Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun] is [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TV is a post-war medium — and commercial TV is less than 40 years old in Europe — while cinema advertising required the stimulus of TV to bring it alive . |
| 2 | Much , though not all , of the Earth 's tectonic , volcanic and seismic activity is directly or indirectly associated with movement between neighbouring plates . |
| 3 | However , those who operate the law are well aware that it will only be respected to the extent that it conforms with public opinion : the reason why journalists and broadcasters are not prosecuted much more often for undoubted infringements of the letter of the laws of contempt and official secrecy is simply that the authorities are well aware that up-to-the-hilt enforcement of these vague laws would bring the law into further disrepute , and precipitate precisely the sort of clash between government and the press that it has been the British genius to avoid , whenever possible , by cosy arrangements . |
| 4 | In fact , one of the reasons God is so concerned that we do not involve ourselves in premarital and extramarital relations is so that we will never feel we are competing against the skill and ability of another lover . |
| 5 | Virtual reality is currently virtually nothing like reality and more like the confusion you get if you 've drunk heavily on antibiotics , but Interactive Video is here and it works . |