Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [det] is a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there is a need for rules which legitimate the intervention of one state in the internal affairs of another where this is a matter of urgent humanity . |
| 2 | It is clear that this is a case of stable equilibrium between society and nature . |
| 3 | Dictionary phrases defining adventure as ‘ a hazardous enterprise or performance ’ or ‘ a novel or exciting incident ’ make it clear that this is a kind of fiction offering surprise rather than confirmation , strangeness rather than familiarity . |
| 4 | Erm , the other important point I think , if by way of introduction , is in paragraph two , and that is , just to make it quite clear that this is a transfer of funding where people previously went to the Department of Social Security and claimed Income Support in order to assist them in accessing services that were provided by the voluntary and private sector . |
| 5 | If , faute-de-mieux , it has to be accepted , notice should immediately be given to the company , making it clear that this is a notice which it can not disregard in relation to any lien it may claim , and an attempt should be made to obtain information about the amount , if any , then owed to the company . |
| 6 | Although it could be assumed by some that this is a development towards a more specialized and fragmented approach it may alternatively be a foundation for a more unified approach and one which accommodates the necessity to combine understanding at the microphysiology and biochemistry ( realist ? ) level with that at the biome level which had traditionally been approached more in functional terms . |
| 7 | We have to wait patiently a little while longer yet to determine whether the new generation Alpha RISC machines have turned Digital Equipment Corp around or whether the company is pursuing the same downward curve as IBM Corp , because the company has still scarcely started shipping the machines in real numbers — but it does not make it clear whether that is a function of supply or demand . |
| 8 | It is just possible that this is a master stroke on the part of the CEGB : focus attention on a topic that really has little to do with the inspector . |
| 9 | It is possible that this is a result of the different judgment tasks that were used , certainly subjects reported finding the normality judgment a more difficult task to understand than either of the tasks from Study 2 , it is possible that it also required more attention to the films generally . |
| 10 | Erm , that that that that is a point where the discovery in itself , must have given a great deal of pleasure to a a er a number of people who 've been involved in the , in the research . |
| 11 | And when it does we make it explicit that this is a matter of choice and consent . |
| 12 | I am so convinced that this is a fact I often only half-fill the ‘ feeder so that I can cast more often and take advantage of the extra number of casts and splashes and those thirty-second deadly periods . |
| 13 | Second because this is a kind of desire inseparable from an abundance of curiosity and attention ; desire is curious , and attends in a way which renders desire itself an inappropriate word . |
| 14 | That is the reality of what er Mike said and I 'm sorry he pinched my line politics is the art of the possible and that is a message I 'm afraid that the Conservatives on this council have never adopted . |
| 15 | Now a Z score is a convenient way of encapsulating that and this is a way that we 're gon na g work out the correlation coefficient okay ? |
| 16 | Rock'n'roll was originally a revolt against straitlaced stuffy mores ( encountered in the family , at school , in the small town ) , but now it 's ‘ brainwashing media images and fantasies ’ , the very institution of pop itself , that we define ourselves against , Indiepop is fast becoming nothing but commentary on pop — The Membranes ' ‘ Death To Trad Rock ’ , Sonic/Ciccone Youth 's obsession with Madonna , Age of Chance 's ‘ Kiss ’ , Oblivion is forestalled because we are constantly made conscious that this is a reaction against . |
| 17 | Rifat Efendi gives Rajab 828/May-June 1425 for Molla Fenari 's appointment not to the Muftilik but to the kadilik of Bursa , but it seems likely that this is a slip of the pen and that he means the Muftilik inasmuch as he says that Molla Fenari went on the pilgrimage in 822/1419 before he became Mufti , an appointment he has not otherwise mentioned . |
| 18 | Once the temporary blindness passes , half the set has elapsed , but it 's pretty obvious that this is a trip that gets ever more virile with age and experience . |
| 19 | Also , we have something that is very unique and that is a design group that provides a design service at arm 's length to each of the operating companies . |
| 20 | I 've got on the tape here a song which is by Manny Fryer he used to sing in Steel Ice Band er now I know that that 's sort of very old hat , I 'm sorry , but I sort of live in the past and er this er I I believe also that these days so that er you know I can sort of justify that but this is a song that er she has sung which er reminds us that each of us has the potential to commit the crime I 'll try not to play it fast forward , let's see how we go . |
| 21 | I am sure that that is a process in which the Opposition would wish to take part . |
| 22 | I think that many parents want to think that the first parents are irrelevant , and I am sure that this is a mistake . |
| 23 | We can not be sure that this is a sign of ( p →d ) π bonding in the Si compound ; the delocalization could involve the SiH bonding or anti-bonding levels of e symmetry . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's too early to say for sure that this is a trend . |
| 25 | I am not sure if this is a case of Nature following Art , or the other way round , but the result is most satisfactory . |
| 26 | If all is relative , then protest against racism , sexism and so forth is at root an arbitrary subjective one — why should n't somebody be racist if all is a matter of mere opinion or expediency ? |
| 27 | I am not denying the truth of this feeling : to feel cold is to feel unprotected and each is a metaphor for the other state . |
| 28 | Erm that has been a matter of serious discussion here and I know with some of the local authorities , and the fact of the matter is sir that we feel that if we look at the agricultural land quality of this county , if you were to have a criteria based policy which included the requirement that strategic sites should avoid good quality agricultural land erm you have n't got a policy at all because this is a county which has mostly its territory covered by good quality agricultural land especially in those parts of this county where strategic development might be expected to actually happen . |
| 29 | Anything less than this is a measure of the extent to which the research falls short of scientific standards . |
| 30 | Excellent use is made of the text of Tom Jones , but it is now less detectable that this is a writer who has done his stint of teaching English literature at university level . |