Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The project is already underway and is apparently focused on the speed at which programs run . |
| 32 | Glass and enamel tesserae , for , are uncommon in Britain — although they do occur more frequently than is sometimes suggested ( Boon 1974 , 345 ; Neal 1976 , 243 ) . |
| 33 | Making a better product is naturally still an important element of marketing today and is forcefully demonstrated by the Japanese consumer goods manufacturers . |
| 34 | It is neither understood nor accepted today and is greatly feared . |
| 35 | He flights the ball well and is already proving to be a master in disguising the googly . |
| 36 | The paint is soft , handles well and is easily thinned with water , though of course it is waterproof when dry . |
| 37 | the paint is soft , handles well and is easily thinned with water |
| 38 | She split up with her husband some months ago and is now struggling to cope with two young children while facing continual abuse . |
| 39 | The trip was only organised two weeks ago and is now seen as a clear case of retaliation against the prince . |
| 40 | Venables inquired about Owers several months ago and is now expected to move in again — with an offer Sunderland would find hard to refuse . |
| 41 | Maris Otter was first listed as an approved variety by the Barley Committee of the Institute of Brewing 26 years ago and is still used by brewers such as Youngs , Brakspear and Eldridge Pope . |
| 42 | It is true that if someone talks to intelligent people regularly and is well informed and advised , then much is absorbed . |
| 43 | Monumental architecture in Greece was first developed in temples and long largely confined to sanctuaries ; and sculpture in the archaic period and even after is exclusively associated with religion . |
| 44 | While loss of learning ability among the elderly appeared primarily linked to difficulties in understanding , recall , and error abandonment , if these were corrected at an early stage ‘ old people can learn much more readily than is commonly supposed ’ ( Welford 1966 : 5 ) . |
| 45 | We live in a galaxy that is about one hundred thousand light-years across and is slowly rotating ; the stars in its spiral arms orbit around its centre about once every several hundred million years . |
| 46 | She was too young to join the forces in Vietnam , but really wishes she could have been there and is now doing her utmost to make up for it . |
| 47 | as earlier as is reasonably to do so |
| 48 | I had started to fear that each of us controls the manner in which we die much more closely than is generally supposed . |
| 49 | We now stand poised on the brink of a great new episode in European evolution and I am proud that the party of which I am a member has taken our country forward and is now leading the way to a sustainable economic and political union . |
| 50 | In calculating the time when a review is due , the starting point is : ( a ) where a person is arrested outside the police station ( i ) the time he arrives at the relevant station ; or ( ii ) the time 24 hours after the time of his arrest , whichever is the earlier ; ( b ) where a person attends the police station voluntarily and is subsequently arrested there the time of arrest ; ( c ) where a person is arrested outside England and Wales : ( i ) the time he arrives at the first station to which he is taken in the police area in which the offence for which he has been arrested is being investigated ; or ( ii ) 24 hours after the time of his entry into the country whichever is the earlier ; ( d ) where a person is arrested in another part of the country and has to be taken to the police area where the offence is being investigated for questioning — the time at which he arrived at the first police station in the police area in question . |
| 51 | It changed hands recently and is now run by Stephen and Janet Errington . |
| 52 | Since its establishment in 1977 the department has advanced significantly and is now viewed as a leader in the field of international management development . |