Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only problem is that to make it a meaningful rule it would be necessary to find a way of drawing a line between humour ( forbidden ) and wit ( encouraged ) . |
| 2 | There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " . |
| 3 | Neither group had the bilingual competence which could form a sound basis for interpreter training but it is easy to forget what a considerable achievement the language skills they did possess demonstrated . |
| 4 | It is unprepared to offer them the skilled attention that they need . |
| 5 | This simple appraisal of size is likely to give you a good , accurate picture of physical shape ; use it in conjunction with the other methods in this chapter . |
| 6 | Spend your time in the way that is likely to give you the maximum return in marks . |
| 7 | Recent issues of the journal Nature have featured new research on the sea-level rise which is likely to give us the biggest clues : the rise at the end of the last Ice Age . |
| 8 | Yeah , it 's all religious , hypocrisy okay , humane , it 's humane to slog these boys down the chimney , yeah , it 's humane giving them a good beating is n't it , right then . |
| 9 | But it is useful to know what the conventional rules are , and also to bear in mind who you are writing for . |
| 10 | But Tony 's sparkling form at England B level is sure to give him the left wing spot and set him up for the Test against Canada on October 17 . |
| 11 | The reason for this advice is that , if you go wrong but the examiner can identify the stage at which you have gone wrong , he is able to give you the appropriate credit . |
| 12 | But it is paramount that the soloist be so directly acquainted with the score that he or she is able to offer us a personal interpretation of it ; in a sense , a critical commentary on it . |
| 13 | No matter what container you use , it is advisable to give it a thorough scrubbing with clean water . |
| 14 | This weather 's enough to give anybody a cold eye is n't it ? |
| 15 | Well you ca n't create stability , the Communist Party ca n't sort of I mean cos that 's what , sort of hindering long term investments and that how peasants do n't feel that how that things are secure , they and it 's difficult to see what the Communist Party could 've done |
| 16 | ‘ Since we have n't seen another child exactly like Graham it 's difficult to say what the long-term prognosis might be . |
| 17 | AFTER such a long hot summer , with rivers running dry , it 's difficult to imagine what a good flood looks like . |
| 18 | There must , therefore , be a mental element in the " unlawful act " , though this proposition is not always stated in the cases ( see for example , Newbury , where it is difficult to state what the unlawful act was ) . |
| 19 | It may turn out that the differences are an artefact of the methods used in different laboratories , but it is difficult to see what the relevant differences may be . |
| 20 | The project is at its very early stages and it is difficult to predict what the eventual impact will be . |
| 21 | They think this will make tham a lot better off ; a little perhaps , but a lot ? ) is enough to give anyone a sick headache . |
| 22 | A new hairstyle is enough to give you a new lease of life but there are n't many of us who can afford to go to the hairdressers every week — let alone every day . |
| 23 | The goal here is to illustrate the general contention set out in this book that in order to use regions in geography ( as against practising regional geography ) it is necessary to appreciate what the salient features of a region ( or place ) are — some of which may be more important to particular research tasks than others . |
| 24 | But , as Stanyer ( 1976 , p. 55 ) has observed : ‘ It is necessary to understand what a local authority is in legal terms in a particular governmental system only as a prelude to understanding what all local authorities are in behavioural terms ’ . |
| 25 | But insiders say he is keen to make it a national obsession . |
| 26 | After all , he is well-placed to make himself a familiar figure to the discharger : |
| 27 | Mr. Sturge in his argument has maintained that such a lease would be valid , and that , even if the term is uncertain at its beginning when the lease takes effect , the fact that at some future time it will be rendered certain is sufficient to make it a good lease . |
| 28 | Even if the opponent plays him false twenty times , the Satyagrahi is ready to trust him the twenty-first time , for an implicit trust in human nature is the very essence of the creed . |
| 29 | And if he handles that daunting task , Bassett is ready to offer him a Premier League future . |