a single thing seriously ’ ( according to Pearce ) because ‘ any resemblance between it and the world of 1988 is due to administrative oversight ’ ( Patrick Stoddart , The Sunday Times , 26 June 1988 ) . |
| 28 | The ministry has pointed out that the incidence of the disease in four-year-old cattle is due to banned feed being used after the cut off date on 18 July , 1989 . |
| 29 | In the Third World land scarcity among the poor is due to skewed ownership , not an overload of people . |
| 30 | Where failure is due to inadequate foundations , and where neither the cause nor the effect can be eliminated , then underpinning will stabilise the building and restore its use and value . |