Example sentences of "is [art] [adv] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best compromise is the partially open backed cabinet , similar to the Mesa Boogie 2x12 and 4x12 design . |
| 2 | Amazonas is the earliest score here : it dates from 1917 , five years before the first of Villa-Lobos 's sojourns in Paris , and it was there , in 1929 , that Amazonas was first performed . |
| 3 | The Fauré comes first and is the earliest work here ( 1876 ) , emerging as an ardent utterance from the still youthful composer who at the time of its composition was recovering from the shock of being jilted by his fiancée . |
| 4 | Two minutes is the most time they spend in the lightness , and four to six minutes in the darkness . |
| 5 | Used many times every day , it is the most time and labour-saving device ever invented for cooks . |
| 6 | The fact that people will give money to save the otter , a nocturnal animal whose presence is detected even by full-time otter survey teams only by its tracks and droppings , is the best answer I know to that mean-spirited and illogical argument : ‘ What 's the use of saving it , if I ca n't see it ? ’ |
| 7 | That free kick is the best Ive ever seen by ANY player . |
| 8 | It pleases me that she called me my darling and not my little prodigy as she once did ; this is the best sign yet that I am winning her back . |
| 9 | If the wind is blowing directly onshore , you should also work out which is the best tack to set off on . |
| 10 | I believe that to conquer fear of water , gentle persuasion is the best tack . |
| 11 | He likes Basingstoke and as the youngest member of the cast of 16 , he is enjoying himself immensely as Young Charlie in Little Tramp — he reckons it is the best show he 's been in . |
| 12 | Although far from satisfactory , this is the best estimate available for perturbations on these scales . |
| 13 | One hundred and seventy-five people is the best estimate that the senior chief inspector and I could produce between us of the numbers required to carry out the functions of the new independent HMI . |
| 14 | I repeat what I have always said : 175 is the best estimate that the senior chief inspector and I could make of the number required after the transitional period to carry out the duties that I have described . |
| 15 | Perhaps ‘ persuasive ’ is the best note to end on : if you end up being able to write a report which analyses the problem convincingly and persuades your superiors to let you try to solve it your way , then our objective will have been achieved ! |
| 16 | 5-in-a-row is the best run we have had under Wilko . |
| 17 | ‘ This is the best start I have made to any season and it is the best four rounds I have ever put together , ’ he said . |
| 18 | It is the best deal they never did . ’ |
| 19 | The window-grammar score is the best score that is found for the grammar tag within the current window . |
| 20 | He believes that classic English furniture is the best buy in hard times . |
| 21 | April is the best guess for first deliveries . |
| 22 | This is the best exercise I know for eliminating inches from the waistline . |
| 23 | In which case are Upehull and Upsall related , the ‘ s ’ having been introduced by scribal error or misreading at some stage , or is the later form a name given to a family coming originally from Uppsala in Sweden ? |
| 24 | A religious vocation is the highest call anyone may receive . |
| 25 | The only discord , at first acquaintance ( and for a very good reason ) is the apparently overlong undercarriage . |
| 26 | Genes might have been nature 's gift in the past , but this is the economicaly mature late twentieth-century . |
| 27 | How far is the fairly tow proportion of time spent on task in some classrooms attributable to factors unique to those classrooms — the teacher 's mode of organization , the quality and appropriateness of the learning tasks he/she devises , the personalities of the children and adults present , and so on ? |
| 28 | I have quoted this passage in full , not because I think it is particularly inspired or even well-written , but because it is the nearest attempt I have come across to suggest some of the subjective , hidden meanings that might well make up a performer 's luggage when he expresses himself on stage . |
| 29 | Such an increase gives him a feeling of career security ; his employer is pleased with his performance , he is unlikely to be made redundant , he decides there is no further need to monitor advertisements for opportunities for career advancement with rival firms and he feels he can now afford to enter the housing market and buy a flat . |
| 30 | No doubt , having aired these feelings well in public he will be exerting pressure behind the scenes to ensure there is no further need to repeat them in open audience . |