Example sentences of "[adv] it is [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a dilemma of who 's taking decisions about what and should the troops on the ground who may be involved , could be involved in fighting following an air strike erm are not under a NATO flag , they 're under a United Nations flag , so it is quite a complex situation and a very delicate one to handle . |
| 2 | So it is essentially a fixed price ? |
| 3 | And as the years go by and the father retires the son comes on to the boat , so it is really a very family thing , the lifeboat service . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , if that 's so it is indeed a great pity , Dr Ash , but in view of Dr Prior 's importance to the company you must understand that we have little choice in this matter . |
| 5 | This is an effective solution ; clearly it is also a logical impossibility . |
| 6 | The Survey describes the gneisses in this zone as : gneiss with cataclasite fabric meaning gneiss that has suffered crushing ; mashed gneiss meaning gneiss that has been severely crushed ; and pseudotachylite — close to the actual plane of the thrust , meaning gneiss that has been crushed so severely it is now a black , flinty , very fine grained or glassy rock . |
| 7 | Now it is only a small island with a few houses and the great cathedral with its accompanying church , S. Fosca . |
| 8 | This means that realistically it is only a new board , after a boardroom coup or a take-over , or the liquidator , who will be in a position to act . |
| 9 | Culturally in Italy business advertisements are not placed and legally it is apparently a doubtful method of selling a company . |
| 10 | Today it is still a polled dual-purpose breed , with a dark red coat and white tail switch . |
| 11 | Today it is still a convenient centre , being close to the M1 , M18 , M180 and the A1 and A19 , and within 20 miles of York , Leeds and Doncaster . |
| 12 | From here it is only a short step to polychoral music — two or more choirs separately positioned . |
| 13 | Indeed , here it is precisely a particular conception of ‘ qualitative shifts in cultural relations ’ which supports the ideological basis of the approach ( Hall 1978 : 11 ) . |
| 14 | Most importantly it is also a positive response to the constant stream of enquiries we get from researchers , readers and users of the library as a whole . |
| 15 | A two and a half hour flight from Heathrow or Gatwick will take you to Faro and from there it is just a brief drive to one of Europe 's best established resorts : Vale do Lobo , a 1,000-acre estate with outstanding sporting and recreational facilities . |
| 16 | Yet it is often a hidden disability , which isolates both the people who suffer from it and their families . |
| 17 | Few prosecutions are currently brought under section 2 , yet it is potentially a strong weapon against coercive behaviour . |
| 18 | Yet it is still an indispensable kind of analysis , since there is normally a very wide gap between , on the one hand , general history and the associated general history of particular arts , and , on the other hand , individual studies . |
| 19 | It was unaccounted for in The Future of an Illusion , and yet it is more a basic and fundamental source of religion than are illusory and delusory beliefs . |