Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] is [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some say it is just the Asian way . |
| 2 | … These circumstances create what is perhaps the administrative dilemma . |
| 3 | But it does secure what is surely the central and most important point , by removing the possibility of unintended consequences for the libraries . |
| 4 | ‘ In the space of a couple of days local politicians have succeeded in dashing the hopes of thousands of anglers , and I feel it is just the thin end of the wedge . |
| 5 | The attraction of this option is that it would neatly sidestep what is now the main stumbling block to the road , American public opinion . |
| 6 | In general , the wider ( and often cheaper ) choice of credit types which is opened up by monthly-paid bank accounts seems to us to be , on its own , a big enough advantage to outweigh what is really the temporary awkwardness of change to a new set of habits . |
| 7 | Frenchman Clement Ader 's bird-winged Eole may have been the first aircraft to take off under its own power ( a 20 hp steam engine ) in 1890 , but never really flew , lacking natural stability and any control system — though Ader did invent what is still the French word for an aeroplane : avion . |
| 8 | Since 1977 , when I first published what is still the only British book on the subject ( Modern First Editions : Their Value to Collectors ) , collectors have become more and more attracted to contemporary writers ; in this latest edition I list 281 twentieth century authors in whom there is currently the most interest , 115 of whom are alive and well and regularly producing new offerings which the hopelessly dedicated completists are obliged to add to their earlier rarities . |