Example sentences of "[noun prp] [is] basically a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while RoboCop is basically an entertaining comedy with some ‘ serious ’ ideas thrown in for ballast , Day of the Dead , despite grotesque comedy elements , mostly involving blood-and-guts , is fundamentally more serious , an adult rather than an ‘ adult ’ movie . |
| 2 | MIP is basically a place where the big guys parade their wares . |
| 3 | er we we 've we 've agreed the table on on the base basis of erm information best information available a at the moment but but equally I would n't wish it to be seen th that I am in any way attempting to prejudge the outcome of er local plan studies , erm so the information that I 've agreed with with Mr C Cunnane is basically an attempt to clarify the tabulation fo er in |
| 4 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 5 | IntePlan is basically a diary/database program and although the sample supplied was a self-running demo it certainly seemed attractive . |
| 6 | Certain of the Kings Quest series have been criticised as being too ‘ twee ’ and sugary — KQ VI is basically a ‘ fairy tale ’ but the storyline is much firmer than previous titles and avoids making the teeth grind and the stomach curdle ! |