Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [coord] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lumping British art with international modern art under the single roof of the Tate has always been anomalous and is now becoming intolerable . |
| 2 | Understanding the quantisation experiments has not been easy and is still controversial . |
| 3 | For example , he has been married and is still on very good terms with his wife ; their divorce unlocked her true potential , and she is now a part-time feminist studies lecturer at SCU . |
| 4 | As in the case of the classical neurosis , the ego remains weak and ineffectual where the issues of the conflict are concerned and is just as much at its mercy . |
| 5 | Unless any cash payment is passing which is required by the husband for the purchase of another property , a contract would appear to be unnecessary and is certainly not required if the transaction is to be carried out following a court order ( whether by consent or otherwise ) as application can always be made to the court for the terms of the order to be carried out ( see Chapter 8 ) . |
| 6 | Consent may be express but is usually implied . |
| 7 | The Summer Ale is designed to be light and is only about 3.6 per cent alcohol . |
| 8 | Where once Hammett and Chandler bestrode the world of Californian crime and corruption like colossuses , now private-eyes like Joseph Hansen 's Dave Brandstetter ( who happens to be homosexual but is otherwise completely in the classic pattern ) an Robert B. Parker 's Spenser ( who happens to work in Boston and be a gourmet cook ) work their contemporary beats in almost exactly the old way . |
| 9 | There is an increase in risk due to irradiation of the breast , but this is likely to be small and is best estimated from a woman 's age and dose of irradiation . |
| 10 | As we have seen elsewhere , the wording of statutes tends to be general and is therefore frequently ambiguous ; thus when a case revolves around what a statute actually says , judges have a good deal of discretion which they will exercise according to their view of what the law requires . |
| 11 | Brief counselling , consisting of exploration of symptoms and social difficulties , reassurance and advice , need not be time-consuming and is generally more acceptable to patients than psychotropic drugs ( Catalan et al. 1984a , b ) . |
| 12 | Virtually everyone we questioned , including Mistress Philippa , who may be plump but is very light on her feet , young and agile , could have climbed that tower . ’ |
| 13 | Pointless samples start every song ; the beat is ridiculously loud and trying to be ravey but is too cluttered and shuffling ; the addition of a backing singer adds little to Peter Hooton 's irritating foghorn voice ; the guitars are still chiming , charmless indie-dance sounds throughout ; they still look like brickies and Peter Hooton still dances like my dad . |
| 14 | The main drawback with both types is that they use special paper which can be expensive and is only available in rolls which can make storage difficult as the printer does n't produce separate pages . |
| 15 | Patterson 's account of Belfast shows characteristics of conservative rural Scots lexical distribution , much of which appears to have been residual and is now obliterated by restructuring . |
| 16 | His book is honest without being sentimental and is nicely written . |
| 17 | Putting the ‘ political kingdom ’ first has been expensive and is now self-evidently an expense which Africa can no longer afford . |
| 18 | The pursuit of this goal for all children , often at the expense of objective examination of results , has been misleading and is ultimately unacceptable . |
| 19 | The GIS is menu-based and is exceptionally user-friendly ( Pl. 10.1 ) . |
| 20 | Like it or not , there is at work a sociological aspect of this particular cultural dimension that is insidious and is probably unshakeable . |
| 21 | In a similar way , after velar consonants in words like ‘ thicken ’ , ‘ waken ’ , syllabic is possible but is also acceptable . |
| 22 | Publicity material is free and is constantly being up-dated . |
| 23 | Thus if deg unc is primitive and is also irreducible in Q[x] [ by 1.9.15 ] . |
| 24 | The hide is uncoloured and is much better than you will find in Cairo , though not as supple as Florentine work . |
| 25 | But Football League action of the kind taken against Flashman is unusual and is seldom the result of their own initiative . |
| 26 | The oral shield is large and is approximately triangular in shape . |
| 27 | The temptation to use the " substantival-adjectival " technique is great and is far too common in technical writing . |
| 28 | Generally speaking , where carbohydrate is taken in any of these forms , it is useful and is also accompanied by other nutrients . |
| 29 | Fecundity is determined by the ovulation rate ; this can also be low where feeding is poor but is also lower in young and old females , and is genetically influenced too — so always try to breed from twins or triplets . |
| 30 | It should be added that relapse is uncommon and is almost certainly less common than reinfection as a cause of reappearance of active syphilis . |