Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of its rarity in oral language , it is widely assumed to be easy to read , and hence is freely introduced into children 's fiction and other early reading materials . |
| 2 | A second important barrier is that factoring is widely perceived to be expensive . |
| 3 | There can be no doubt that the way of life argument is widely felt to be relevant to the issue of primary school closure in rural areas . |
| 4 | DUFF House , near Banff , is widely recognised to be one of William Adams 's finest achievements . |
| 5 | A certain amount of attention is paid to colonialism in seeking an explanation for the political power of the bureaucracy in post-colonial states , and in particular its ‘ overdevelopment ’ in relation to other political institutions , since the role assigned to bureaucracy under colonialism is widely reckoned to be responsible for its present dominance . |
| 6 | That leaves difficult cases where an expert has reached a decision which is widely believed to be incorrect but can not be challenged . |
| 7 | It would force a return to the Roads –n Urban Areas style of road and housing layout which is widely agreed to be less than desirable – |
| 8 | The longer scheme is widely thought to be better and I should like it to be more at the centre of the proposals , as I want the environment as a whole to be at the centre . |
| 9 | For instance , did you know that on average they have increased spending on books and equipment by ninety percent and that sixty percent of schools employ at least one more teacher and many employ more classroom support staff and that morale among teachers is widely reported to be higher , even where before those teachers opposed grant maintained status . |
| 10 | Most people , indeed , are unwilling to talk of ‘ crime ’ when they discuss breach of pollution regulations : this sort of language is considered appropriate only where clearly blameworthy conduct exists — where there is a calculated breach of regulation , or where the polluting substance concerned is widely known to be dangerous and there was carelessness or recklessness in handling it . |
| 11 | One of the main reasons for the Soviet failure to undermine Latin American reliance on Western imports is that Soviet industrial machinery and equipment is widely considered to be inferior in quality to its capitalist produced counterparts . |
| 12 | In no circumstances whatsoever will there be any admission that the real basic cause of the failure is the one that is most feared to be true . |
| 13 | But if PRP substitutes for existing pay , it is rarely going to be practicable for the employer to pocket the whole of the saving , since this would imply not only a reduction in the employees ' gross pay , but also an element of risk in remuneration that had previously been assured . |
| 14 | But here he confuses the issue , for while print may well have initially encouraged authors to focus on an individual 's perception and cognition of the world , this does not mean that this technique is necessarily bound to be dominant in printed texts , for as the novel evolved , so did the concept of point of view . |
| 15 | On the other hand , Virtual Network Architecture is nicely positioned to be scalable to the wide area . |
| 16 | How else is the good reader to learn the difference between what others — critics for example — say is good , and what is personally judged to be good ? |
| 17 | The S3 graphics co-processor and its associated chipset is justly acknowledged to be more than useful for speeding up Windows graphics , offloading much of the graphics work from the CPU as it does , and the speed up with a variety of tasks under Windows and applications is very noticeable . |
| 18 | He trots around doing menial jobs under the eye of the warder , but in fact is a guerrilla leader who is merely pretending to be mad . |
| 19 | Just imagine the abuse with which they would be showered by people who would tell them : ‘ Since it is easily possible for the economy to grow at 4 , 5 , 6 per cent or any other figure you like , the public are being cheated of the growth of public expenditure which they have a right to enjoy by this niggardly Government which is only counting on being able safely to increase public expenditure at a rate of 2 to 2and1/2 ; per cent . ’ |
| 20 | No doubt there would be disagreement as to precise figures , both in absolute and percentage terms for Soviet economic growth during this period ; and the above small selection is only meant to be indicative . |
| 21 | The list above is only meant to be indicative , and to it could be added those that are difficult to categorise because of their broad nature — loss of confidence , which could occur because of any of the above risks , but is also a risk in itself , and fraud . |
| 22 | After all , the survey will have to be done at some stage and it is only going to be helpful to carry out a pilot if it tells the designer something he did not know . |
| 23 | In spite of accounting for only 0.2 per cent of a beer 's cost , this is naturally felt to be wasteful and undesirable . |
| 24 | This is perhaps intended to be ironic . |
| 25 | In this mobile environment the interpretation of sediment structures is obviously going to be complex . |
| 26 | But a Custom Blend , something that is made for you in every aspect of the product , is obviously going to be better . |
| 27 | It is a thumping big read , but at £17.99 in hardcover it is obviously going to be good as a £4.99 paperback . |
| 28 | True , John makes it look easy , but , his tackle control is so good that it is obviously going to be difficult to emulate . |
| 29 | There is obviously going to be some sort of demonstration at the Chelsea game but in what form . |
| 30 | The introduction of markets and contracts is obviously going to be fraught with problems for those patient groups who present a multiplicity of different health and social care needs . |