Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As access to the gall bladder is rarely possible after gall stone clearance , it seemed that , until recently , they could not be studied in patients with complete gall stone dissolution . |
| 2 | The bladder is now in the market for fairly prompt relief . |
| 3 | Emptying of the bladder is more difficult and retention of urine may occur . |
| 4 | Whichever device is used depends on the conditions — the bladder is more suitable for soft rock . |
| 5 | The transperitoneal approach to the gall bladder is usually avoided because of the risk of intraperitoneal bile leakage or bowel perforation . |
| 6 | If a gyro is fitted , this can tend to hide the effect of the trim offset and can , in gusty conditions , cause the tail to oscillate and lead to the mistaken conclusion that the gyro is too sensitive . |
| 7 | After a leisurely breakfast accompanied by the Sunday papers , perhaps you 'd like to discover the local beauty spots of which Royal Deeside is justifiably proud . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps we 're all wrong about Mons. Perhaps Napoleon is just swinging open the front doors and ignoring the back gate . ’ |
| 9 | We have given it up , partly because we can not afford all the exercise tests and partly because we believe that once you know the patient has got ischaemic heart disease , which he has by definition if he has had an infarct , that the exercise test on a beta blocker is as useful prognostically . |
| 10 | Their arithmetic mean is thus about 11 an the fourth root of unc about 8 . |
| 11 | The average overall spelling mean is virtually unchanged . |
| 12 | When the main wheel is ahead of the c.g. so that the glider is sitting tail-down , a forward movement is needed to raise the tail a little for take-off . |
| 13 | For example if the centre of the wheel is too far from the centre of the steering swivels then shimying. premature wheel bearing failure and poor handling may result . |
| 14 | The iron overshot wheel is still in place , fed by a wooden launder . |
| 15 | So the statistical wheel is still in spin . |
| 16 | If the main wheel is further forward , the glider will have a stronger tendency to weathercock than in the air , and the rudder will be even less effective at preventing this . |
| 17 | The wheel is more aerodynamic than traditional spoked wheels and avoids the problem that dogs many professional cyclists who use solid disc wheels — that of being blown sidewards by crosswinds . |
| 18 | Because on one wheel is more fun than riding on two . |
| 19 | one where the water wheel is now . |
| 20 | All right , it 's looking a little dated now ; the steering wheel is absurdly large , even by Mercedes ' standards , and someone else makes a smoother , quieter V8 . |
| 21 | The result , says the inventor , is that the wheel is permanently out of balance and forced to rotate . |
| 22 | If the present state is F then if pr is less than 0.77 then the state remains F or else the state becomes C. If the present state is C then if pr is less than 0.24 then the state becomes F or else the state remains C. The values 0.77 and 0.24 are obtained from the transition probability matrix shown in Table 6.4 . |
| 23 | If the present state is F then if pr is less than 0.77 then the state remains F or else the state becomes C. If the present state is C then if pr is less than 0.24 then the state becomes F or else the state remains C. The values 0.77 and 0.24 are obtained from the transition probability matrix shown in Table 6.4 . |
| 24 | Would-be delinquents in Saltash during most of the Nineteenth century had to face up to the threat of a short , sharp punishment ; a visit to the ‘ Black Hole ’ under the escort of one of the ancient borough 's best known characters , ‘ Nandie ’ Keast . |
| 25 | Last night 's meeting of the borough 's home and leisure safety forum agreed to ask the works and health committee to adopt its draft report . |
| 26 | As Stephen Parrish points out in discussing the very earliest ‘ complete ’ draft ( Ms JJ ) , the embryonic Prelude is best understood as an extension of the structure of Tintern Abbey : ‘ The last poem Wordsworth wrote before leaving England was Tintern Abbey , completed in mid July , and the affinities between Tintern Abbey and the autobiographical verse he began to write in Germany three months later help to point up The Prelude 's earliest design ’ ( Introduction to the Cornell edition ) . |
| 27 | It looks pretty good without any extra frills , but the Honda Prelude is now available with a range of sporting accessories . |
| 28 | Religion 's as good as dead , there 's nothing to hold back the New People , they 'll grow stronger and stronger and swamp us . |
| 29 | Yet organized religion is already as remote from Alice 's or Henry 's life as paganism or human sacrifice . |
| 30 | This has led to considerable confusion as to what religion is anyway , because any necessary reference to the divine , to God , to the transcendent has been removed from it . |