Example sentences of "[adj] is [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Jencks 's argument makes clear is that inheritance theories are only of practical value when the inherited characteristic is specified , together with the way in which it actually operates to produce criminal behaviour . |
| 2 | What does seem clear is that Nu was one of the hardliners : he was suspicious of the British Government 's intentions , particularly with regard to keeping the Frontier Areas apart on ‘ Divide and Rule ’ lines . |
| 3 | In all these projects , what has become clear is that software configuration control is essential . |
| 4 | However , what is clear is that agriculture in many parts of the developing world is extremely vulnerable to even a slight worsening of conditions ( Parry , 1990 ) . |
| 5 | What is now becoming clear is that clozapine produces a build up of dopamine in different receptors from other neuroleptics , and this gives a strong indication that another neurochemical abnormality underlies at least some symptoms of the disorder . |
| 6 | Whether annexation was a long-term aim in Japan is debatable ; what is clear is that Japanese believed that their nation 's security necessitated a hold on power in Korea of a kind which could only be achieved by colonial status . |
| 7 | There is no room here for a highly technical debate about language , but what is clear is that Christianity can not possibly associate any view of God with what we would normally conceive a person to be . |
| 8 | What is clear is that business managers are pulled in many directions and that they must and do make choices among alternative objectives ’ . |
| 9 | if nothing for the fact that the message that is coming home loud and clear is this request for clarification , the advent of certainty , one way or another . |
| 10 | So clear is this conclusion to my mind that , notwithstanding anything which has been said in other cases , I would be very slow to concede that the word ‘ appropriates ’ in section 1(1) is in its context ambiguous . |
| 11 | The 810 is remarkable value — especially when you consider the unit 's compact dimensions , workhorse robustness , and industry-standard 102-key keyboard . |
| 12 | This is agricultural land leased to a local farmer and is out of bounds . ’ |
| 13 | This is snap shooting at its best . |
| 14 | This is chronic sinusitis . |
| 15 | Thank you very much Mr for your comment this is Wain reporting for news at six . |
| 16 | Ken later said : ‘ I said , ‘ This is ludicrous Kenneth . |
| 17 | The main exception to this is glandular fever , which is viral . |
| 18 | This is uncomfortable listening , especially when coupled with Johnson 's own determinedly ‘ spoken ’ singing . |
| 19 | This is rural England , Miss Williams , not the depths of downtown Chicago ! |
| 20 | But it has been countered that the main aim is to improve quality of provision , to get better value for the money spent — and that the key to this is better management of schools . |
| 21 | This is n't just customer care : this is better margins and hard profit . |
| 22 | This is better news , but I suggest that the utmost vigilance will still be needed by teachers and associations such as NARE and UKRA to ensure that assessment and testing are not allowed to exercise a deleterious effect on schools . |
| 23 | This is amazing mum ! to play games ! |
| 24 | Compared with the proposed establishing of a separate feature of ‘ extra pitch height ’ ( which is explained more fully in 18.1 ) , this is unnecessary duplication . |
| 25 | In this size there can be little double that this is Victorian parasol handle , despite its right-angled form . |
| 26 | ‘ This is second division rugby . |
| 27 | This is nearer realization than it was in the late 1980s if only because the practice and principles of GRIDS , together with further movements towards total self-evaluation , have removed some of each party 's defensiveness . |
| 28 | This is 1990s Britain 's worst nightmare , according to scientists who have launched a unique investigation of the terrors that wake us in a cold sweat . |
| 29 | ‘ This is terrible news ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Juliette , this is terrible news . ’ |