Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Id only just been telling my girlfriend my favourite quip about how he only scores because he s SO ugly he scares the defenders . |
| 2 | The notion that parents can exert a particularly profound influence during the first few years — an influence that will remain throughout life and can not be eradicated by subsequent experience-is certainly widespread . |
| 3 | Here , Parsons points out , the task of socialization may be much simpler in our culture for girls , because the role-model — the mother-is usually close at hand around the home and the daughter can imitate her behaviour much more readily . |
| 4 | While Mustakimzade is probably right that Fahreddin Acemi taught at Murad II 's Darulhadis , as will be shown , his construction of events-that Fahreddin Acemi taught there and then became Mufti on the death of Molla Fenari-is most unlikely since the Darulhadis of Murad II seems not to have been completed until 23 Sha'ban 838/24 March 1435 . |
| 5 | The fact that he is blatantly innocent makes what the police do to him one hundred times worse . |
| 6 | This is blatantly untrue . |
| 7 | The controlling group is blatantly guilty of deserting its proper role , the Government of our district . |
| 8 | Also , since some children in care are placed at home on trial , this explanation is blatantly false . |
| 9 | Any reasonably informed participant will know that B 's utterance is blatantly false . |
| 10 | It 's all a load of bull shit basically , it seems , it seems that the para 's were certainly under fire , with nobody knows and erm , it does , the only thing that is blatantly clear , all these lying transferred by the para 's and they were like dragging them away and stuff and the only , there 's only one member that 's had any thing to do with the I R A that they can find out about , that 's one so at least nine were n't firing definitely , erm , three may of done or may not of done so it looks like the only thing that basic the same is looks like at least nine were innocent , you know its all right for |
| 11 | From the results of medical evidence it is blatantly obvious that lead in the atmosphere must be reduced . |
| 12 | It is blatantly obvious here that Mitch has been taken in by Blanche 's deception . |
| 13 | Ironically , the linguistic difference ( in markedness ) between the terms is emphasized at the same time as their functional equivalence — with the milder signifying the stronger — is blatantly evident . |
| 14 | In business balance sheets , the distinction between capital accounts and operating accounts is mostly unclear . |
| 15 | But it is possible to get the best of both worlds with a garment which is mostly dark , but has bright patches incorporated at strategic points . |
| 16 | Here am I , working for a glamorous journalist in a huge house in Richmond , looking after her brat of a daughter ( four-year-old Charlotte , who has her good moments but is mostly involved in a longstanding game of wear-the-au-pair-to-a-frazzle ) , when my mother needs me just as much to look after her daughter , but does n't have a big house and ca n't afford to pay . |
| 17 | ‘ Although there 's not much joy for them in the one at his mother 's , which is mostly terraced with hard stone flags , and ‘ my precious flowers ’ , which must n't be touched . ’ |
| 18 | The rest of the glass is mostly modern . |
| 19 | Only 1% of the world 's HEU comes under the safeguards administered by the International Atomic Energy Agency ; that is mostly used to power small research reactors in countries that have no nuclear weapons . |
| 20 | Body language is mostly unconscious and therefore more reliable than words . |
| 21 | Under water it is mostly a sonic world and on the surface it is mostly visual . |
| 22 | The water is mostly harmless , but filled with bones and mouldy pieces of flesh — some of which are relatively — and disturbingly — fresh . |
| 23 | The startling rise is mostly due to the privatisations of state companies , boosted with high-profile advertising and low share prices . |
| 24 | The imbalance is mostly due to the vigour of Brazil 's export industries , its sickly demand for imports and , with respect to Argentina , an under-valued exchange rate . |
| 25 | ‘ We regularly get complaints about drugs but it is mostly due to publicity from drug raves in the rest of the UK , ’ he said . |
| 26 | The scenery alongside is mostly dull and uninteresting with occasional vistas worth capturing by the camera , the rocky and indented coast contributing greatly . |
| 27 | Inland the scenery is mostly flat or of gently rolling hills covered with silvery olive groves and dotted with ancient castles and the unique ‘ Trulli ’ houses of stone . |
| 28 | Wengen 's skiing is extensive , but for piste skiers is mostly easy ; Murren is very limited , with one spectacular descent from the famous Schilthorn ; Zermatt has something for everyone and lots for experts , but to reach its full potential needs better snow than it often receives ; Saas Fee has an excellent glacier , but again needs abundant snow to provide much more than that — in particular , to satisfy better skiers . |
| 29 | Only 13 to 35 degrees south of the equator , it is mostly arid hills covered with scrub and rises to 10,000 feet ( 3,040m ) in the mountainous central regions . |
| 30 | In the majority of schools this is mostly devoid of any reference to religion ; it is carved up either into subject areas which by definition rule out any necessary reference to religion , or into topics or integrated approaches which normally have little specifically religious content . |