Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [adv] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not such a problem in most other EC states which do not demand major modifications for acceptance of imported aircraft onto their registers . |
| 2 | In my judgment this is clearly such a case . |
| 3 | It is at the analysis stage that the logic of the experiment is deployed : in an important sense , this is too late a stage . |
| 4 | It is felt that this is too small a sample to give a meaningful impact weighting factor derived in this manner , since , if the rejection figure for thesis-derived papers is the same as for all papers , this would only amount to two or three papers ( 27% of 10% ) . |
| 5 | It is felt that this is too small a sample to give a meaningful impact weighting factor derived in this manner , since , if the rejection figure for thesis-derived papers is the same as for all papers , this would only amount to two or three papers ( 27% of 10% ) . |
| 6 | This is too small a number to make any claims to statistical representativeness . |
| 7 | In the past it has been thought that the fault was greed , but this is too simple a view . |
| 8 | Obviously , this is too valuable a tradition to be allowed to die out in the century that has seen more restriction of public access to land than any previous period of history , including the Enclosures . |
| 9 | This is too short a time frame to be meaningful . |
| 10 | The principle of whether features should or should not be binary ( i.e. ‘ + ’ or ‘ — ’ , ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ ) has been much argued about , but this is too big a question to go into here ( Hyman ( 1975 ) , pp. 32–3 , 55–8 ) . |
| 11 | This is too big a responsibility for us to take on our own . |
| 12 | This is too big a knife . |
| 13 | This is too big a knife . |
| 14 | So this is almost certain a virulence factor but is also very useful in differentiating pathogenic species of staphylococci from non-pathogenic species . |
| 15 | Well , this is very much a sandwich three days , because we 've got today and Sunday looking quite good , but a rather difficult and tense Saturday sort of tucked in between . |
| 16 | so this is very much a refresher course |
| 17 | We feel that this is very much a matter for the district councils in the preparation of their local plans , with their local knowledge which is something we do not have at the county level to be able to make comment on . |
| 18 | This is so broad a definition that it could include almost any building , structure , or site of archaeological interest made or occupied by man at any time . |
| 19 | Because this is so crucial a matter for consideration in RE , I discuss this example in some detail . |
| 20 | This is so fundamental a point that I will develop this in some detail . |
| 21 | This is so widespread a reason for rejecting religion , present in all strata of society and amongst all types of people , young and old , that any RE which fails to help pupils think clearly about it is seriously deficient . |
| 22 | This is so common a reaction that it warrants a section on its own , even though reference to this was made in Chapter 5 . |
| 23 | This is as narrow a view of critique as it is of musical response ( which in fact traverses the entire body , the activity of the ears being just as ‘ physical ’ as that of the dancing limbs or the sensating nerves ) . |
| 24 | ‘ This is as good a way to get to know each other of any I can think of . ’ |
| 25 | Under normal circumstances this is as fair a valuation method to both parties as can be achieved . |
| 26 | This is as faithful a reproduction as I have seen , except that I remember the ghosts being eatable for a lot longer than they are here . |
| 27 | What is remarkable is how impervious a government can be to changing public opinion when insulated from the threat of political defeat by a substantial parliamentary majority . |
| 28 | Pop 's prime mover is narcissism , always will be , and so self-pity is more crucial a pop response than altruism . |
| 29 | Admittedly , one has to stoop down to smell a low shrub , but that is not such a problem for most of us as it is to struggle through to the middle of a bed . |
| 30 | But maybe that is n't such a departure when you consider that falsetto has always been ‘ a sexual mask … the sound of a woman coming from a man … a way to demonstrate to his intended lover that he understands her fears and desires as if he were female himself ( Michael Freedburg ) . |