Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , as stated above , the ability to accommodate properly is often inadequate , imprecise or totally lacking in the visually impaired child . |
| 2 | The stump she sits on is as dead as she is blind . |
| 3 | In order to answer such causal questions , careful observation of what goes on is simply not sufficient . |
| 4 | However , once up there the temptation to carry on is too strong , so choose a day early in the summer if you have no will-power to stave off the seduction of the tops . |
| 5 | A common complaint from people who have not been taught properly is often : ‘ I could get the sail up alright and sail a little , but I could n't turn round and come back . ’ |
| 6 | The type of household lived in is better considered a consequence of the stage they have reached in their life course than of their age per se ( Dale 1987 ) . |
| 7 | Eating sensibly is vitally important for health , and good health will help you enjoy life to the full . |
| 8 | The potential of graphs to communicate effectively is consequently being undermined . |
| 9 | Methodologically , Coffield suggests that explanations must move from individualistic psychological ones to collectivistic , sociological ones ( how economic explanations fit in is somewhat unclear ) ; politically he suggests that a minimum income must be the answer . |
| 10 | The first assumption listed above is inevitably arbitrary and is conservative . |
| 11 | A polite refusal to comment further is far better than a panic reply . |
| 12 | The argument that a ban will drive ivory trading underground is plainly absurd , since up to 90 per cent of all ivory currently in trade has come from elephants illegally slaughtered by poachers . |
| 13 | Moreover , a point to be considered later is particularly relevant here . |
| 14 | Where the body finishes up is neither here nor there . ’ |
| 15 | Bearing in mind that it takes approximately 12 weeks from planting to flowering , it is possible to grow bulbs of many species and varieties to flower at the same time for a spectacular display , and also plant for a succession of flowers if potting up is carefully timed . |
| 16 | Helgersen is blunt in her conclusion : ‘ What business needs now is exactly what women are able to provide . ’ |
| 17 | Throughout the training , landing out is usually treated as such a serious misdemeanour that the inexperienced pilot is often influenced into trying desperately hard to get back if he either inadvertently drifts away from the site or gets lost during a local soaring flight . |
| 18 | How or why the interchange of decorative elements was carried out is more difficult to understand ; the moulds for casting the brooches may have been made with models constituting separate elements of the decoration of the brooches , or entirely remodelled each time a brooch was made , with variations . |
| 19 | That this order was sometimes carried out is now confirmed in The Secret Hunters by Anthony Kemp ( 1986 ) , where it is revealed that on Operation Loyton , to quote one example , captured S.A.S. soldiers were shot in the locality of Moussey , between Luneville and Strasbourg . |
| 20 | Also , the responsibility for ensuring that such planting is actually carried out is now a binding part of the clearance contract , as is the application of initial fertiliser to ensure the success of newly sown legumes . |
| 21 | But we must also recognise that the assessment which British Rail has carried out is deeply inadequate . |
| 22 | How the computation of object motion from image motion is carried out is currently the subject of intense research ( Hildreth and Koch 1987 ) . |
| 23 | Frustrating action of this nature during the course of an offer or when a bid is expected imminently is severely curbed by the Code . |
| 24 | It is interesting to note that a Dellinger fade out is often followed by a magnetic field change around 48 hours later . |
| 25 | However , the example used here is originally a quote from Japanese , translated into English and used in the source text . |
| 26 | The chemistry involved here is scarcely different from ‘ normal ’ , when compared with the elaboration of ‘ secondary ’ compounds in defence . |
| 27 | Most of what I say here is now agreed upon by other scientists working in this field , though this acceptance has come only fairly recently . |
| 28 | For example , why do we not nowadays extensively see remedies causing ‘ more harm the larger the dose ’ ? after all the average dose from a tablet used today is approximately 50 times the dose of Hahnemann 's small granule . |
| 29 | What is happening here is simply that the additional real money supply is being held in speculative or ‘ idle ’ balances . |
| 30 | The first point we must consider then is simply the mechanics of making it work . |