Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Differentiation between remission/mild and moderate disease is mostly a function of stool frequency . |
| 2 | But Bill 86 , admittedly , is mostly a bit of fine-tuning . |
| 3 | Implicit in this stance is a conception that criminal law enforcement is properly a matter of compulsion , which leads , inexorably it seems , to a conclusion that regulation has failed . |
| 4 | However , we were not keen for housing benefit to be used in place of housing support for care , which is properly the provision of income support . |
| 5 | There is rather a lot of evidence that what laymen especially valued was the propitiatory function with God of beautiful worship , with splendid chants , vestments woven by the most skilful women , and lavish expenditure of gold on the book covers seen in church and on the altar crosses . |
| 6 | Lord Hailsham accepted the contention of modern academic writers that mistake is not a defence but is rather a matter of mens rea . |
| 7 | It could be said that the We/ Us/Our form is rather a mode of self-description when the poet wishes to present his beloved and himself to the world ( as shown by Donne in the Songs and Sonnets ) , and that Shakespeare prefers to keep the relationship on an interpersonal level . |
| 8 | It 's mostly a matter of timing … but I 'll do what I can . |
| 9 | If there is no restriction on CS gas or plastic bullets ( and by November 1987 , twenty forces had been issued with plastic bullets ) , there is presumably no restriction on water cannon and live ammunition . |
| 10 | The ‘ hystery of the eye ’ is presumably a reference to Bataille 's story ‘ L'Histoire de l'oeil ’ , a story of enucleation , which is , of course in Freudian terms equivalent to castration . |
| 11 | The former is basically a source of revenue , while the latter is overwhelmingly a source of expenditure . |
| 12 | The underlying themes of Adam Smith parallel those of Lord Mansfield , even if there is rarely a coincidence in particulars . |
| 13 | all too often produce defensive or even hostile reactions : the more so because there is rarely the opportunity for teachers to discuss the points directly with the inspectors . |
| 14 | However , the job itself , as we have already noted , is rarely the cause of disenchantment with agriculture — indeed , in a decade that has seen a renewed interest in the countryside among young people and a growing desire to escape from the urban rat-race , agriculture could have much to offer . |
| 15 | I , too , think it 's rather a lot of money . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ There 's rather a lot of paperwork here , things that you should be aware of . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Then surely it 's rather a waste of time to bury yourself away on a Saturday night when you 'll have the bulk of the work to contend with tomorrow — when the club 's closed . ’ |
| 18 | Yes , it 's rather the kind of correspondence one might expect Tod Friendly to go in for : unvarying , humourless and one-way , like junk mail . |
| 19 | Not that it 's impossible — indeed , it 's rather the sort of thing Oliver might do — but I 've somehow stopped believing most of what he says . |
| 20 | Just how much they obtain there from is known only to themselves , but this could well be a final act born of an inextinguishable instinctive knowledge that there is somewhere a source of power available to the individual whereby he can supplement his capacity to face a fading future , or any other of life 's unwelcome experiences , at least with less apprehension , if not with absolute serenity . |
| 21 | This sits on top of what is effectively a bucketful of media which can be sectionalised ( usually in three sections ) to contain several different types of media — which are often as detailed above — mechanical , biological and chemical . |
| 22 | In addition , it believes Encina could have quite conceivably gone on to the ES/9000 mainframe instead of Tuxedo , but thinks IBM 's deal with USL for that technology is effectively a spoiler for Amdahl Corp 's Tuxedo TP system offering on its IBM-compatible Unix mainframes . |
| 23 | The deck and superstructure is effectively a sandwich of foam contained within two fibre reinforced plastic sheets . |
| 24 | ’ I would n't call it ‘ confiding ’ exactly , but I ca n't pretend it 's altogether a matter of indifference to me , can I ? |
| 25 | Parasitic bronchitis is predominantly a problem in areas such as northern Europe which have a mild climate , a high rainfall and abundant permanent grass . |
| 26 | It also seems that the work of the Court of Appeal is predominantly the determination of appeals involving review . |
| 27 | It is predominantly the work of P.F. Robinson , a popular architect of the time who specialized in the ‘ Picturesque ’ and could translate your dream with ease . |
| 28 | THIS CURIOUS 12″ is predominantly the work of Pogo 's sparring partner DJ Biznizz , and on ‘ Funky Rhymes … ’ the now label-less London Posse drop their only cut so far this year . |
| 29 | The London we have now is predominantly the work of developers . |
| 30 | The same section further provides that ‘ … any enactment passed or to be passed … shall be construed and have effect subject to the foregoing … ’ and since the doctrine of supremacy of Community law is arguably a part of Community law this provision appears to have the effect , so long as it remains law , of establishing the primacy of Community law , ( s.2 ( 4 ) ) . |