Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The fact that he is blatantly innocent makes what the police do to him one hundred times worse .
2 This is blatantly untrue .
3 The controlling group is blatantly guilty of deserting its proper role , the Government of our district .
4 Also , since some children in care are placed at home on trial , this explanation is blatantly false .
5 Any reasonably informed participant will know that B 's utterance is blatantly false .
6 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
7 From the results of medical evidence it is blatantly obvious that lead in the atmosphere must be reduced .
8 It is blatantly obvious here that Mitch has been taken in by Blanche 's deception .
9 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 .
10 In business balance sheets , the distinction between capital accounts and operating accounts is mostly unclear .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 ‘ 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 . ’
14 The rest of the glass is mostly modern .
15 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 .
16 Body language is mostly unconscious and therefore more reliable than words .
17 Okay well I think oral communication is mostly two way , that 's one distinction we can make .
18 Under water it is mostly a sonic world and on the surface it is mostly visual .
19 Spraying gives the most even coverage and is mostly best for speech .
20 The water is mostly harmless , but filled with bones and mouldy pieces of flesh — some of which are relatively — and disturbingly — fresh .
21 The startling rise is mostly due to the privatisations of state companies , boosted with high-profile advertising and low share prices .
22 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 .
23 ‘ We regularly get complaints about drugs but it is mostly due to publicity from drug raves in the rest of the UK , ’ he said .
24 The scenery alongside is mostly dull and uninteresting with occasional vistas worth capturing by the camera , the rocky and indented coast contributing greatly .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 There 's a regular traffic of straw from here to the west country which is mostly pasture-land and needs to order it in from outside the area for animal feed .
30 On the ground most larvae are active ; although they require a film of water for movement and are stimulated by light and temperature , it is now thought that larval movement is mostly random and encounter with grass blades accidental .
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