Example sentences of "[art] [noun] it is [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the quotation is not capable of immediate acceptance by the buyer it is thus an invitation to treat , and , at this stage , the seller has kept all of his options open . |
| 2 | The absence of wings , on the other hand , may be a primitive character as in the Apterygota , but among the Pterygota it is always a secondary feature due to the loss of pre-existing organs . |
| 3 | ‘ At the moment it is only a feeling of mine ; a hunter 's suspicion . |
| 4 | In nineteen eighty I think it was five hundred and twenty , and at the moment it is about a thousand and two . |
| 5 | At the moment it is still a new and unproven product but it could well represent the next generation of TechDoc software , at least so far as the corporate publisher is concerned . |
| 6 | As a terminus nowadays of the lake excursion service during the season it is today a main stop for many international train services . |
| 7 | As Sa'di said : ‘ If a diamond falls in the dirt it is still a diamond , yet even if dust ascends all the way to heaven it remains without value . ’ ’ |
| 8 | Various calculations can be made as to the continued profitability of the project , the likelihood of further funds and the possibility of selling what has been done so far , but in the end it is still an open-ended situation depending on the calculation of risk . |
| 9 | At the beginning of the century it is still a term of abuse , equivalent to ‘ Hun ’ or ‘ Vandal ’ , denoting ‘ barbaric ’ as its Renaissance originators intended : ‘ Ah , rustic , ruder than Gothic ! ’ |
| 10 | But though there is a greater abundance of H 2 O in the atmosphere beneath the clouds it is still a very minor constituent , and the quantity is poorly known . |
| 11 | Most of the time it is just a minor irritant , but interference can have far reaching effects . |
| 12 | But to a geologist it is about a thousand times shorter than he can ordinarily measure ! |
| 13 | If a customer asks a broker to deal on an exchange it is usually an implied term of their contract that the broker will do so in accordance with the usages of that exchange . |