Example sentences of "is [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Answer guide : If a resource is scarce a firm may be constrained in terms of output . |
| 2 | If an issue of a government security is under-subscribed the Issue Department will purchase the remainder , which it will gradually sell to the public . |
| 3 | This encourages decisive footsteering since as one rail is depressed the other is raised . |
| 4 | There is little the High Elves can do to stop them at this point . |
| 5 | Others are not reported because of embarrassment or fear on the part of the victim ( rape , domestic assaults ) , or because he or she thinks that there is little the police can do about it ( vandalism , shoplifting ) , or that the offence is not very serious anyway , or that there is no unwilling victim ( drug abuse , soliciting , under-age sex ) . |
| 6 | There is little the four-year-old child can tell his or her parents that they do not know already , for they share the child 's world almost entirely . |
| 7 | But after four consecutive General Election defeats , is Labour a spent force ? |
| 8 | Where the climate is dry a yard , a garden or the corner of a field can become a school . |
| 9 | Now it is open and defenceless against the machetes which slash down the undergrowth for tinder. — when the tinder is dry the fires can be lit to burn off the remaining forest to make way for agriculture or ranching ( in many areas this ‘ slash and burn ’ forest clearance happens without first even removing the usable hardwood ) . |
| 10 | Make sure that the vagina is well lubricated ( if it is dry the condom may tear or come off ) . |
| 11 | If the domain of a criterion statement is broad the representativeness of assessment tasks is more difficult to arrange and criterion performance may thereby be ambivalent . |
| 12 | ‘ It is understandable the Queen should have her official correspondence paid for . |
| 13 | Fourteen to fifteen is strong no one 's got that . |
| 14 | When the solar wind is strong the magnetopause retreats to about 50 R J upwind . |
| 15 | When the demand for units is strong the management has no need to destroy units as they may be sold within a short period . |
| 16 | This cyclical fluctuation in volume is due to-the operation of the camcorder 's automatic gain control which is all the time trying to maintain a constant sound level irrespective of the natural level of the incoming signal , an effect which makes it impossible to reproduce true audio perspectives . |
| 17 | ‘ Could it be that your machine is due a jolly good clean and ‘ MOT ’ to make sure everything is in good working order before you start your Christmas rush ? ’ |
| 18 | Morris is due a benefit before too long and , despite fears in some Celtic quarters , I can not see him leaving Glamorgan . |
| 19 | Payment of the balance , as shown on the Final Invoice , is due no later than 8 weeks before departure . |
| 20 | State clearly that the account is due no later than 7 July . |
| 21 | Part of that is due no doubt to ongoing poor relations with the United States , but part may also be the result of a collapse of cultural life in Cuba today , particularly in the visual arts . |
| 22 | The claim that 's being made here is that no one 's body is at all essential to them . |
| 23 | It 's difficult as far as the alternatives are concerned , is that no alternatives , but effectively it 's about four times the cost to administer , because you can dip a hundred sheep off one of the er , packs and it 's a smaller pack . |
| 24 | Is that no , no eighty five that no eighty three , that 's right , yes , nine years . |
| 25 | Is that no good ? |
| 26 | And there 's no opting out : the price of admission to a tutorial is that every student shares in the discussion . |
| 27 | Is that every le , I 'm not talking about homework , I 'm talking about every lesson that you have as science where do they keep their books ? |
| 28 | Is that a sign of age ? |
| 29 | Is that a reason to dismiss them or their claims ? |
| 30 | So if you are in a hurry to cash your cheque you can always ask : ‘ Is that a Paul Costelloe number you are wearing ? ’ |