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

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1 The early stages of the rise of Venice arc obscure and ill-documented ; but when it comes into the light of day it is ruled already by a duke or doge popularly elected , yet normally chosen from , and dependent on , the great families of the Rialto , the chief island of the archipelago on which Venice is crazily and romantically constructed .
2 Now are aware that are losing the agency stuff therefore services should improve generally but this is mostly and the business travel , you know duty travel , cruise positioning that sort of thing , to the extent that erm and two of the ops people paid a visit to last week for a liaison meeting and one thing that I thought was absolutely remarkable that came out was in respect of complaining that they could never get through to anybody in erm in , they could n't get a reply from the extensions and they could n't send messages or anything .
3 ( d ) Agreed price As mentioned previously , it is essential to ensure that this is properly and finally negotiated at the commencement of the transaction .
4 The government 's view , though , is widely and increasingly disputed .
5 Drama , inevitably , is more culturally specialized by language , but in many of its other elements of movement and scene it is widely and inherently accessible , as is clear in mime and was very evident in the silent film .
6 Nurse del Puablo is widely and justly celebrated for her skilled hands , hot thighs and soft lips , her pretty belly , bad ass and good tits .
7 The apparatus put in its place , of social fund grants and social fund loans , is widely and almost totally discredited .
8 What is theologically and pastorally appropriate in the eastern Mediterranean and the Ukraine can not be theologically wrong and pastorally unsuitable anywhere else .
9 The quality of workmanship is unsurpassed and everything , from the sumptuous oak staircase with fluted bannisters and fat , swooping bannister rail to the door handles and keyhole covers , is delicately and perfectly made .
10 The Chair conducts the meeting , interprets the rules and makes certain that the business of the meeting is effectively and properly conducted .
11 Her story-telling has no obliqueness , no mystery ; everything is slowly and patiently explained , as though the audience was a fidgety bunch of six-year-olds .
12 Corporate yuppie culture is oozing insidiously into the development world and the old order is slowly and inexorably crumbling .
13 That is wholly and absolutely wrong . ’
14 Neil Kinnock also bridged that divide , but John Smith is definably and obviously on the middle-class side of it .
15 Although he was obviously placed carefully on to the sofa , the freshly pomaded hair is awry and could have benefited from a comb prior to being photographed .
16 What is politely and euphemistically called ‘ adjustment ’ is the next piece in the jigsaw of a declining Third World .
17 It is elegantly and comfortably furnished .
18 As a result the south is economically and politically stronger and most large industry is established there .
19 Crimes of violence , for example , are by and large one poor person hitting another poor person — and in almost half these instances it is a man hitting his wife or lover … the more vulnerable a person is economically and socially the more likely it is that both working class and white-collar crime will occur against them ( Matthews and Young , 1986 , p. 23 ) .
20 ‘ Despite the views of some , it does not in my view represent a view which is necessarily and unquestionably Christian . ’
21 At the same time , while it is a kind of sociology which places its emphasis on all signifying systems , it is necessarily and centrally concerned with manifest cultural practices and production .
22 For a fear of pollution and impurity in the body physical is constantly and easily transposed to create controls in the body social .
23 In such an archetypal world , where ‘ good ’ is constantly and insecurely balanced in an eternal struggle against ‘ evil ’ , the objective explication of the rituals and symbols which surround and mystify police work can seem tantamount to a treasonable act .
24 They , in turn , join him in cheerful conspiracy to see that the great cathedral list of France is constantly and step-by-step updated .
25 He is not simply presupposed ; he is constantly and actively at work .
26 The English language itself is structually and hence stylistically less " taut " , less " close-knit " than Latin , and English rhyming quatrains allow for , or presuppose , a relatively open stylistic texture .
27 Many modes of communication may serve the purpose but we will need to , choose one which is personally and socially acceptable , and does not provoke anger , surprise , or obscure the message .
28 A ‘ good ’ book is basically and essentially a good story .
29 A ‘ system ’ is such a bounded entity that it is possible to differentiate between what is inside and what it outside .
30 A warrior will plant his spear outside one of the small huts to indicate that he is inside and should not be disturbed , but I ca n't imagine Claudia , chic Parisienne , et cetera , allowing her relationship to be semaphored in this way from outside her own hut .
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