Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] is [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , even in 1991 there is little real evidence of such planning by governments and industry . |
| 2 | Look instead for a degree of suppleness in the fabric and the extent to which the colours alter their intensity when viewed from different angles ; the more readily they submit to subtle changes in the direction of the light source , the more likely it is that good quality silk has been used . |
| 3 | The greater the distance , social , geographical and occupational , between those who are supposed to work together , the more likely it is that unhelpful stereotypes will flourish and that there will be fundamental misconceptions about others ' roles and functions . |
| 4 | Treatment : The sooner treatment for a squint is started , the more likely it is that binocular vision will develop , which will then push the eyes to move together . |
| 5 | The only one is that constant crying is usually ‘ self-limiting ’ — that is , it stops by itself after running its course ; usually after no more than three to four months . |
| 6 | The topic of cataloguing and catalogues may not be an exciting one to many of you , yet in the context of this seminar and the concerns of research library provision for the 1990s there is some special pleading to do on their behalf . |
| 7 | Although des Forges and Harber recorded Sparrowhawks as probably regular winter visitors until 1961 there is little satisfactory evidence of this more recently . |
| 8 | This absence is all the more surprising given that it is these very questions which have dominated much of Marxist cultural theory over the past thirty years . |
| 9 | No , you know you know as you 're going down the corridor before you get to the doors to go down the next set of stairs , I mean in O S D , the last one is er for the P C that does all the man er you know all the duties and things like that , and in his office there 's a great big board with all the vehicles on , and the key 's hung up at the end and who 's got 'em out , and the bottom one is that green van , because he went up and picked 'em up , when I was there . |
| 10 | Well in a way it 's not surprising that none of this got done , if you reflect how common it is that poetic plans do n't get fulfilled . |
| 11 | Oh yeah , you 'd , some people would go for some very awkward colours , er green , which is a terrible colour , blue which is another awkward colour , I mean I even get people today asking for blue lamps for their bedrooms , erm I 'm sure they ca n't read in bed at that rate er , erm , it 's an awful colour to use erm and er I suppose |
| 12 | This makes very good sense , for in the wild there is much less food available during the winter , and the plants which can be found are less nutritious in winter than in summer . |