Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is light which is to be feared . |
| 2 | You do n't realize how fond she is of you . |
| 3 | Whatever the brown one is on this |
| 4 | And then they want to build a new one where the old one is at the moment . |
| 5 | ‘ The Indians today , ’ remarks Ondegardo , ‘ never think of getting a new garment until the old one is in tatters ’ . |
| 6 | FOR THE UNEMPLOYED there is at present little consolation . |
| 7 | Frankly , having spent two days looking at how different it is for Nirvana right now — or rather , how it was six weeks ago — I found it difficult not to . |
| 8 | Since ch'i occupies the place in Chinese cosmology corresponding to matter in ours , Westerners took a long time to grasp how very different it is from what we understand by matter . |
| 9 | So we might say , Well our overall confidence is two but our relative confidence which is saying how different it is from everything else is only one . |
| 10 | Where waters are quite clear it is worth spending as much time as possible gazing from bridges , the banks or trees . |
| 11 | It 's quite nice how sensible he is in a way . |
| 12 | If the potential rewards are high it is worth pursuing , but knowing when to stop is not easy , and formalized methods of planning are not always easy to apply . |
| 13 | And it also tells me how high it is in the sky . |
| 14 | So they stand cheerfully by the carriage window revealing in loud voices the personal secrets of the wretched traveller , who winces as he realizes that he has to travel two hundred miles with a carriage full of strangers who know his family history , how prone he is to chills if he wears a damp vest , what he has to do when he arrives at his destination . |
| 15 | ‘ I would like to have seen how brave he is with players like Ron Yates and Norman Hunter about . |
| 16 | If the meme is a scientific idea , its spread will depend on how acceptable it is to the population of individual scientists ; a rough measure of its survival value could be obtained by counting the number of times it is referred to in successive years in scientific journals . |
| 17 | ‘ I should have thought anyone with a grain of sensitivity would realise how painful it is for all of us to have this all raked up again . |
| 18 | Most of the other examples cited in Bolinger 's article as adjectives capable only of sense-qualification do not seem to us to be properly so classified either ; if they are felt to be atypical it is for some other reason . |
| 19 | We must allow and support the ethnic rights of local people to use their traditional resources , however distasteful it is to our urban and Western prejudices . |
| 20 | Some teachers have objected to the scheme because , they say , it will not be clear what is to be included on the certificate . |
| 21 | Here it becomes clear what is at stake in developing a grammar which will provide acceptable criteria for distinguishing " right " from " wrong " in linguistic usage : intervention into the culture of the masses . |
| 22 | Praying that the real me is in touch with the real God . |
| 23 | ‘ Someone should teach them how to be gracious , how to accept compliments prettily , how never to wear a grey suit to a party however bored one is with designing clothes . ’ |
| 24 | A very early one is by Donald Munro , Dean of the Isles , who travelled through them and in 1594 published a " Description of the Western Isles " which is almost literally just that , with a full list of the small islands round the coast , but an edition by R. W. Munro in 1961 after a further manuscript had been found gives a description of Finlaggan , a photograph not previously published and a list of those who constituted the council of the Lords of the Isles . |
| 25 | A very early one is by Donald Munro , Dean of the Isles , who travelled through them and in 1594 published a " Description of the Western Isles " which is almost literally just that , with a full list of the small islands round the coast , but an edition by R. W. Munro in 1961 after a further manuscript had been found gives a description of Finlaggan , a photograph not previously published and a list of those who constituted the council of the Lords of the Isles . |
| 26 | They seemed to be personal constructions arising from his knowledge of Greek or Latin roots , and proving how clever he is with words . |
| 27 | Okay to say how similar it is to one thing to another . |
| 28 | The year provides students with a personal knowledge of American culture , making them aware not only of its European origins but also of how distinct it is from its parent cultures . |
| 29 | The important thing to note about this example is just how favourable it is to the general natural law case which Finnis , I take it , is at pains to defend . |
| 30 | You know as well as I do how dangerous it is for a woman alone on the roads — any pervert could pick you up ! ’ |