Example sentences of "is [adv] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Spinal Tap ’ may have been the ultimate send up of the genre but ‘ Spinal Tap ’ is most metal fans ' favourite film . |
| 2 | The business is effectively recession proof , if anything it probably does better when times are hard . |
| 3 | Onyeanusi 's study involved an assessment of the impact of vehicle tyres on off-road tracks in a specific area of what is predominantly grassland savanna . |
| 4 | A WHIFF of competition sent shares in United States chip maker Intel tumbling at the end of March , wiping more than a fifth off the value of what is arguably Silicon Valley 's most important firm . |
| 5 | Feminists working on social representations recognize , in addition , that human experience is highly symbol dependent , that the issue of language can usefully link psychology with other work in the social sciences and humanities , and that a greater focus on this area might be useful for psychological investigations of many gender issues ( e.g. Wetherell et al . |
| 6 | It is now made of a black Nubuk leather trimmed with purple and yellow , and is highly water repellent and quick drying . |
| 7 | Clearly , there are some collocations that are independent of distance , but there are others whose behaviour is highly distance dependent [ Jones & sinclair , 1974 ] . |
| 8 | Community relations in Easton thus amounts to a programme of youth work , but juvenile liaison is altogether different , for it is basically probation work . |
| 9 | That 's just an extension from that , although it is basically neighbourhood watch |
| 10 | Publicity itself is basically news material about the organization which is published in one or more of the media . |
| 11 | Some say this is merely cartoon aggression but some susceptible kiddies could believe that it 's okay to copy such actions because they have no serious effect when Macaulay does them . |
| 12 | Make sure that the story you have for them is interesting and if it is merely constituency information , explain that you are providing it for background briefing and that you are not expecting them to publish it . |
| 13 | After the frantic design years of the early 1980s board design has now settled down to a fairly stable format and it is only construction techniques that are still changing slightly . |
| 14 | At present it is only home helps which local authorities have a duty to provide . |
| 15 | > It is only Apolline art that seeks to replace suffering by beauty . |
| 16 | Not all commercials have music , but most do , even if it is only background music bought from a library of such material . |
| 17 | It is only car cases of the larger mammals that kites are interested in and help to remove . |
| 18 | I accept that one can make some criticisms about Labour local authorities , but what I dislike about the Secretary of State 's usual contribution is that it is so cliche d , simplistic and grotesque . |
| 19 | Oh this is so rubbish man . |
| 20 | The emphasis is entirely escapist enjoyment rather than self-improvement : books as an alternative to the pressures of life ( work , family , politics , sex and shopping ) . |
| 21 | Two points made before are thereby worth reiterating : first , that the meaning of perversion is crucially context dependent ; second that one objective of this book is to restore to the concept dimensions which were obscured within the sexological/psychoanalytic traditions , though remaining inscribed within them , especially in Freud 's texts . |
| 22 | What it is anyway proposal representation are being sent out if anybody down here you 'll go into England if I voted conservative you know , just say for example it would n't be the one past the post it 'll be the one with the most votes |
| 23 | The moral distinction permitted/forbidden is thus context dependent . |
| 24 | My wife is mildly agaist shooting . ’ |
| 25 | As Z is normally concentration dependent , the value at is obtained by plotting against c . |
| 26 | Cos linear is just consignment stock and you know job there . |
| 27 | There is already witch hunting by bigots who do n't use burning stakes any more — the law mercifully wo n't allow them to . |
| 28 | Sparc chip set house Nimbus Technologies Inc last week was getting set to acknowledge what is already street gossip : that Cypress Semiconductor Corp , or rather its Ross Technology Inc subsidiary , got Nimbus off the ground with an initial ‘ joint development ’ investment round about $1.5m . |
| 29 | It is already library policy to operate from the two sites , London and Boston Spa , there is room for expansion at Boston Spa . |
| 30 | Indeed , what is advocated is largely Type I. However , the existence of elements of a Type I1 model , ie for emergency admissions , extra-contractual referrals and temporary residents , gives incentives to providers which will be very similar to those under insurance-based systems . |