Example sentences of "is [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , when it comes to services , consumers are quite unanimous that quality is mostly down to the staff and how they behave with customers . |
| 2 | He 's taking us from the airport to what is locally down as the Darth Vader Hotel . |
| 3 | It is all over for the present . ’ |
| 4 | The bridal bouquet is somewhat out of the ordinary , too ! |
| 5 | Fishbane 's bedroom is somewhat out of the way and near the lift , so that the ladies can be discreetly smuggled up there by Ramsbum . |
| 6 | Duty on cigarettes is up ten percent — that 's thirteen pence on a packet of twenty , but on pipe tobacco duty is only up by the rate of inflation . |
| 7 | That erm , made me laugh because he said to his secretary erm you know , I I honestly do n't think your time is she is so down in the mouth . |
| 8 | ‘ It is entirely up to the local education authority to decide what it considered to be the child 's needs , ’ the judge said . |
| 9 | Where the tail goes from there is entirely up to the driver . |
| 10 | If only one partner is Catholic , permission to marry in a non-Catholic church may be given but is entirely up to the discretion of the priest . |
| 11 | At the end of the day , how a member state organises itself is entirely up to the member state itself . |
| 12 | Layouts such as this seem to completely polarise opinion , and the decision is obviously down to the individual . |
| 13 | As well as newspapers , and for those whose literacy level is not up to the language of a newspaper , comics for adults are widely available . |
| 14 | It is not up to the villagers what programs will be organized . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , I think Miss Grenfell is right , ’ she said guardedly , ‘ my work is not up to the standard you require . ’ |
| 16 | If someone 's performance is not up to the standards set by the injunctions , no allowances are made , even if they are doing their best to cope with severe or even impossible demands . |
| 17 | This reviewer is a long-time fan of Mr Greer 's superb aviation art in the Squadron Signal series over many years ; sadly , his figure work is not up to the same very high standard . |
| 18 | It is an offence to drive when your eyesight is not up to the required standard . |
| 19 | Often , a filtration system that is not up to the job , or overstocking , or both . |
| 20 | Style analysers can give on-the-spot text analysis and tuition if your grammar is not up to the mark or your style is a little untidy . |
| 21 | If the shooting is not up to the mark , we will need to carry the consequences . ’ |
| 22 | It is no good not following those rules and then worrying when your teenager is not back at the expected time , looking nervously at the clock and twitching the curtains every time a car pulls up in your road . |
| 23 | Right now , Kendall is not back at the aristocratic Everton he knew seven years ago . |
| 24 | The ski resort as such is not down in the valley at all , would that it were ; rather , it is perched to devastatingly conspicuous effect on the side of a mountain to the west , up to which you can go either by car along a new road or by cable-car from the centre of Saint-Lary . |
| 25 | ‘ Did your husband really love you and help you ? ’ after a drink or two and ‘ How do you know he is not out with the girls where he is ? |
| 26 | In any case , repartition is not out of the question . |
| 27 | This seems to me to illustrate what I would call the ‘ Breakthrough Phenomenon ’ : the sudden discovery that something which has been assumed to be out of the question is not out of the question at all . |
| 28 | Such an agreement is not out of the question . |
| 29 | Though relegation beckons for Nottingham , victory over Northampton is not out of the question . |
| 30 | A windfall or an inheritance is not out of the question , and we could be looking at the end of March , May or October-November for a material or financial boost . |