Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [adj] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this is practical in a laboratory , it is ( as engineers from Rediffusion working near Hastings found out ) impractical on a wet and windy day in a trench in a field . |
| 2 | This is unnecessary in a tank with only one or two hard corals and regular water changes — or with no hard corals at all . |
| 3 | This is unsatisfactory for a number of reasons . |
| 4 | She 's adores them I do n't ha , I do n't know if this is normal for a child this age to eat Polos , but |
| 5 | This is subject to a requirement that the current owner in possession originally purchased the work : |
| 6 | Of course , this is impractical on a site with a lot of power traffic or where a rigid circuit procedure is in force . |
| 7 | Graham argued that all this is indicative of a person who has n't grown , fully grown out of his childhood worries , problems , especially the er , he has n't actually dealt with the true feelings that he had towards his father , and who instead chose to vent his rage on others and political career , which resulted in Wilson being , er well , losing some of his rationality , which led to his poor performance in er negotiating and gaining acceptance of the Treaty of after World War One . |
| 8 | This is indicative of a conclusion to a chapter . |
| 9 | This is available at a price of £1.50 , from their office c/o . |
| 10 | This is available at a price of £1.50 , inclusive of post and packaging , from their office c/o St Martin 's Church , . |
| 11 | As national income rises , some of it is spent on imports and this is equivalent to a rise in other countries ' exports . |
| 12 | The whole of a control area is referenced by the entries in a single index record , and in a sense this is equivalent to a cylinder in ISAM terms . |
| 13 | This is correct as a statement of fact , but not as an analysis of the logic behind their success . |
| 14 | This is one of a number of things which have brought English winemakers into conflict with the European Community . |
| 15 | This is one of a number of aspects of the model which originally stem from Hegel , but the model itself is not Hegelian . |
| 16 | This is one of a number of studies within the Centre examining the implementation of aspects of the ERA , under the general heading of the CHARGE ( Challenge and Response in the Government of Education ) project . |
| 17 | This is one of a group of commands that work out summaries ; others in the group are COUNT , AVERAGE , MAX , and MIN . |
| 18 | This is one of a cluster of three phosphorylated residues that , together , negatively regulate the DNA-binding potential of c-Jun in vivo . |
| 19 | This is all of a piece with the way some men assume they may stare at women , stand close to them and invade their physical space by touching . |
| 20 | This is all in a day 's work at the Fire Service Training College at Moreton-in-Marsh . |
| 21 | This is due to a variety of circumstances ranging from accessibility and remoteness of locations and their suitability for women to local legislation in some countries which prohibits the employment of women either completely or in certain types of jobs . |
| 22 | This is due to a lack of the hormone insulin , normally produced in the pancreas . |
| 23 | This is due to a lack of clarity in role definition , lack of training and inappropriate deployment of non-teaching staff . |
| 24 | This is due to a number of misguided actions , the chief of which is the yielding to a deep-seated wish on the part of some parents to prolong the babyhood stage for as long as possible . |
| 25 | In part this is due to a desire to avoid a rigidly causal account which will straitjacket capitalist societies into a single position , not allowing for their diversity and variation . |
| 26 | Perhaps this is due to a reluctance to let go of the past , and perhaps too there is a parallel in other parts of the garden with the modern revival of interest in ‘ wild ’ and ‘ natural ’ gardens and plants . |
| 27 | Much of this is due to a combination of deforestation and the use of fire for clearance , which leave the soil susceptible to erosion , especially during periods of heavy rainfall which are relatively common . |
| 28 | I 'm , in my own mind , I 'm sure this is due to a proliferation of working parties , extra committee meetings a , a , and seminars , and I personally think it 's typical of when your party get anywhere near control that there is always more talking and less action , but I do believe that we , we , we 're , we are not looking good in the eyes of the public in this overspending of our own allowances . |
| 29 | This is necessary as a result of property writedown which would have left it in breach of its £350 million net worth banking covenant . |
| 30 | This is similar to a negligence test , but in the statutory action the burden of proof is on the employer . |