Example sentences of "is [adv] [adv] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also found that , for the junctions whose phosphates do not resonate at low field , the torsional energy of the B II conformation is uniformly less stable than that of the starting structure . |
| 2 | ‘ The requirement that consideration must move from the promisee is most generally satisfied where some detriment is suffered by him : for example , where he parts with money or goods , or renders services , in exchange for the promise . |
| 3 | The exterior form is most clearly apparent when viewed from the campanile : a drawing of this view is given in Fig. 208 . |
| 4 | The canal is lined by a membrane resembling the tunica arachnoidea , and is situated above the fissure of the medulla , being separated by a medullary layer : it is most easily distinguished where the large nerves are given off in the bend of the neck and sacrum , imperceptibly terminating in the cauda equina . |
| 5 | Although the wool producers seem to have borne part of the tax costs , the substantial increase in cloth production during the war is most easily explicable if a large part of the wool tax was passed on by the exporters to the foreign buyers , while the English cloth manufacturers were able to undercut their Continental rivals ( 88 , pp.39–40 ) . |
| 6 | This person , I thought , is what a woman should look like : this figure sitting opposite me with food and drink and companions manages to represent without acquired coquetry or self-diminishing selfconsciousness the very essence of femininity , the quality bestowed in at least some measure upon mother , sister , wife , daughter , the power which in its apparent passivity is most naturally creative and dynamic , the sweetness which belongs to the rhythms of earth and moon and song and dance , the ideal which tempers the brutishness and vulgarity and wanton egotism of man as he plunders our planet , napalms distant villages , pollutes the great oceans and corrupts every healing dream that has ever been wrenched by noble minds out of the bleak absurdities of this brief and cruel existence . |
| 7 | ‘ This person , I thought , is what a woman should look like : this figure sitting opposite me with food and drink and companions manages to represent without acquired coquetry or self-diminishing self-consciousness the very essence of femininity , the quality bestowed in at least some measure upon mother , sister , wife , daughter , the power which in its apparent passivity is most naturally creative and dynamic , the sweetness which belongs to the rhythms of earth and moon and song and dance , the ideal which tempers the brutishness and vulgarity and wanton egotism of man as he plunders our planet , napalms distant villages , pollutes the great oceans and corrupts every healing dream that has ever been wrenched by noble minds out of the bleak absurdities of this brief and cruel existence . |
| 8 | This is most obviously important where there is a direct link between the degree subject and occupation . |
| 9 | It is most commonly apparent where staff are employed to provide night cover only and therefore contracted to work specific hours to provide one , two or three night 's cover per week . |
| 10 | It is most certainly true that Kenyans must decide their own future , but in this case the Kenyan president has taken a decision which does not serve his people well . |
| 11 | It is rather unexpectedly glutinous and flabby to the touch — all-in-all rather unpleasant , if it were not for the splash of vivid yellow it gives to an otherwise sombre winter hedgerow . |
| 12 | However , this is a book about the philosophy of mind rather than experimental psychology , and the main point that I want to make is rather more philosophical than psychological . |
| 13 | Martyrhood is rather more subtle and sophisticated — and therefore even more life-threatening , because it can go unrecognised . |
| 14 | Erm Roosevelt was er despite the er rather unusual route to the presidency , really rather a good president but he had a , he had a very particular view of the presidency which was one which he shared with Lincoln but he took up Lincoln 's arguments and , and developed it further and I quote from er Roosevelt 's autobiography , which is rather more revealing than most autobiographies , erm Roosevelt was n't modest I should say in case you , if you wonder when I read you something . |
| 15 | The UK practice is rather more subjective and takes into account socio-economic factors as well as absolute numbers of voters . |
| 16 | This case is rather more complex than either Dubbingtons or Hardy Hall , and you probably need to use a more structured approach within the sections . |
| 17 | However , as we shall see , the issue of black ‘ underachievement ’ in schools is rather more complex than might first appear to be the case . |
| 18 | The position is rather more complex than that . |
| 19 | The relationship between health rating and gender is rather more complex than the overall rating described above might indicate ( Figure 6.1 ) . |
| 20 | However , their pattern of usage both inside and outside ICI is rather more complex than that of , say , ethylene or benzene . |
| 21 | The relationship between disability and handicap is rather more complex as this is related to the physical environment , the availability of helpers and the kinds of social role that the individual is expected to fulfil . |
| 22 | There is certainly a marked similarity between the fossilized skulls of early lions , leopards and the cave lions , though the tiger 's is rather more dome-shaped than the rest . |
| 23 | He has also , inquiries revealed , sold rather more than the 40 or 50 paintings suggested by the Saatchi Collection spokeswoman in mid-week , and the pattern of his sales suggests that what we are seeing is rather more radical than a ‘ refinement ’ of the collection . |
| 24 | Next Saturday my Medau friend Camilla and I are each going to swim 100 lengths non-stop ( as the ‘ Medau Duo ’ ) in the national charity swimming marathon ( as you might guess , it 's called a ‘ swimathon ’ ) , so have been collecting sponsors , which is rather more arduous than doing the actual swimming . |
| 25 | ICI and Du Font are only two of the firms in the chemical industry , but their output is rather more significant than their number would suggest ! |
| 26 | The third is rather more significant and relates to the moral dimension of change . |
| 27 | The term ‘ access ’ is rather more abstract than the term ‘ resource ’ used by the IASC . |
| 28 | But this test is rather more costly and time-consuming than Gentle 's idea , and one judge felt that the variability in the way babies are normally cared for could introduce a great deal of ‘ noise ’ into the experiment . |
| 29 | Explaining the role of the education system under this model is rather more difficult than in the other two models . |
| 30 | Since positioning of a character on a video terminal screen is rather more difficult than punching a hole in a specified column of a card , and because today 's computer users are accustomed to ‘ free-format ’ input ( in which data elements are not defined by their position on an input record but are separated by commas or spaces ) , the input format demanded by SYMAP may seem inflexible and difficult . |