Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] [conj] a " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | It is simply that a feature , which seemed prominent in the stereotype , may appear insignificant in the performance , and vice versa . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | In general , therefore , it is best if a questionnaire does not request name unless a future follow-up is anticipated . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | It is here that a massive scoreboard confronts the players , the numbers changed slowly , tantalisingly , by hand . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | IT IS HERE THAT A CITY AND ITS PEOPLE POSSESSED A PART OF MY SPIRIT . |
10 | It is here that a city and its people possessed a part of my spirit . |
11 | It is seldom that a week passes by without my having several letters on the same theme . |
12 | However , it is precisely because a contract is such a detached , objective way of dealing with emotional issues that it can work . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 ) . |
15 | It is then that a conflict of interests may arise . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | It is now that a man may pick the flowers and fruit of his lifetime , and complete his gardens of philosophy . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | It is only because a text formally under-determines its interpretation in context that a space is created for pragmatics . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | Perhaps what the authorities need to consider in the few months available to them is just when a decision needs to be made . |