Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [adv] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This is hardly an average reaction to the piece , but the despairing Eliot was using Stravinsky 's music to underpin his own endeavours in The Waste Land . |
| 32 | But this is hardly an effective safeguard : how much serious consideration can be given by a Minister absent from his office , engaged in pressing matters of state ? |
| 33 | This is hardly an optimistic conclusion either , since the problem remains of how such equality is to be created if not by elected government itself . |
| 34 | There are many , often very large areas , that are publicly owned and of great value to wildlife but these sites are not primarily managed for wildlife , although this is often an important consideration and some suffer considerable disturbance . |
| 35 | This is often an unintentional form of steering which happens when the sail is not at the correct angle to the wind — the section of the sail next to the mast does not fill with wind and the driving force acts from a couple of feet farther back . |
| 36 | This is really an essential part of the trial and sometimes may even result in two different driving systems being offered ; the problem may equally be solved by gradually opening up fuller access to the unit , in that way reconciling the two different kinds of need within a single driving system . |
| 37 | This is really an extreme form of the distinction made in 2 above . |
| 38 | If , after the aeons , what looks like progress towards some distant goal seems , with hindsight , to have been achieved , this is always an incidental consequence of many generations of short-term selection . |
| 39 | This is always an enjoyable afternoon comprising open movement sessions , followed by regional displays . |
| 40 | This is quite an elegant cake on a theme popular with children — other pond life could be included if you wish , such as goldfish or tadpoles . |
| 41 | Because this is quite an important distinction to make . |
| 42 | erm This is quite an interesting cartoon , and really has no connection with either St Aldate 's or Oxford , erm but it was actually published in 1642 , and it shows the two sides , the Roundheads and the Cavaliers , and what I think is interesting about it is that it does seem to be quite objective , it does n't seem to be particularly getting at one side or the other , which is very rare for the kind of erm cartoons that were later issued during the war . |
| 43 | This is quite an energetic section of the walk with steep slopes covered in beautiful maritime heaths . |
| 44 | This is never an easy matter and the mere attendance of students at a meeting can create the impression of real involvement when this is a long way from reality . |
| 45 | This is juridically an unsatisfactory explanation for those States where treaties do not form part of domestic law unless incorporated by legislation . |
| 46 | This is still an unbalanced sharing since spoken language drives the interaction between deaf and hearing ; but it is a beginning . |
| 47 | While I accept that this is still an open question in the minds of many local farmers , I thought the article should have been more explicit about the scientific consensus on this point . |
| 48 | In the past , this derived from the massive government R&D programmes which addressed the demanding requirements of nuclear power , and this is still an important part of AEA 's inheritance . |
| 49 | This is currently an unresolved debate . |
| 50 | This is basically an industrial tool built for professional use , and the build quality is superb . |
| 51 | In relation to the PIC situation , it was felt that this is now an appropriate time to review the overall outcome of the introduction of this package . |
| 52 | This is now an integral part of SCOTVEC procedures and the colleges concerned intend to offer two routes to the HNC — one via the HN Units and one via MCI Units . |
| 53 | Perhaps this is now an old-fashioned view ; but posterity can judge what is good music-making and what are merely the trends of a particular time . |
| 54 | While not doubting the pharmacological dimension to drug-addiction , it is nevertheless true to say that in many cases this is only an external consequence of an existing internal dependency which is just as addictive , even though repressed . |
| 55 | Of course this is only an analytical convenience , but it will simplify much of the discussion and will help lay bare the inner workings of the market in the complex world of production . |
| 56 | This is essentially an intelligent guess about what is happening , but in a form that can be tested . |
| 57 | This is essentially an opportunistic stance as distinct from an opportunity developing one . |
| 58 | I suggest — this is merely an illustrative explanation — that we are here dealing with a cyclical phenomenon . |
| 59 | But it should be remembered that this is merely an early indication growth . |
| 60 | It is true that sometimes he does attack innate ideas ; but this is merely an indirect strategy . |