Example sentences of "is [adv] [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luminescence is rarely more than 1% efficient and thus of comparatively low intensity . |
| 2 | Because the phase windings are situated on separate stator teeth in the single-stack motor , the mutual inductance is small and the error introduced in neglecting its torque contribution when several phases are excited is rarely more than 10% . |
| 3 | It is only rarely that places become the heroes of operas , yet such is the case of Peter Grimes . |
| 4 | The Created God can have existence only in the minds of men , for it is only there that things without material substance can exist , and are therefore spiritual . |
| 5 | It is only now that men and women are beginning to realize that representative institutions are not necessarily guardians of freedom but can themselves become engines of tyranny . |
| 6 | However , it is only now that Richard Thompson has uncovered what appears to be the engram for a specific memory . |
| 7 | For it is only now that reason returns to me : she 's putting it on , you know she can do it . |
| 8 | It is only then that schools can explore whether there are any patterns to pupils ' absence . |
| 9 | It is only recently that Elizabeth and Helen have had the benefit of a full-time manager whose job is to provide support , supervision and leadership to staff working in their home . |
| 10 | ‘ It is only recently that Robert Gordon 's University has opened up the field for people to do courses like this without having to leave home for long periods . ’ |
| 11 | It is only recently that feminists have come to realise how many other changes are needed if women are to share power with men and have recognised that the gender order must change , with men undertaking ‘ women 's work ’ as much as women entering the men 's public domain . |
| 12 | That is so even though B's 40 cwt. may not have been subdivided or allocated as between the separate contracts by which he bought them , Karlshamns Oliefabriker v. Eastport Navigation Corporation , The Elafi ( 1982 Q.B. ) . |
| 13 | This is so even though results determination is weighted in the deserving candidate 's favour : extra marks are automatically allocated to those with a good aggregate score who are just below the pass mark in one or two papers . |
| 14 | In this case it is perhaps best if hill-walkers and climbers took John Allen 's advice on approaching the sport with the right attitude . |
| 15 | David is better off but Susie is worse off . |
| 16 | In either case Susie is better off and David no worse off . |
| 17 | It is not just that things could be other than they are — it is that they must be . |
| 18 | Finally , it is not just that women are invisible , but that gender itself is . |
| 19 | It is not just that beetles and mice are pests ( we might have said the same of ladybirds and the pursuit of wildfowl ) , but rather that the relative similarity of the larger mammals to ourselves materially affects our thinking and is reflected in our instinctive responses . |
| 20 | Within Spanish art itself , on the other hand , the line is almost too simple : Goya was intensely aware of Velázquez , Picasso of both , but for Gironella the problem is not just that Picasso could be seen to have inserted himself into the next place in the sequence but that as a Mexican an unequivocal position in any such art-historical lineage is utterly unattainable . |
| 21 | It is not just that politicians speak with forked tongues . |
| 22 | Perhaps this debate wo n't be as lively and er as controversial as the one that er we arranged to have on the question of insider dealing but it is an important matter because auditing as I said , is not just as assistance to companies but it is a reassurance to the general public and the public at the moment are in need of grave reassurance that the insur that the er the financial services industry as well as industry generally , is being properly looked after and for these reasons er although we support er the orders before er the house tonight , we have no hesitation at all in ensuring that they are debated properly than not something that should simply go through on the nod . |
| 23 | That is not just because inflation is raging less fiercely than it was in the early 1980s , but also because of improvements in the way the labour market works . |
| 24 | It is not simply that cases of public library censorship appear to be on the increase ( although there is no substantial evidence to confirm this ) , but that the question of determining what is and is not censorship can be so time-consuming . |
| 25 | But it is not simply that women are notable by their absence . |
| 26 | Moreover , that assumption was to some extent reinforced by the official ideology of The Green Book : it is not simply that parties were forbidden and elections arranged in such a way that people had no policy grounds for voting one way or another . |
| 27 | It is not simply that comparisons and choices have to be made ; for computers can sometimes do that . |
| 28 | It is not simply because Mr Murdoch interferes with editorial policy , which he does , but because his staff , from the moment they are employed , know what is expected of them . |
| 29 | Comparatively short but broad leaf is not longer than 2ins ( 5cms ) . |
| 30 | From a herb border to a complete herb garden is not a very long step , and once the initial interest has been started with the planting of single plants here and there in the garden , it is not long before friends are giving one new species , other varieties are discovered at garden centres , and catalogues are found to list even more . |