Example sentences of "is [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proliferation of fundic argyrophil endocrine cells , mainly enterochromaffin like ( ECL ) cells , is mostly under the control of gastrin in animals and in man . |
| 2 | The information in the series of guides by J. Watson Lyall which begin in 1873 is mostly about the shootings and fishings . |
| 3 | The information in the series of guides by J. Watson Lyall which begin in 1873 is mostly about the shootings and fishings . |
| 4 | Its wings were folded when the building collapsed and so the damage is mostly to the wing tips . |
| 5 | This information is mostly for the GM , but some of it can easily be fed to the PCs before an adventure . |
| 6 | The swing is mostly from the arms , with the body kept steady to maintain balance . |
| 7 | As we saw above , and Lyons would not disagree , it is mostly in the paralinguistic features that English performs this function . |
| 8 | The score is mostly in the handwriting of one or more copyists , who seem to have put it together as Purcell completed the various numbers , leaving blanks for what was not ready . |
| 9 | The construction is mostly in the interior , and I do n't think you would like that , malaria and Indians . |
| 10 | Borrowing looks an odd route to a ‘ balanced ’ budget , but it is mostly within the letter of the law . |
| 11 | The mtDNA from C.reinhardtii is strikingly unlike the plant or any other known mitochondrial genome from eukaryotes and there is little indication that C.reinhardtii and plants share a common mitochondrial ancestor ( 23 , 24 ) . |
| 12 | There is clearly an element of circularity in the argument in that it presumes that the subject-matter is properly before the tribunal , a presumption which can only be made if subject-matter is defined purely in terms of furnished tenancy itself . |
| 13 | This exercise is valuable not only to enable the draftsman to produce a set of conditions which is most to the advantage of his client ( whether his client be buyer or seller ) , but also to enable him to understand the motivation of the other side when he is in negotiation with their advisers . |
| 14 | Gone is most of the flag-waving and hysteria connected with ‘ committed art ’ . |
| 15 | Well , so it is most of the time . |
| 16 | This explains why cases do not come to court when the conditions of my comically weak description of the explicit extension of our legal conventions are met , which is most of the time . |
| 17 | He says what you can see is most of the cities not only in Holland , but the whole world and of course in England have to deal with the growing of cars and it 's not only that the car is a good thing — the car has very bad things for the city as a whole . |
| 18 | In J v C [ 1970 ] AC 668 Lord Macdermott described it as : … a process whereby , when all the relevant facts , relationships , claims and wishes of parents , risks , choices and other circumstances are taken into account and weighed , the course to be followed will be that which is most in the interests of the child 's welfare as that term has now to be understood . |
| 19 | 639 to ‘ this day ’ , that is , Adomnán 's time of writing , c . 700 , which is some time after the power of the northern Angles beyond the Forth had been shattered at Nechtanesmere in 685 , and the reference is rather to the failure of the kings of Scottish Dál Riata to regain control of Irish Dál Riata in Antrim . |
| 20 | ( The facts that Rousseau never used the phrase ‘ noble savage ’ , and that Hobbes has been widely misinterpreted are irrelevant here , since my concern is not with the conceptions that two seminal thinkers actually articulated , but is rather with the stereotyped dichotomous conceptions of human nature and human society that have come to be associated with their names . ) |
| 21 | Current educational thinking is moving away from the whole concept of labelling children by closely defined categories , and the emphasis is rather on the individual needs of children and on the shared aspects of their development and learning . |
| 22 | This is rather like the moment in Lewis 's life when he described philosophy as a subject and Barfield replied that to Plato , philosophy was not a subject but a way . |
| 23 | I think the BBC has a system of promotion which is rather like the way in which people are made prefects at school . |
| 24 | ‘ It is rather like the older generation 's fascination with the Royal Family . ’ |
| 25 | It is rather like the older generation 's fascination with the Royal Family , ’ he added . |
| 26 | Buying a second-hand board is rather like the second-hand car or computer market in that there are plenty of bargains but unless you are careful you can be ripped off . |
| 27 | It is rather like the driver who is deep in thought about a domestic crisis ; his attention is highly concentrated on personal matters , yet another part of his consciousness manages to navigate the car safely through the traffic . |
| 28 | Hypnosis is rather like the former situation ; you are aware of all that is happening but , because it feels so right and so pleasant , you allow it to happen . |
| 29 | A Christies spokesmen said yesterday : ‘ The art world is rather like the property market . |
| 30 | The sort of relationship you will be seeking to establish is rather like the one you have with good business colleagues . |