Example sentences of "[subord] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ANDF has been positioned as a C-oriented technology in its initial guise , although is n't a language-specific , says Praxis . |
| 2 | Although is n't that what life is ? |
| 3 | The other major concern for women is about finding ways of living which give us more independence , more control over our own lives , and more self worth than is frequently the experience of women in subordination to men . |
| 4 | This means that it must not be wider than is reasonably necessary for the protection of the employer 's business ; it must not place an unreasonable restraint on the employee 's freedom to earn his or her living ; and it must not be too wide from the public viewpoint . |
| 5 | Neither should the doctor do more than is reasonably necessary in the interests of the patient . |
| 6 | The 1976 DoE circular on the safeguarding of agricultural land defined the general policy as being ‘ to ensure that , as far as possible , land of a higher agricultural quality is not taken for development where land of a lower quality is available , and that the amount of land taken should be no greater than is reasonably required for carrying out the development in accordance with proper standards ’ . |
| 7 | The societal divisions and problems of relations between the police and the community which this style of policing is called upon to ameliorate in Northern Ireland are more severe than is normally the case , which makes the RUC 's implementation and operation of community policing of special interest and previous neglect of this aspect of policing in the province a significant oversight . |
| 8 | For instance , the body has many reserve capacities which ensure that vital functions can continue even when an organ is injured or diseased : there is more lung tissue than is normally required , there is reserve liver tissue , there are two kidneys , eyes and ears . |
| 9 | It likes damp , moist , airless places with a slightly more alkaline pH than is normally found in the vagina ( normally slightly acid ) . |
| 10 | The bond invests in deposits with top building societies and , because of the large sums involved , will usually be able to negotiate a higher gross rate than is normally available . |
| 11 | By way of postscript to these observations , some have discerned in the latest Soviet systems a greater introduction of new technology than is normally the pattern : a reflection , perhaps , of greater design confidence , but just as possibly the expression of worry about the pace of technological change in the present decade . |
| 12 | By careful study of these examples , the student will be able to learn , or relearn , material at a faster rate than is normally possible in the situation where the teacher is the only source of guidance and instruction . |
| 13 | This allows a reasonable time for processing , and results in fewer lost revolutions than is normally possible . |
| 14 | He concluded that the planet 's habitability is under attack but its natural resilience is probably greater than is normally assumed , and that in the environmental field geographers have made contributions in environmental perception and hazard assessment and also in the area of unified physical and biogeographic research : |
| 15 | I think that there is much to be said for statutes to be preceded by some statement of what Parliament is seeking to achieve in rather longer form than is normally provided by the long title , in the form of perhaps a return to the days of the preamble containing recitals — a form adopted in European Community legislation . |
| 16 | But whereas neurosis is , in a sense , a private affair , affecting mainly the person who suffers from it , delinquency and acting-out of neurotic conflicts are much more the concern of society as a whole and are certainly likely to affect others to a greater degree than is normally true of the symptoms of a conventional neurosis . |
| 17 | But they also salvaged much , so that the new regime was established upon principles which were much more conducive to Toryism than is normally thought . |
| 18 | Er on the envi environmental aspect , I think it 's worth emphasizing because clearly this is the major concern of both Scotton and er the Residents ' Association and er that the County Council has and perhaps to some extent I think it 's certainly the public consultations or the exercises I 've been involved in at this stage in a major scheme has done far more work in trying to assess those effects than is normally the case at this stage in a ma major highway scheme . |
| 19 | The techniques developed will lead to a more versatile approach to landscape assessment than is presently possible . |
| 20 | Erm there 's also a view been expressed that well if you 're going to have it it may need some more guidance than is presently written into it . |
| 21 | But in global terms , it will be far worse than is easily imagined . |
| 22 | The central belief is that by being immersed in , and contributing to , the life of reason , one can attain a truer level of understanding and perspective on the world than is ordinarily available through personal experience . |
| 23 | Methods of manipulation include the spreading of false rumours , or buying ( or selling ) at a price that is more ( or less ) than is commercially necessary . |
| 24 | I can hear the two of them on the narrow stair outside , Summerchild placing his feet with ostentatious care on each step , bending his head rather further than is strictly necessary under the low ceiling , while Serafin demonstrates his effortless familiarity with such picturesque difficulties . |
| 25 | More special , perhaps , than is strictly wise . |
| 26 | Television will infiltrate into the national consciousness even more copiously than is already the case the personalities of the two main party leaders . |
| 27 | I wish to alter the low range gearing in the transfer box to something lower than is already fitted in my V8 109 and would appreciate a ‘ crawler ’ gear . |
| 28 | We would be even more a country of two societies than is already the case , with the divide being between the employed haves and the unemployed have-nots . |
| 29 | But I think the way that that would occur would be first of all I would expect to see an increase , a steeper increase than is already project I should say in concealed households . |
| 30 | Aircraft are more polluting , probably , than is generally realised — therefore , enter the train . |