Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] is [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if the situation Benjamin describes is too open , its constitutive relationships too direct and insufficiently mediated , Adorno 's net , by contrast , is so tightly drawn , its equations so perfect , its circle so complete , that any change , critique or differentiation of meaning or response is all but impossible . |
| 2 | If the guarantee or deposit is wholly or partly forfeited , or taken for the payment of fines or costs , you must repay the corresponding amount to us without delay . |
| 3 | Frequently , however , the generalisations are crude and misleading and antagonism is explicitly or implicitly present . |
| 4 | Every teenage fantasy , frustration and obsession is here as the naive youngsters exchange their drab existences for an alcohol-induced escapism . |
| 5 | Much of this complexity and unpredictability is precisely because the intersection between the material and the ideological occurs in the practices of living human beings : offenders , sentencers , employees of the penal system , politicians and members of the public . |
| 6 | I believe that the Scriptures speak of God as Father , that Christ was incarnate as a male , that he chose men to be his apostles … not because of social conditioning , but because in the order of creation headship and authority is symbolically and fundamentally associated with maleness . |
| 7 | Dounreay has apparently given AECL a quotation and AECL is now considering it . |
| 8 | Mr. Morgan : The Minister is right to say that the Department of Education and Science is formally and departmentally responsible . |
| 9 | The correlation does not hold in the case of marked themes as we shall see shortly , but , generally speaking , the distinction between theme and rheme is more or less identical to the traditional grammatical distinction between subject and predicate . |
| 10 | The Dutch may hate the congestion , the fumes and the wasted time brought by cars , but ownership is nevertheless as essential to their perception of what constitutes the quality of life as a bathroom and central heating . |
| 11 | If W > D then hawk is always the best strategy ; but if W < D hawk is best when dove is common , but dove is best when hawk is common . |
| 12 | But extinction is forever and it does n't do the world much good to save a seed for a year or two . |