Example sentences of "is [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mild dissonance used is either a minor 7th or a major 9th : Note that the added part is mostly in contrary motion with the top part ( this usually gives a more powerful bass ) , and that all the notes used are different . |
| 2 | Again , there is no note repetition and the movement is mostly in contrary motion with the treble . |
| 3 | The large living-cum-dining room is mostly in earthy natural shades — they 're easy on the eye and a perfect setting for the colourful rug and furniture which the Coles bought to remind them of their travels |
| 4 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that the level of investment is most of all decided by the real rate of interest ? |
| 5 | In which areas is most of this mixed sheep and cattle rearing ? |
| 6 | The industrial tribunals represent the tribunals whose practice and procedure is most like that of the courts . |
| 7 | The job of a caller is rather like that of a priest who intones , line by line , the words of a prayer and to whom the congregation respond , at each stage , using the appropriate replies . |
| 8 | The relationship is rather like that of pornography to sexual aggression , cathartic or stimulant according to one 's prejudices . |
| 9 | The task the reader is set is rather like that of completing a jigsaw puzzle , where we are given a few pieces at a time , and have to keep guessing what the rest of the picture will be like . |
| 10 | Olten is rather like that . |
| 11 | The difference between ROM and RAM is rather like that between a printed book , which can only be read , and a personal notepad written in erasable ink , and which can be used over and over again . |
| 12 | While the lady who doubtlessly trusted him most , his wife , said sadly , ‘ I think his fate is rather like Humpty Dumpty 's , quite as tragic and quite as impossible to put right ’ . |
| 13 | THIS ANTHOLOGY of soccer writing — or , in some cases , writing which incorporates soccer — is rather like those games in which one side is a Rest of the World XI or a Football League XI . |
| 14 | One might say that the ‘ candid camera ’ technique used for some television programmes , where people have tricks played on them for the benefit of the viewers , is rather in this mode of observation , though it is to be hoped that social researchers would not encourage people to make fools of themselves in the way television producers do . |
| 15 | In our cynical era , we might not be so easily bamboozled by ‘ the prophet 's ’ assertion that God , who is presumably on permanent nightshift , speaks to him in his sleep and has commanded the supply of seven frails . |
| 16 | Certainly the Rhaetian I have seen in southern Europe , for example on the south side of the Pyrenees and along the shores of Lake Iseo in northern Italy , is incredibly like that of Britain , even in the way the fossils are preserved . |
| 17 | It is also possible at this early stage for workers to transfer to other firms without falling too far down the promotion ladder although such mobility is rarely between large firms . |
| 18 | Sadly , it is rarely on public display . |
| 19 | However , serious investigative journalism often provides a challenge to the official version of reality and the search for a major sex criminal is rarely like that . |
| 20 | Amities. ’ , a joyful enough shout , but it is downhill after that . |
| 21 | The study tour , based in London , is for an invited group of conservators , craftsmen , planners and architects working in Croatia to assess the expertise on offer in the U.K. The workshop in York is additionally for other interested people and groups involved in conservation . |
| 22 | The traditional view is that the ideal time is somewhere between one and two years before you are due to retire . |
| 23 | COUNSEL : Then the range is somewhere between 20000 and 500 kilonewtons ? |
| 24 | The ‘ doubling time ’ , defined as the taken for the number of theses per year to double , is somewhere between 12 and 15 years , so that within the 24 years covered by the present study , the population has only doubled once . |
| 25 | The world production of iron and steel is somewhere round 450 million tons , that of all other metals is negligible by comparison . |
| 26 | Er we discussed er economic development with the Government , erm and whether we like it or not erm there has happened to grow up in er I think it 's in West Hounslow , it is somewhere like that ? , |
| 27 | International trade is predominantly between industrialised countries . |
| 28 | The former is predominantly of eastern origin , with the most conspicuous affinities visible between mosaics from Colchester ( Berryfield ) , Verulamium XXVII ( pI . |
| 29 | Though French speaking , the population is a melange of different cultures , and is predominantly of Indian origin — delicious , spicy curries are high on the menu with good restaurants offering authentic French and Chinese dishes . |
| 30 | However , the powers of the authorities are not very extensive , for although they have the right to buy land within the parks they largely lack the means to do so , and ownership , therefore , is predominantly in private hands . |