Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The position used to be quite clear and is well summed up in what Scott LJ had to say in the wartime case concerning the soap flakes : |
| 2 | Thus it follows that skill training is more generalised and generalisable and is better fitted to the overall role of human operators . |
| 3 | ‘ A period commencing after the effective date of insurance and in respect of which the Customer is registered in the United Kingdom with the Department of Employment ( DHSS in Northern Ireland ) as unemployed and is actively seeking Employment ’ . |
| 4 | The use of weights coupled with longer exercise periods is very demanding and is only intended for serious athletes . |
| 5 | The taste is good enough to send half a million people a year squirrelling around in the woods of northern Michigan , in search of something that is often no more than a couple of inches high and is usually hidden under a thick pile of forest-floor debris . |
| 6 | He , along with his three brothers is very lively and is always running about and making plenty of noise outside my house . |
| 7 | Verbivore focuses on writing as a form of communication : it posits a society in which writing has become outmoded and is then rediscovered , prompting a renewal of discursive modes peculiar to the novel . |
| 8 | All are en suite and are equipped with colour TV ; one with a double king-size bed is particularly luxurious and is often used as a bridal suite . |
| 9 | Lumping British art with international modern art under the single roof of the Tate has always been anomalous and is now becoming intolerable . |
| 10 | The people of England sees itself as free but is grossly mistaken , it is free only during the election of members of parliament . |
| 11 | She is , however , only two years old but is often mistaken as being older . |
| 12 | Consent may be express but is usually implied . |
| 13 | While high pay is not a myth , it is not as high as is generally supposed — but if you turn into a super advertising star , the sky 's the limit . |
| 14 | The range of organisations that can provide you with back-up is far more extensive than is generally realised . |
| 15 | It is also often unclear whether it is being claimed that the bureaucracy is truly multifunctional or is merely recruiting and socializing its own members , articulating their interests , or acting as ‘ one of the main channels of political struggle in which and through which different interests are regulated and aggregated ’ ( Eisenstadt 1963 , p. 112 ) . |
| 16 | I have outlined one possible approach to reading discourses , whether racist or antiracist , which suggests that what is going on in and between them may be more complex and contradictory than is often allowed . |
| 17 | This may require close clinical supervision but , given that supervision , is generally much less demanding and fearful than is commonly supposed . |
| 18 | The double bass , too , is more versatile than is commonly recognised ( as is the bass guitar ) . |
| 19 | Their knowledge and experience of drama will be far more wide-ranging than is commonly acknowledged . |
| 20 | This phenomenon was termed polar wandering and is now thought to arise from the movements of the continents themselves rather than from any significant shift in the location of the magnetic pole itself . |
| 21 | It may be black or green tea flavoured with jasmine flowers , is very fragrant and is always drunk without milk . |
| 22 | The chair is deliberately minimal and is essentially designed around the body to give good lumbar support and spinal relief . |
| 23 | Post-structuralist texts expose the role of language in deferring meaning and in constructing a subjectivity which is not fixed but is constantly negotiated through a whole range of forces — economic , social and political . |
| 24 | The popular culture of racism is neither so unified , nor the positions within it so fixed as is sometimes supposed . |
| 25 | Emperor Tetras are a quiet , peaceful fish and not as delicate as is sometimes thought . |
| 26 | This timber is both decorative and durable and is regularly used for high-quality work . |
| 27 | ‘ or disorderly behaviour ’ This point is not defined but it is felt that any conduct which is not orderly and is not covered by ‘ threatening , abusive , or insulting words or behaviour ’ would suffice . |
| 28 | Divorce is no longer so shameful and is popularly seen as a permissible solution to marital difficulties . |
| 29 | The town , though small , is wealthy and respectable and is much noted for the spirit and enterprise of its merchants . ’ |
| 30 | Moreover , we do not wish to give the impression that the cello and bass always work in double harness : on the contrary , they can be used independently to a quite large extent , though discretion and careful thought are very necessary in this matter , since the basses when used alone tend to sound rather dry , and if their part lies low and is far removed in pitch from the rest of the harmony it is too indeterminate in pitch to give satisfactory support unless it consists of a sustained or better ( since the bow is short ) a reiterated pedal note . |