Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hampshire fourth division side , which is more than a million pounds in debt , have been given notice to quit their own ground . |
| 2 | A woman who learnt to dive just three years ago has found a Viking relic which is more than a thousand years old . |
| 3 | Or maybe it is simply that a second to them is a vastly longer subjective experience of time than it is to us and other creatures , possessed of a slower metabolic rate . |
| 4 | It is simply that a feature , which seemed prominent in the stereotype , may appear insignificant in the performance , and vice versa . |
| 5 | It is simply that a permissive culture which makes increasingly fewer demands on the egos and superegos of its citizens where self-restraint , postponement of gratification and drive-inhibition in general are concerned must — unless it is to dissolve in anarchy — abrogate those restraining , controlling and inhibiting functions to itself and to its agencies of social control . |
| 6 | However , if it is right that a change is as good as a rest , you should now feel rested and ready to cope with anything . |
| 7 | In general , therefore , it is best if a questionnaire does not request name unless a future follow-up is anticipated . |
| 8 | But for a handful of obvious reasons , Lewis does not draw a picture of ‘ the whole man ’ in Surprised by Joy It is partly that a natural reticence made him draw a veil over the two greatest facts of his emotional history : his relationships with his father and Mrs Moore . |
| 9 | It is here that a massive scoreboard confronts the players , the numbers changed slowly , tantalisingly , by hand . |
| 10 | It is here that a true designing system will be based and will grow from an understanding of the conceptual activities , how they are developed and controlled . |
| 11 | IT IS HERE THAT A CITY AND ITS PEOPLE POSSESSED A PART OF MY SPIRIT . |
| 12 | It is here that a city and its people possessed a part of my spirit . |
| 13 | It is here that an anthropological observing participation comes into its own , for in living with the semantics of the system the analyst has the potential to undertake a rarely used method of social research . |
| 14 | It is here that an individual anthropomorphic interpretation of each animal enters the process and overlays generalised documentation . |
| 15 | When the itching does begin it is probably because an allergic or sensitivity reaction has been set up . |
| 16 | It is probably because an episode of acute constipation had not received adequate treatment . |
| 17 | It is seldom that a week passes by without my having several letters on the same theme . |
| 18 | … it is seldom that an appeal from its decision will lie . |
| 19 | However , it is precisely because a contract is such a detached , objective way of dealing with emotional issues that it can work . |
| 20 | By implication , these models should not be used , as they often are , to evaluate different policy regimes , since it is precisely when a different policy regime is adopted that they become unreliable . |
| 21 | It is enough that a project satisfy the purpose of ‘ the advancement of knowledge in biological or behavioural sciences , ( section 5.3(d) ) , although the applicant must then justify the necessity of using animals at all ( 5.5 ) , and in specific terms if the use of larger mammals is proposed ( 5.6 ) . |
| 22 | It is then that a conflict of interests may arise . |
| 23 | It is then that a crisis of autonomy can be most nearly identified with a crisis of identity , and can be seen in many an act of teenage rebellion . |
| 24 | It is now that a man may pick the flowers and fruit of his lifetime , and complete his gardens of philosophy . |
| 25 | It is only if a strike remains in the news for a long period that anything of its history or underlying causes will emerge and then only in the ‘ quality ’ press , rarely on television or in the tabloid newspapers where most people obtain their information . |
| 26 | It must comprehend alternatives in policy , since it is only if an electoral decision can alter the actions of government that popular control can be said to be established … |
| 27 | It is only because a text formally under-determines its interpretation in context that a space is created for pragmatics . |
| 28 | There is a great need to study the context of such deserted or shrunken settlements , since it is only when a region is studied in its entirety that we can get some idea of the changes which have taken place in settlements and the settlement pattern in the area . |
| 29 | Because — you must all understand — it is only when an exchange is made that we can narrow down the area of search to concentrate our resources . |
| 30 | Perhaps what the authorities need to consider in the few months available to them is just when a decision needs to be made . |