Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely now just months before the Cornmill is due to open is the time to ensure the town 's assets such as easy town centre car parking are in good working order . |
| 2 | What is easier to handle is information — and management information which is planned and delivered in predetermined packages should be particularly straightforward . |
| 3 | what is sad to see is that a player like tony dorigo has not yet scored a goal this season and the same for kelly — that is : our wide defenders has not ( yet ) been a threat to the opposite team — which — if i rememeber correctly — did happen a couple of seasons back with both Love-Machine Sterland and Tony getting the occasional goal . |
| 4 | Does the Prime Minister agree that although there is scope for compromise on many matters at Maastricht , the one issue on which it is impossible to compromise is the difference between those who believe that Britain could and should join in a single currency and those who believe that we should not do so at any price and that we should never even have joined the exchange rate mechanism ? |
| 5 | One simple solution which is easy to interpret is obtained by requiring that each term in the wave equation is separately zero . |
| 6 | What one is supposed to do is put a screw in each side of the head , put on calipers and hang weights off to put their head in traction . |
| 7 | but as mummy says it 's not what a respectable headmaster is supposed to do is it ? |
| 8 | If it now seems self-evident that monitoring of the global environment is necessary , indeed is even vital , the prediction of what is likely to happen is almost as important : the 170 000 people in the Maldives are understandably worried about the prospect of global sea-level change since no part of the islands is more than 2 m above present sea-level ! |
| 9 | What is likely to happen is that they will shun those centres that have a bad name or are lacking in professional infrastructure ( the two usually go together ) in favour of well-regulated , stable ones . |
| 10 | Another reason why the increase in renting is likely to continue is its relationship to land prices and availability . |
| 11 | A common situation where such an obligation of confidence is likely to arise is in subcontracting arrangements where the prime contractor supplies detailed information relating to the products which are to be built to his subcontractor . |
| 12 | The extent to which this is likely to occur is compounded when there is a wide cultural gap between those involved in the verbal exchange . |
| 13 | Whether a particular chemical reaction is likely to occur is related to the change in free energy involved . |
| 14 | It is hard to decide is n't it ? |
| 15 | Deciding that you want to go out with someone because they happen to fit into this year 's idea of what is good looking is stupid . |
| 16 | One person who is unlikely to apply is Richard Charkin of Reed , who was an unsuccessful contestant for the post George Richardson vacated in 1988 . |
| 17 | Second , the specificity of who it is safe to love is related to the ‘ me in you ’ : ‘ I love someone who reflects part of myself , sometimes a hidden or unacknowledged part of myself ; I feel good with a you who either shares my feelings , expresses them for me or helps me to defend myself against them . ’ |
| 18 | What is important to stress is that Nizan 's life and work must be seen in the context of his youth . |
| 19 | What is important to emphasise is that war is the ultimate purpose for which Soviet society is organised . |
| 20 | Something which is important to say is that the first time you have a contact with somebody and you do a piece , you 're , you 're meeting for the first time , it 's slightly awkward and you 're getting to know each other slightly , the second time you do it easier , it 's easier , and if you establish relationships with the local press , local radio and so forth , it gets easier and easier all the time , because by the time you get to know people , it 's not sort of ‘ Can I speak to somebody who does a programme about the morning whatever it is ? |
| 21 | What is important to realize is that for Yeats certainly , and I think at times for Pound also , the only alternative open was a sorry second best . |
| 22 | What is important to note is that the collaboration between Grover Jackson and Randy Rhoads in designing this guitar was both fruitful and a complete success , because between them they produced an instrument which , in Randy 's hands , has provided itself with an impressive track record . |
| 23 | What is important to note is that the proper time τ as recorded by an on-board clock would change smoothly on crossing the horizon . |
| 24 | What is important to note is that there are three main conditions which must be fulfilled to accomplish an assignment under statute : ( a ) the assignment must be absolute ; ( b ) the assignment must be in writing ; and ( c ) written notice must be given to the debtor or the supplier as appropriate . |
| 25 | However , what is important to recognise is that addiction is in the person , not just in the drug . |
| 26 | ‘ In the construction of written documents including statutes , what the court is concerned to ascertain is , not what the promulgators of the instruments meant to say , but the meaning of what they have said . ’ |
| 27 | She only has herself to talk to and all she is able to say is ‘ I would that I were dead . ’ |
| 28 | One of the more unusual activities that Twr y Felin is able to offer is what they call coasteering — climbing , scrambling and swimming around the lovely Pembrokeshire coastline . |
| 29 | The diagram presumes that which theory it is rational to hold is ( or can be ) fully determined by the findings of experience . |
| 30 | Moreover , as Descartes means it , the view that thought is essential to mind is the view that the mind ‘ always thinks , and that it has the actual perception of ideas in itself constantly , as long as it exists ’ . |