Example sentences of "is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early stages of the rise of Venice arc obscure and ill-documented ; but when it comes into the light of day it is ruled already by a duke or doge popularly elected , yet normally chosen from , and dependent on , the great families of the Rialto , the chief island of the archipelago on which Venice is crazily and romantically constructed . |
| 2 | Unfortunately everyone else will be doing the same thing and if one end is blatantly favoured then it is likely to be crowded . |
| 3 | From the results of medical evidence it is blatantly obvious that lead in the atmosphere must be reduced . |
| 4 | According to its remit from the 1986 Agriculture Act , MAFF is supposed to balance the needs of conservation with agriculture , which it is blatantly not doing . |
| 5 | In I Love Lucy ( currently viewable on Channel 4 on Friday afternoons ) , the heroine 's living room is blatantly a theatrical set . |
| 6 | Restricting property assessments to just eight bands with a top level of , in effect , £320,000 is blatantly in favour of those privileged , wealthy occupiers whose homes have a value of anything between £650,000 to £20 million — and that includes many staunch Tory supporters . |
| 7 | Also , since some children in care are placed at home on trial , this explanation is blatantly false . |
| 8 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs and at last somebody out there has the common sense to recognise that fact too : the new Unix Reseller Show , set for May 4 to 6 in Dallas , is blatantly promoting itself with the slogan ‘ How To Make Money With Unix ’ ; if that does n't bring the punters piling in , nothing will . |
| 9 | The new Unix Reseller Show , set for May 4–6 in Dallas , is blatantly promoting itself with the slogan ‘ How To Make Money With Unix . ’ |
| 10 | This is blatantly untrue . |
| 11 | The other place I 've been to is Thailand , where prostitution is blatantly up-front and hard to avoid . |
| 12 | It is blatantly obvious here that Mitch has been taken in by Blanche 's deception . |
| 13 | Ironically , the linguistic difference ( in markedness ) between the terms is emphasized at the same time as their functional equivalence — with the milder signifying the stronger — is blatantly evident . |
| 14 | Any reasonably informed participant will know that B 's utterance is blatantly false . |
| 15 | The controlling group is blatantly guilty of deserting its proper role , the Government of our district . |
| 16 | The fact that he is blatantly innocent makes what the police do to him one hundred times worse . |
| 17 | It 's all a load of bull shit basically , it seems , it seems that the para 's were certainly under fire , with nobody knows and erm , it does , the only thing that is blatantly clear , all these lying transferred by the para 's and they were like dragging them away and stuff and the only , there 's only one member that 's had any thing to do with the I R A that they can find out about , that 's one so at least nine were n't firing definitely , erm , three may of done or may not of done so it looks like the only thing that basic the same is looks like at least nine were innocent , you know its all right for |
| 18 | ‘ Tho ’ I was young Thomas Chatterton to those I met , I was a very Proteus to those who read my Works ' : Chatterton 's story is mostly told by himself , and with a felicity of cadence and of reference which can be caught in the sentence I have just quoted . |
| 19 | Although it is mostly made up of perennial plants which will come up fresh in spring , there are one or two evergreen shrubs added for structure : an upright rosemary and a couple of spiky yuccas . |
| 20 | Cable which has a large reserve of strength is mostly used so that a weak-link device of some kind safeguards the structure on a fast launch in gusty conditions . |
| 21 | The rake is mostly Mk 3A and Mk B ( 1985 Pullman ) coaches . |
| 22 | The stock is mostly refurbished InterCity Mk1 vehicles . |
| 23 | The impact on MB Group 's balance sheet of acquiring sizeable goodwill in both ABS and Caradon is mostly offset by the issue of $150m US preferred stock and a handy £80m revaluation of its CMB stake to leave pro forma gearing at 24 per cent . |
| 24 | Egypt 's ageing fleet of 12 submarines is mostly composed of Chinese and Soviet-made Romeo-class vessels . |
| 25 | Wengen 's skiing is extensive , but for piste skiers is mostly easy ; Murren is very limited , with one spectacular descent from the famous Schilthorn ; Zermatt has something for everyone and lots for experts , but to reach its full potential needs better snow than it often receives ; Saas Fee has an excellent glacier , but again needs abundant snow to provide much more than that — in particular , to satisfy better skiers . |
| 26 | In the Engadin , Diavolezza is mostly open with new snow , Celerina has 15cm lower and 50cm upper slopes , Corvatsch ( 15-70cm with skiing to the valley ) . |
| 27 | The County is mostly served by the Southern Electricity Board . |
| 28 | Somalia is mostly desert , and three-quarters of its 6m people are nomads , living from a mixture of camels ' milk and fierce raids on other clans . |
| 29 | Borrowing looks an odd route to a ‘ balanced ’ budget , but it is mostly within the letter of the law . |
| 30 | The dithering charge is mostly unfair . |