Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] is [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The pressures might be conveniently categorized as follows : duties , obligations , loyalties and convictions , and arguably that is the order of priority in which they should be followed .
2 The most advanced is a plan for five in the north of Scotland which will be funded by the Highlands and Islands Development Board and British Telecom .
3 Of all these pressures , perhaps the most insidious is the emphasis on standardising the curriculum to ensure that all pupils master the basic skills .
4 For most this is a consequence of them being , or aspiring to be , objective sciences incorporating , well or badly , the scientific method .
5 It 's , it 's a very simple organism , but basically what it 's there for is to ensure the future of T four genes , and this is what i it 's doing , and presumably natural selection has er selected it in such a way that it is an optimum design as far as , as far as doing this er is concerned , because it would be in competition with mutant T fours who did it in different ways , and presumably this is the kind of T four that seems to succeed .
6 For our purposes the most apposite is the description of a course of life in terms of the growth of reputation or the loss of public standing undergone by an individual as he or she meets this or that social hazard .
7 What makes Lewis 's criticism rather different is a combination of two very rare qualities .
8 Rather different is the question of the other processes between setting type and going to press .
9 Among the drawings and watercolours the most interesting is the portrait of Marie Stillman by Dante Gabriel Rossetti , which is estimated at £70–100,000 ( $125–175,000 ) .
10 What is perhaps most interesting is the reality of Frankel 's ( 1987 ) point about boundary collapse .
11 One of the most popular is The City of York bear , which comes with a certificate signed by the Lord Mayor and whose charity receives a donation for every one sold .
12 This is , hang on this is a part of Italy .
13 Unfortunately , much less friendly is the relation between systems when it comes to file transfer .
14 So strong is the spell on him , I know none who could undo it ; it draws on his own nature , and all his strength serves but to bind it tighter .
15 So strong is the activity in these discharges that it can still be measured in the sea right down the western coast of Britain , northwards round the top of Scotland , and even as far away as Scandinavia .
16 Perhaps that is a reflection of his enthusiastic , volatile nature .
17 And perhaps that is the problem with the book .
18 Perhaps that is the essence of ann-thennath .
19 Perhaps that is the fault of the examination system .
20 Perhaps that is the luxury of being on the pay-roll of a monopoly subsidised by the Government ?
21 perhaps that is the point of therapy .
22 These issues have been well raised and aired over the last few months I would like to now raise another issue that I do n't think has been publicized enough that is the issue of under-provision in old age .
23 So that is an area of er significant difference .
24 So that is the way in which files are structured .
25 So that is the position as it was agreed last time and this report really says that .
26 So that is the amount of hydrogen ions required to neutralize the char the negative charge on the anions .
27 Would they , on reading or hearing the words complained of in context , say to themselves " that is an opinion " , or " so that is the fact of the matter ? "
28 So that is the end of that ! ’
29 It is the consequence — presumably unintended — of his argument , however , that it demonstrates so irrevocably how much this is a matter of commitment and as such beyond the reach of proof .
30 So mindless is the wiring of this sensible hygienic behaviour that a drop of oleic acid on an otherwise innocuous piece of wood or even on a live bee results in the removal of the offending object .
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