Example sentences of "is already a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even with that level of scrutiny , there could be little hope of containing fraud , which is already a serious drain on the EC 's coffers and on its reputation . |
| 2 | Thanks to the inherently leaky nature of the water industry , there is already a fair amount of information to go on . |
| 3 | If the angel is already a hybrid ( a human with wings ) , the Latin American angels seem to incorporate further incongruities into this composite of the human and the supernatural which hints at further , latent meanings . |
| 4 | The sky is already a clear , broad blue but it is not yet warm enough to tempt the thin mist from the fields and hedges . |
| 5 | The Company Command Post is already a hive of activity as the daily reports are being collated on a computer , ready for transmission to Battalion Headquarters . |
| 6 | The GDR is already a country member of the EC , with free access to the markets of the FRG . |
| 7 | So he is already a celebrity in island cricket . |
| 8 | The environment is already a hazy area which overlaps into a great many administrative realms . |
| 9 | But there is already a head of steam in parliament to make the proposed voluntary takeover code legally binding . |
| 10 | But all this supposes that there is already a will proved , or letters of administration granted by the Ecclesiastical Court . |
| 11 | There is already a long list of great British industries — from shipbuilding to motorcycles — which have slid into terminal decline . |
| 12 | There is already a feeling in some people 's minds that in athletics , as in so many other aspects of life , what can be done with the human body will be done , and that we might as well let them get on with it . |
| 13 | The early part of this chapter indicated that there is already a reasonable consensus that managing schools in the future will be different — equally it suggested that a simplistic ‘ chief executive , model is not universally accepted as the way forward , and that such a model is indeed a profoundly conservative one . |
| 14 | As a subversion of what is already a mock form , Leapor 's poem has its own sophistication . |
| 15 | Some people may feel that Rawls ' original position is already a description of a process of compromise , of settling for the second best . |
| 16 | The Architectural Heritage fund will be able to tell you whether there is already a local trust ( perhaps a county trust ) in existence . |
| 17 | HomeShield 50 is already a low-cost policy because it 's specially designed for mature , responsible householders who take care of their home and their possessions . |
| 18 | The name of the game , ‘ Grandmother 's Footsteps ’ is already a hint : the young and fit creeping up on the old , the halt and the lame . |
| 19 | Myers believes that soil erosion is already a problem and that at least 90 000 km 2 of land are so badly affected that they can no longer sustain crop production . |
| 20 | If the ‘ closed ’ style of management described above is already a problem in many schools , then there are a great many more where such a style might permeate the existing decision-making process once delegated budgets are in place . |
| 21 | China is already a big exporter of tungsten but it has major reserves of titanium , tin , copper . |
| 22 | But credit where it 's due : this is one of the most enjoyable recordings of anything I have heard in years , and one track in particular — Michel Camino 's wildly exhilarating Caribe , which opens the CD — is already a fair contender for my Desert Island eight , up there with and the other lands . |
| 23 | My final message to Mr Dave Ayres is to be in full receipt of his facts before passing judgement on a fellow canoeist , using sarcastic comments that only inflame what is already a sensitive situation . |
| 24 | The case for a British version of this research programme is already a powerful one on safety and traffic grounds alone . |
| 25 | An application to the bishop for permission may be met with either incomprehension or with the calm statement that there is already a church in the neighbouring parish . |
| 26 | There is already a People 's Party of Russia ( PPR ) , formed by Telman Gdlyan . |
| 27 | There is already a strong commitment to developing expert practitioners in Medway , as demonstrated by the appointment of staff development officers . |
| 28 | Consider finally how even the man of knowledge , when he compels his spirit to knowledge which is counter to the inclination of his spirit and frequently also to the desires of his heart — by saying No , that is , when he would like to affirm , love , worship — disposes as an artist in and transfigurer of cruelty ; in all taking things seriously and thoroughly indeed there is already a violation , a desire to hurt the fundamental will of the spirit , which ceaselessly strives for appearance and the superficial — in all desire to know there is already a drop of cruelty . |
| 29 | Consider finally how even the man of knowledge , when he compels his spirit to knowledge which is counter to the inclination of his spirit and frequently also to the desires of his heart — by saying No , that is , when he would like to affirm , love , worship — disposes as an artist in and transfigurer of cruelty ; in all taking things seriously and thoroughly indeed there is already a violation , a desire to hurt the fundamental will of the spirit , which ceaselessly strives for appearance and the superficial — in all desire to know there is already a drop of cruelty . |
| 30 | The game is already a best-seller in Japan . |