Example sentences of "[is] essentially a " in BNC.

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1 On the down-side of this variety is the fact that ‘ Broken ’ does n't hang together that well as a whole package , probably because it 's essentially a compilation of unreleased tracks from the last year 's studio experiments .
2 It 's essentially a low-power version of the R4000 being developed by NEC Corp which will operate at less than 2W at 80MHz , but deliver up to 10 times the performance of competing low-cost personal computers and notebook-sized systems , the firm claims .
3 So , it 's essentially a straight wire with workstations at intervals along its length , and terminators at either end .
4 He 's essentially a 50-wickets-a-season man , always suggesting he will take more .
5 I suppose there are liberal overtones in it but it 's essentially a nationalist revolt .
6 So you are essentially assuming that there 's no skill in football pools , that it 's essentially a random process and sometimes some teams win and sometimes they do n't , but there 's no overall skill in it .
7 In fact that 's essentially a worth-while sort of .
8 Anyways it kept sort of almost conventional and now it 's essentially A four .
9 They bring anxiety about venues and dates into what is essentially a calm and anxiety-free activity .
10 The modern pub is essentially a Victorian creation .
11 it is essentially a nomadic principle , remaining deeply resented and problematic to most dominant , sedentary political systems and their law enforcers .
12 A philosophical theory is essentially a reflection on a practice , and the first-person perspective expresses engagement in the practice : to apply the theory first-personally is to confuse levels .
13 Arguing for what he believes to be the right way of reading Derrida , Norris makes what is essentially a forensic case .
14 This is essentially a crafts-and design-based exhibition that does not attempt to give a European or transatlantic overview .
15 ‘ Ritual , ’ Eliot wrote in 1923 , ‘ consisting of a set of repeated movements , is essentially a dance . ’
16 In recent years there has been considerable discussion of the role of the Sovereign in the eventuality of a hung Parliament , such as that of 1929–31 , and the general conclusion has been that her role is essentially a passive one .
17 aid is essentially a substitute for saving and … a large fraction of foreign capital is used to increase consumption rather than investment .
18 The moral opposition to boxing in the late twentieth century , which is essentially a continuation of an old Nonconformist hostility bolstered by science , is weakened by the popularity of men like Henry Cooper : 'Enry , the Londoner , the decent , gentle bruiser , who almost knocked out one of the greatest heavyweights of all time , but now prospers as a TV celebrity playing golf for charity or advertising deodorants .
19 The M2 , or Alligator as it is known in West German service , is a vehicle the size of an average forty-five-seater passenger coach , and is essentially a self-propelled bridging pontoon .
20 They argue from time to time , they get tired and cross and let stress get the better of them , like any other couple , but the union is essentially a happy one .
21 For all its popularity , TCS is essentially a shoe-string operation with an annual government input of £12million and an equal contribution from industry .
22 For all its popularity , TCS is essentially a shoe-string operation with an annual government input of £12million and an equal contribution from industry .
23 It will be available after 1997 and is essentially a travel document whose validity has been questioned by a number of countries .
24 It is essentially a non-authoritarian mode of travel .
25 It is essentially a Pauline concept .
26 A thesaurus ( see Chapter 9 ) is essentially a database in its own right , with each word constituting a record , cross-referenced to other records or terms through a series of relationships which can be broad , narrow or related ( e.g. ‘ metal ’ is a narrower term of ‘ inorganic ’ , but it is a broad term of ‘ iron ’ .
27 It is essentially a private event without witnesses and often survivors feel implicated in some way .
28 His approach is essentially a gene-centred as opposed to an organism-centred one ( see p. 30 ) .
29 But both are slight — 171 pages for Mary , 205 for Jella — and Dea Birkett is essentially a journalist rather than a literary stylist .
30 Multimedia is essentially a by-product of CD-ROM ( Compact Disk Read Only Memory ) , invented in 1985 by Philips and Sony .
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