Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Yet organized religion is already as remote from Alice 's or Henry 's life as paganism or human sacrifice .
2 I find it very comforting to know the Association is there when I need help and advice . ’
3 This Brigade is probably if not the only conservative one , one of a tiny number in the country , that do n't computerize their information systems for fire safety .
4 The procedure for receiving stock is usually as follows :
5 The natural way to interpret the EPR experiment is not that it shows up the incompleteness of quantum theory but that it manifests the falsity of naive locality .
6 This lineage is morphologically and phenotypically similar to those observed immediately adjacent to other chronic gastrointestinal ulcers , for example in peptic ulcer and Crohns ' disease .
7 The recommendation is simply that it be noted and I wondered if anybody wanted to make a contribution , or ask any questions , put anything forward , on Appendix A. Councillor
8 A personal recommendation is best when you are looking for a trainer , but try your local gym , health club or leisure centre and do ask about qualifications .
9 The strength of scepticism is not that it can be argued consistently but that it can be used effectively against unwarranted dogmatism .
10 The safe breaking distance for vehicles at that speed is more than 300ft .
11 Previous research has shown that a child 's skill in recognising facial expressions of emotion is strongly and positively associated with his or her social popularity : socially isolated children tend to be less able than their more popular counterparts to recognise facial expressions of emotion .
12 Now the illusion is well and truly shattered and the only reason the share price has not plunged much further than it has is the hope that some brave soul will put the group out of its misery with a takeover .
13 When the weather has entered a relatively rain free period , but when cloud cover is moderately dense and uniform , but not too low — when the prevailing light is evenly spread over the landscape , with no parts over bright or too deep in shadow — when the wind is still or gently fitful , a magic prevails everywhere upon the Wolds , and it comes from within the chalk .
14 The other is that latent inhibition does indeed result from a loss of stimulus associability but that the mechanism responsible for this loss is not that that underlies habituation .
15 There is no classical explanation for the slowing down ; however , the rate of energy loss is exactly that expected via gravitational radiation .
16 The upper limit of normal for gastrointestinal blood loss is less than 1.0 ml/day .
17 The balance of the side is just as Bobby Robson would have wished it ; bearing in mind the need for midfield solidity , Rocastle would probably have played anyway .
18 The positive side is obviously if you go ahead with the Celebration of Election , smashing .
19 The problem with the ATTRIB command is simply that you need to replace the \ between the -h and c : \etc. by a space i.e. c : \DOS>attrib -r -s -h c : \lite\pcprobe \*; *
20 The result is not that the user of the aid hears the phone conversation , but rather that there is a loud hum which drowns out everything else .
21 The final result is just as the simple quantity theory states , except that the monetarist view explains the process by reference to a stable demand for money function and an exogenously determined money stock which is under the control of the monetary authorities .
22 If result is more than 360° , then subtract 360° .
23 The result is then that delivered prices to any buyer are always uniform across sellers , and there is no price competition .
24 If the result is less than 16,000 then go ahead and save as one complete design .
25 In order to fit the result of selecting two decimal digits ( a maximum value of 99 ) into a range of twenty storage positions , 20 is subtracted repetitively from the two digits until the result is less than 20 .
26 The inexorable logic does not , however , establish that the result is morally or socially desirable .
27 The case for taxing income as a form of local revenue is simply that it is most directly related to the capacity to pay .
28 The basic divide is over whether the future management objectives can be achieved on a voluntary basis , as at present , or whether they should be taken on by a powerful national park authority , with separate funding and planning powers .
29 The mortality after partial or total colectomy in adult patients with cirrhosis is more than 60% and portosystemic shunting or transplantation , depending on the status of the liver disease , is preferable .
30 Every teenage fantasy , frustration and obsession is here as the naive youngsters exchange their drab existences for an alcohol-induced escapism .
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