Example sentences of "[det] is [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Robyn is not sure whether this is wonderfully modern and liberated of them , or rather depraved . |
2 | Any attempt to dodge this is professionally demeaning and destructive of a trustful caring relationship with the client . |
3 | For most women this is tremendously exciting ; but it can also feel strange and not a little unnerving . |
4 | The city council leader , Graham Stringer , said : ‘ This is tremendously important for the city . |
5 | Many civilised countries now include in their domestic legislation a battery of measures intended to prevent the accumulation of money in tax havens , but with the reduction in exchange controls worldwide this is rarely successful . |
6 | They may need a good deal of support because of these conflicts , yet this is rarely available . |
7 | The blades may also be decorated , by a method known as pattern welding , although this is rarely apparent from the corroded form in which they are found ( Wilson 1976b , pp. 265–66 ; Anstee and Beik 1961 ; Hodges 1964 , p. 47ff . ) . |
8 | This is rarely possible , for chimps join in an excited melée as soon as a killing occurs . |
9 | Ideally we should include configuration interaction ( CI ) , but this is rarely possible except for small molecules . |
10 | In theory it is possible to obtain insurance against warranty liability ( e.g. Directors and officers ) but in practice the insurers are normally so demanding in the kind of confirmations they require and so restrictive as to what they will insure ( eg not taxation ) that this is rarely practicable or worthwhile . |
11 | Several substances have been implicated in cases of SBS , and modern chemical methods may detect them , even in very low concentrations ( but this is rarely cheap ! ) |
12 | Of course , you can always refer to books but this is rarely convenient if you have a piece of work to do for a deadline . |
13 | This is thoroughly enjoyable and could not be more informative . |
14 | From a Christian point of view this is thoroughly desirable . |
15 | Unlike the budget ‘ Rouge et Noir ’ series this is exclusively devoted to French repertoire and artists with names like d'Indy , Gounod , Fauré , Henry Rabaud , Debussy , Poulenc , Gabriel Pierné , Koechlin , and nearer our own time , Boulez and Messiaen . |
16 | This is continuously deteriorating . |
17 | This is nearly 200,000 more than during the same period last year , an increase of 14 per cent . |
18 | This is nearly ten times the projected output of oil wells in the Arctic . |
19 | I 'm sorry to be pedantic Diana , but this is grammatically incorrect . |
20 | At the same time there are local choirs which strive to follow slavishly the cathedral model , even where this is either unsuccessful in terms of quality or inappropriate for their congregation . |
21 | A guy like this is either good news or very bad . ’ |
22 | If someone catches a human soul or throws their spear into a human body thereby causing illness to the victim , then this is either plain bad luck or the direct result of some transgression which permits the animal/being to attack . |
23 | This is either some magic geometry of which I know nothing or it is a happy coincidence . |
24 | This is particularly dangerous because the weight and drag of the second cable may make it difficult to get the nose down . |
25 | This is particularly helpful if your school 's organisation seeks to register as a charity at a later date . |
26 | This is particularly helpful to the student at the beginning of her allocation . |
27 | The COMTEN AMIGOS software allows the user to replace two separate IBM modules , one for sequential and the other for direct reference to an indexed sequential file , by a single module that requires less space and performs the same functions ; this is particularly helpful if a single run updates sequentially but allows enquiries during the runs . |
28 | This is particularly awkward if the states form a continuum and f is smooth and the step length , k , is arbitrary . |
29 | This is particularly fortunate , because teeth have a high fossilization potential , exceeding that of other parts of the skeleton . |
30 | This is particularly noticeable in his variations for the Six fairies in The Sleeping Beauty . |