Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [is] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Appadurai ( 1986 ) provides a survey of some of the relevant literature , pointing out that in some respects commodities are not necessarily as divorced from wider cultural considerations as is often supposed .
2 For women in particular , this last effect is particularly important as , when the body is producing an excess of adrenalin , it is not capable of producing as much of the female hormones as is normally desirable .
3 It is important to note that sexual violence , including rape , has a wider range of forms than is typically reported upon in the press or recognised as a crime .
4 It would be certain that they would be usable for a far greater number of hours than is now practical with our known meteorological patterns .
5 You may suffer from having more to do in twenty-four hours than is humanly possible , or , at the other extreme , find yourself with too little interesting activity to make each day worthwhile .
6 Er on the envi environmental aspect , I think it 's worth emphasizing because clearly this is the major concern of both Scotton and er the Residents ' Association and er that the County Council has and perhaps to some extent I think it 's certainly the public consultations or the exercises I 've been involved in at this stage in a major scheme has done far more work in trying to assess those effects than is normally the case at this stage in a ma major highway scheme .
7 There are other features that may have much earlier origins than is generally believed .
8 The support of the staff and their willingness to adjust their provision and their reaction , clearly demonstrates that given the proper approach teachers are in both principle and practice more willing to review their methods and sustain alternatives than is usually acknowledged .
9 He did not see Crosland hinting at wanting to ‘ nationalize ’ or exert control over the universities , and he did not see the DES as being ‘ jealous of the universities as is sometimes suggested ’ .
10 Then women , especially married women , were less visible in the public world and were discriminated against in it in many more explicit ways than is currently the case .
11 The more fundamental point about exchange rates is that they should not be maintained at artificial levels as is certainly the case at present , when sterling has to be supported by 14 per cent interest rates .
12 These changes of pattern take place by a process which bears much more resemblance to that in areas outside public provision and within the scope of market forces than is commonly supposed .
13 As you are lying with the books under your head , bring your feet as near to your buttocks as is comfortably possible so that your knees are pointing to the ceiling .
14 We would be even more a country of two societies than is already the case , with the divide being between the employed haves and the unemployed have-nots .
15 ‘ Prospective home owners exercise more choice in the design and building phases and homes tend to incorporate more individual architecture and specifications than is generally the case in the U.K. There are correspondingly few large building contractors involved in speculative residential development .
16 However , this survey also found that women spent less time out of the labour market rearing children than is often believed .
17 And I think it 's a lot more common in men than is actually reported .
18 The University of Stirling has been validated to run SCOTVEC modules as is currently offering modules in Italian and Spanish through its Continuing Education Department .
19 If you assume that on politically sensitive issues as is normally the case the magistrates would not vote , and if you assume that the Secretaries er Secretary of State 's appointees would , as would seem entirely plausible , vote in accordance with the wishes of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of State were indeed a Conservative Secretary of State , you would in fact have er in a area where the with the with the with the substantive Labour majority , you would have a Conservative majority on the police authority and you would you have the possibility of conflict between the police police authority and the local authorities er in the area who are jointly responsible with the police authority for many aspects of er of of policing by consent .
20 They were less involved in thinly rationing existing services than is often necessary in social work and more able to concentrate help so as to provide a relatively complete service capable of achieving significant change for some people .
21 This allows a reasonable time for processing , and results in fewer lost revolutions than is normally possible .
22 Furthermore , both I and my right hon. and learned Friend have made it clear that we want more education provided locally for adults than is currently available .
23 3 Support The right of support and protection for the benefit of the Premises as is now enjoyed from all other parts of the Centre It is suggested that this right strengthens the landlord 's covenant for quiet enjoyment , and the only question is as to whether to extend it to include 'shelter " , but this is probably unnecessary .
24 Access to all health services as opposed to segregated health services as is still the case .
25 It could well be that there are many more signals operating between cells than is currently suspected .
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