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

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1 Check out Ian Marshalls rating … he s down as a central defender .
2 As we saw above , and Lyons would not disagree , it is mostly in the paralinguistic features that English performs this function .
3 Current educational thinking is moving away from the whole concept of labelling children by closely defined categories , and the emphasis is rather on the individual needs of children and on the shared aspects of their development and learning .
4 PERFECT PORRIDGE This easy recipe is rather like a hot version of muesli but uses the best kind of oats , has wheatgerm as a bonus and indulgent toppings .
5 She is rather like a lyric author herself , a bit of a lyre .
6 It is rather like a Labour Party conference , without the block vote .
7 Parsley needs far more root-room than it is usually given ; the main or tap root is rather like a small carrot , and this should be allowed for .
8 The fruit is rather like a small peach , but the hull dies off towards the end of the season .
9 Two years later Julian Barnes , in Flaubert 's Parrot ( 1984 ) , entertained the same subversive point in a novel of impish erudition : the past , he suggests in his opening chapter , is rather like a greasy piglet , and anyone who tries to seize it is bound to look ridiculous .
10 Her life really was that of one of the anawim , the ‘ little ones ’ of God — and the distaste that many of us feel for her is rather like a similar distaste for Thérèse of Lisieux .
11 ‘ I 've often thought that each person is rather like a different vessel out at sea .
12 ‘ The frame is rather like a giant Mecanno set which you construct as you need to , ’ said Mr Montgomery .
13 ‘ The frame is rather like a giant Meccano set which you construct as you need to , ’ said Mr Montgomery .
14 Since the abalone is rather like a large snail in having a protruding ‘ foot ’ , it does not need to be opened in the same way as a mussel for the otter to eat it .
15 ‘ It is rather like a human Scud missile . ’
16 The first impression is rather like an American city , with the clusters of skyscrapers ( some half-built ) in the ‘ down-town area ’ , but underneath the skyscrapers there are some nice little squares and open spaces full of beautiful exotic trees and lush grass .
17 The effect is rather like an extended advertisement for Marlboro Lights .
18 It is rather like an empty filing cabinet waiting for the files to go in .
19 The scientist who proposes new interpretations or principles is rather like the fictional detective ( they may exist in reality too ) who is faced with the same evidence as the reader and the police , but sees that it forms a different pattern when seen from the right angle .
20 Hypnosis is rather like the former situation ; you are aware of all that is happening but , because it feels so right and so pleasant , you allow it to happen .
21 This is rather like the big bang at the beginning of time , only it would be an end of time for the collapsing body and the astronaut .
22 ‘ It is rather like the older generation 's fascination with the Royal Family . ’
23 It is rather like the older generation 's fascination with the Royal Family , ’ he added .
24 Buying a second-hand board is rather like the second-hand car or computer market in that there are plenty of bargains but unless you are careful you can be ripped off .
25 The collapse of a star to form a black hole is rather like the later stages of the collapse of the whole universe .
26 Our current interest is rather in the inherent feasibility of controlling management objectives by means of legal duties .
27 The Tenant shall on the making of this Agreement pay to the Landlord the sum of £ ( pounds ) as a contribution towards the legal and other professional costs incurred by the Landlord in relation to this agreement Obviously , the tenant should try to avoid paying the landlord 's costs if possible as the transaction is presumably to the equal benefit of both the landlord and the tenant .
28 We see her so with Theseus again on a near-contemporary Attic cup ( fig. 98 ) ; and it is presumably in the same role that she dominates the latest and best preserved of all archaic pediments , at the two ends of a temple on Aegina , dedicated to Aphaia , a local deity associated with Artemis rather than Athena .
29 and it 's right across the other side of Austria from us .
30 It 's right on the main road .
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