Example sentences of "is [adv] [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is only injustice when preventable suffering is allowed to persist to the point where a person would rather be dead . |
| 2 | However , cover is only present if the Liability section of the policy would have covered the Policyholder , if the roles had been reversed . |
| 3 | After the opera was over and during the pause when there is usually silence until the ballet begins , people kept on clapping all the time and shouting ‘ Bravo ’ ; now stopping , now beginning again and so on … |
| 4 | It is always news when something happens to a tram ! |
| 5 | So , despite the detailed and extensive studies of the monetarists , there is still disagreement as to whether the money supply is the prime cause of fluctuations in money incomes and prices . |
| 6 | There is still disagreement as to the extent to which the study of contemporary present-day phenomena can be a key towards understanding similar phenomena in the remote past . |
| 7 | Although there is still disagreement as to the relative significance of the various possible mechanisms of plate motion , recent assessments have indicated that the pull of descending lithospheric slabs is the predominant driving force . |
| 8 | The figure has now been recognised as a late fifteenth-century masterpiece and it has aroused some excitement in the art world , but there is still perplexity as to its author . |
| 9 | Though there is still uncertainty as to the true identity of C. purpurea ( some suspect it to be a form of C. griffithii ) , it grows differently from C. griffithii . |
| 10 | ( There is still uncertainty as to whether this clause has any practical effect on schools , because of vagueness in the wording of the amendment . |
| 11 | There is still controversy as to the ultimate origin of the tin and tungsten but Beer and Ball ( 1986 ) have shown that they are probably not derived from the sediments surrounding the granites . |
| 12 | ‘ There is still time before I am captured , ’ said the prospective bridegroom as he put the new tape into the slot and began to tap his hands against the wheel . |
| 13 | There is also disagreement as to whether the sustained kinase activity that might be necessary for LTP is located within the postsynaptic cell or not . |
| 14 | There is also speculation as to why Edwards initially accepted an offer of £10m , which subsequently turned out to be way below the market price . |
| 15 | Technology is changing our world so much that small groups of people through computers and elsewhere are able to determine vast patterns of human behaviour and so it 's gon na be a long struggle but through our struggle in Africa and your struggle here where we all want democracy but democracy 's only a process what we have to contend with is also power because ultimately it 's only when you 're able to exercise that power that you can deliver for the majority of the people . |
| 16 | Now graded VS , the final pitch is notoriously slipper when wet and suffers the further hazard of nesting seagulls . |
| 17 | Although the existence of coherent structures is well established , there is often controversy as to the most appropriate models . |
| 18 | It is well worth while practising the hand movements on the beach ( as in Figs 73 to 76 ) , since there must be no hesitation on the water . |
| 19 | You are by means obliged to cast in your lot one hundred percent with any critics-made category , though it is well worth while when your book is still an idea vaguely moving in your head to decide what sort of a book it is on the whole . |
| 20 | That expenditure is well worth while if it gets across to people the facts about what their rights really are . |
| 21 | Easily Accessible : Ford House is situated in an area of Devon known as the South Hams — ‘ Hamme ’ is old English for a ‘ sheltered place ’ — and the climate here is particularly kind as the coasts are washed by the Gulf Stream . |
| 22 | However , as discussed in Part B of this report , we found there is increasingly debate as to the overall benefits of such centralised operations ( and , indeed , of the notion of head office-based corporate planning departments per se ) . |
| 23 | The contribution of R&D is primarily technology as applied to products and processes . |
| 24 | I 'm aware that our backs are up against the wall as regards time because the response is meant to be in by Friday erm I do n't think actually that this is the the paper that Vince is presenting , although in fact , surely raises issues , I do n't think it is actually response as it stands , I think it is a paper which raises items of issues for this committee to consider , I do n't think in itself it serves as a response . |
| 25 | The third category of river or lake is never acid because of high alkalinity. pH is usually above 6 and the catchment has well buffered soils . |