Example sentences of "[pron] is [conj] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The author stresses that the nature of assessment is a complex activity requiring skill and being more than the gathering of information which is but a first stage in the process . |
| 2 | These authors argue that in the ‘ brideservice societies ’ , a category encompassing the relatively egalitarian hunting and gathering peoples and those that have a mixed economy of hunting , gathering , small-scale horticulture , the association of sexuality and violence , which is but a particular type of sexual oppression , plays a central role in all political and much social action . |
| 3 | Alternatively , to avoid this people come to feel omnipotent which is but a short step from wreaking the kind of destruction that offers little hope of remaking life at work anew . |
| 4 | One is that a long tail indicates an extremely fit male : to grow such a tail and carry it around will take extra energy . |
| 5 | When it comes to flavour , the difference between a TFTA turkey and a standard one is that a traditional bird is hung for at least seven days . |
| 6 | There is though a real danger that Galway may have already played their All Ireland final , and that after their sterling endeavour against Tipperary they wo n't have sufficient left in the tank . |
| 7 | It was an unforgivable , though unintended , breach of confidence ; and it is but a small consolation to know that Herr Sussmeyer thereby gained a correspondence with a young woman which he has doubtless found extremely gratifying . |
| 8 | Once such theoretical weaknesses are identified , it is but a simple step to weaken the right as it operates in practice . |
| 9 | The march of the matriarchal society may have been stopped here in the United Kingdom , but it is but a temporary halt , a moment in time . |
| 10 | From the dependence and normal justification theses it is but a short step to the pre-emption thesis . |
| 11 | Once the state arrogates to itself the power to decide on all economic matters it is but a short step to the physical direction of labour . |
| 12 | It is but a short step , and it logically follows , from the consideration of social reality as contingency and facticity to the consideration of the painting process itself in terms of such contingency and facticity . |
| 13 | It is but a short step from this to natural selection and evolution in the laboratory . |
| 14 | It is but a short step to relate the same topographical analysis to village plans and to suggest , from their regularity and consistency , that they may also have been planned . |
| 15 | The more rules that exist , then the more likely it is that a new product or service will impinge upon or be prohibited in some way by those rules . |
| 16 | Repetition of the same or similar ground can be stopped by a gentle reminder , followed by asking why it is that a particular story or incident is so important . |
| 17 | By his intimate connection with the greatest men of the day in the medical profession , he obtained for his pupils the privilege of their teaching free of expense , and thus it is that a considerable number in the ranks of our profession are pupils of Abernethy , Astley Cooper , Charles Bell , Brodie , Faraday and Brand . |
| 18 | Grey breath in the air , snowmen on the heath , pub bores droning on about how typical it is that a few inches of snow throws the whole country into chaos when the Swiss handle metres of the stuff without missing a beat . |
| 19 | It is whether a reasonable person , looking at the vehicle , and forming a view as to its general use , would say the vehicle might well be used on the road . |
| 20 | In some degree it is and a considerable number of products have been so harmonized . |
| 21 | It is because a low tax regime is a stimulus to effort , a way of ensuring that the British economy works effectively and that people are put back to work . |
| 22 | It is because a social group 's stock of commonsensical beliefs contains contrary elements that argument , and thereby thought , is possible . |
| 23 | I du n no who , who do I m I do n't know , I d do that to s er see there is somebody that I do that quite a bit to but I ca n't remember who it is or a few people maybe . |
| 24 | ‘ T is but a simple place , but you will be comfortable and private there . ’ |
| 25 | The MAFF view given to me is that a detailed assessment in England and Wales would be extremely time consuming and costly , probably taking eight years to complete . |