Example sentences of "it is essentially a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is essentially a melodic instrument and , though holding-notes in music of light calibre are charming in effect ( especially from or thereabouts with the exception — save in the hands of first-class players — of C ) it can not efface itself sufficiently to carry out the menial task of ‘ filling in notes of the harmony ’ in block writing . |
| 2 | It is essentially a private event without witnesses and often survivors feel implicated in some way . |
| 3 | They enjoy painting for its own sake , and although adult interest provides encouragement , it is essentially a private activity . |
| 4 | Size is not the main criterion , however , as has been shown by Winterton , the buildings of which occupy a large area , with no apparent country house ; it is essentially a working establishment with enough barns to suggest grain as one of its main products . |
| 5 | It is essentially a simple notion — that we take turns to speak — but explicating it is difficult , as there is an intricate system of rules governing the sequences of sentences we use ( eg which types of question constrain which kinds of answer and the contexts in which they occur ( eg the factors which permit unexpected sequences , such as when Hello is followed immediately by Goodbye , or Goodbye is allowed to precede Hello ) . |
| 6 | The doctrine of the Trinity ‘ is not an immediate utterance concerning the Christian self-consciousness , but only a combination of several such utterances ’ ; that is , it serves to combine and hold together the different affirmations of the Christian consciousness concerning God the Father , Jesus , and the Holy Spirit , but it is essentially a theological construction which has its place in theology but should not be taken as expressing the truth about God . |
| 7 | It is essentially a technical rather than a moral problem . |
| 8 | But in the end , higher education is a matter of what goes on in the mind of the individual ; it is essentially a personal affair . |
| 9 | It is essentially a wholesale deposit market with most deposits in excess of $1m . |
| 10 | It is essentially a Pauline concept . |
| 11 | So it is essentially a fixed price ? |
| 12 | it is essentially a nomadic principle , remaining deeply resented and problematic to most dominant , sedentary political systems and their law enforcers . |
| 13 | It is essentially a perceptual characteristic of speech . |
| 14 | It is essentially a graphical interactive version of reorder . |
| 15 | It is essentially a natural phenomenon that can be seen in any sort of complex physical activity , and the only important matter is to remember the restriction , specific to English , on voicing assimilation mentioned above . |
| 16 | It is essentially a non-authoritarian mode of travel . |
| 17 | Although hypothermia can happen accidentally , it is essentially an insidious condition that can happen over several hours , the victim becoming sleepier and sleepier in this time and not realising that he or she is freezing to death . |
| 18 | But it is essentially an inter-generational struggle between a father who has magical powers and a son who is usurping them . |
| 19 | Actually , for all the film 's surface modernity , sexual frankness and jaundiced eye , it is essentially an old-fashioned movie about an innocent coming from the sticks to the big city and not finding the sidewalks paved with gold . |
| 20 | In its undigested state , this voluminous competitor information , 90 per cent of which is publicly available , may be vaguely interesting and occasionally intriguing , but however glittering it is essentially an unusable and potentially dangerous resource . |