Example sentences of "is already " in BNC.

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1 In one of the new stories a ‘ recluse ’ , formerly a womaniser , says : ‘ One step away from God and one is already in the dominion of Satan and hell .
2 This is already true at the level of the institutions of law .
3 As though now I know it will get done it is already in the past .
4 AN EC working document on food hygiene , leaked before it had reached its consultation form , is already being criticised , for being too weak .
5 The winner , 20-year-old Benedicte Demange , is already second chef in the Michelin -starred Les Abesses in Epinal .
6 Somehow working with a young cast in Dublin has brought out the best in Parker as a director to create the film that is already being talked about as the best rock movie in years .
7 By not considering this as a possibility , the pilot gives himself little or no hope of a safe landing , especially if the alternative is a very low 360° turn and he is already flying rather slowly .
8 Then he gets low and is already in a state of anxiety which tends to make him make poor judgements .
9 Pilots should be encouraged to make an assessment during the final turn of how much airbrake they will need as they start to straighten up for the final approach , instead of waiting until the turn is completed at which point it is already too late .
10 At 15,000 feet , no enthusiastic pilot who is already suffering from the effects of lack of oxygen will be able to make the sensible decision to leave strong lift .
11 Flowers at her door , good God , it 's less than nine in the morning … but she , of course , is already here .
12 Not , the constructivist argues , by the enrichment of perceptual input ( in any case the evidence tells us that this is already rich ) : only through action itself .
13 He impatiently plants a swift kiss on my cheek and … and is already gone .
14 To develop the pecs fully it is necessary to be aware of how much development there is already , and whether that development is well balanced .
15 If all the claims of timber merchants and suppliers are to be believed , most tropical timber sold in Britain is already produced on a sustainable basis .
16 A sign at our local church is in oak , with gold lettering , but the latter is already fading after three years .
17 This can be of particular significance if the chosen music is already combined with words , either sung or spoken .
18 ‘ What if it is beginning already , what if my punishment is already beginning ?
19 It is to steal his own clothes , and by the time he comes to Sonya to confess , the Napoleonic idea is already crumbling into wanting to dare or something even vaguer .
20 ‘ The critical current calculated is already higher than the critical current first reported for the high-temperature superconducting materials based on copper-oxide compounds , ’ says George Gruner , director of UCLA 's Solid State Science Centre .
21 Afghan and diplomatic sources said that the Soviets would provide 2,000 more trucks and fuel tankers , but General Hakim admitted that the real problem will be fuel , which is already in short supply in Kabul .
22 This begs the question why the Democrats and the White House are staging such a divisive quarrel , at a time when agreement on a deficit-cutting budget for 1990 is already overdue ( the nominal deadline passed yesterday ) .
23 With one round still to play in the Interpolis tournament in Tilburg , Holland , he is already sure of first place .
24 A half-point increase in West German interest rates is already more than discounted ; a one-point rise may still force a base rate increase on a reluctant Chancellor .
25 Eurotunnel , which is already in default of its credit agreement with the banks , has in effect been given until the end of the year to settle its differences with the contractors to permit ‘ a viable financing strategy to be put in place ’ .
26 Eurotunnel , which is already in default of its credit agreement with the synidcate of 200 banks , is seeking an extra £1.2bn to £1.6bn on top of the £6bn raised so far .
27 Rupert Murdoch 's TV Guide could be in the strongest position , to scoop a lion 's share of the market , since it is already established , listing all satellite channels and as much as it is allowed in the way of BBC and ITV previews .
28 The cost of running the car is already , in many families , the biggest item of household expenditure , after food and housing .
29 The deal , which would give British Airways a 15 per cent share in United , is already threatened by new US government restrictions on foreign ownership of American carriers .
30 ‘ He knows he could not find an independent panel anywhere in Britain which would accept it is right to make an offer which is less than the rate of inflation to people who work in a service which is already underpaid and understaffed . ’
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