Example sentences of "is [pron] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , there is nothing intrinsically quantum mechanical in what has been said so far . |
| 2 | The only problem for bargain hunters is that there is nothing under £24.50 on the grand wine list — but that 's a first-class Cotes du Rhone from Guigal which is ideal for midday . |
| 3 | My lords , save yourselves , there is nothing any man can do there . ’ |
| 4 | out for me and erm , when he went in on Monday , erm it was the other one the lad that actually owns it , so I was in there for about bloody half an hour and we came home with some samples and one that I quite liked it was up on the wall and he said that is my best selling Axminster that I had , and it was like , it was maybe it was a bit too busy , it was , it was greyey and it was all different other colours in it , but it was a lot of flowers on it , it was n't a traditional Axminster you see Mike loves these traditional Axminsters and he does n't really , he wo n't really entertain anything else , erm , anyway I brought that sample home and what else ? |
| 5 | You can do what I always do , which is I just sort of casually throw mine away , erm , because I just find it clutters the binder up otherwise . |
| 6 | S 69 , FA 1985 , which replaced ss 124 , 125 , CGTA 1979 , and is itself now part of the Taxation of Capital Gains Act 1992 , makes it clear that , in connection with a retirement relief claim , a disposal of business assets is a disposal of the whole or part of a business , or a disposal of one or more assets which , at the time at which a business ceased to be carried on , were in use for the purposes of that business . |
| 7 | In summary then , the method of control over businesses offering investment advice is one whereby Parliament through the Financial Services Act has delegated power to the Secretary of State who has in turn delegated most of his rule-making responsibilities to the SIB . |
| 8 | A reliable measure is one where variations which occur between one occasion of use and another are due solely to variations in the characteristic being measured . |
| 9 | This game is one where left-handedness has some advantage and considerable nuisance value so it is not surprising that as many as 18.5% of these first-class performers were left-handed . |
| 10 | An open school is one where parents are encouraged to visit and participate , where they are perceived not as a problem but more as a solution to problems . |
| 11 | The picture which emerges from this study is one where assistance between more distant kin is of relatively minor importance to the total picture ( although of course it may be very important in particular cases ) , and that whether it is likely to be significant is rather idiosyncratic and unpredictable . |
| 12 | It is therefore fair to say that , as a general rule , the courts are prepared to imply some degree of mobility into every contract of employment but this is likely to be limited unless the nature of the job or work performed by the employee is one where mobility would be recognised by both sides as being essential to the job . |
| 13 | The only exotic mysterious dance this glen will witness is one where walkers run wildly about in circles waving their arms in alarm , screaming , ‘ Get them off me ! ’ |
| 14 | A problem we commonly encounter at Joan Allen 's is one where batteries read good on the detector and on an unloaded test . |
| 15 | The Rousseau view of the child , is one where children are basically er , noble savages . |
| 16 | The Museum of the North at Beamish , for instance , is one where people provide the main interpretation on the site . |
| 17 | There is one highly rugose spine-like tentacle scale on each tentacle pore . |
| 18 | George is extremely patient with Lennie , and is there whenever Lennie needs him . |
| 19 | He always puts up with Lennie , and is there whenever Lennie is feeling ashamed or unwanted and produces his ‘ I could just go to the hills and ’ I could find a cave , and pet mice ’ speech . |
| 20 | Is there not concern that there could be inequity in the distribution of research funding to Welsh and English institutions ? |
| 21 | Is there not serenity when we meet each other high above material things ? |
| 22 | Is there much competition between people at work , or are you united in fighting external competition ? |
| 23 | There are few diamonds to be found , nor is there much cocoa ; and considering the amount of space the Pacific commands it might seem a little odd ( unless one remembers the geology ) that only a fifth of the world 's proven oil reserves are there . |
| 24 | The novel , after all , did n't arise when belief in God arose ; nor , for that matter , is there much correlation between those novelists who believed most strongly in the omniscient narrator and those who believed most strongly in the omniscient creator . |
| 25 | Is there much emphasis on training , and if so is it based on action ‘ Learn as you do ’ or the more traditional ‘ Talk and chalk ’ ? |
| 26 | Neither is there much evidence that the share of the small firm sector is falling as the Japanese economy becomes more mature : over the 1970s the share actually increased from 51 per cent to 58 per cent . |
| 27 | Nor is there much evidence that women 's attitudes towards sex changed significantly during this period . |
| 28 | Nor is there much evidence pointing to their general education as the origin of their vision and managerial skill . |
| 29 | ‘ Is there much difference in age ? ’ |
| 30 | Is there much difference between this sort of arrangement and that prevailing at Lourdes today ? |