Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus it is possible that a clause that did not make sufficient disclosure to preclude an action for breach of duty on the grounds of informed consent , might provide a defence as an effective exclusion clause . |
| 2 | By analogy with other Zechstein carbonate units , it is possible that an oolitic-barrier or reef complex also may have been deposited at the edge of the platform but no evidence of this has been reported so far . |
| 3 | It is clear that a reduction or increase in funding did not automatically lead to similar changes in each of the schools . |
| 4 | It is clear that a baby or a young person is able to grow anatomically and physiologically without hearing stories or reading books . |
| 5 | He is 30 and an optician as well as a professional National Hunt jockey . |
| 6 | It is ironic that a government that talks so loudly about law and order should subvert the rule of law by blandly disregarding its obligations under international treaties . |
| 7 | But it is ironic that a generation that is so impatient with the cultural adaptations of other generations has been so adept at setting up its own . |
| 8 | Advantage : the closet is larger than a pit and therefore lasts longer also it is easy to empty . |
| 9 | It is remarkable that a cell as overtly dull and structureless as the fertilized egg can give rise to such varied and complex forms . |
| 10 | That women 's seventy and a day and she 's got the body of a young girl ! |
| 11 | A research programme is better than a rival if it is more progressive , the progressive nature of a programme depending on its degree of coherence and the extent to which it has led to successful novel predictions , as discussed in Chapter 7 . |
| 12 | Other dinosaur track evidence reveals a medium-sized biped weighing about half a ton , seeming to run at 43kph , which is faster than a man but still considerably slower than a racehorse . |
| 13 | One thing you will notice at times when you are watching the barbel is the extraordinary way they flip belly-upwards to take food that is more than a foot or so off bottom . |
| 14 | A financier in the Manchester broking community said yesterday : ‘ It is more than a possibility that he will make an offer to get Knighton out of his hole . ’ |
| 15 | It is more than a coincidence that he is an excellent speech speechreader , a stimulating , well-informed person , recognized by his colleagues as a man of integrity whose opinions are respected . |
| 16 | It is more than a year since the red and white surveyors ' poles glinted above the reeds , blazing a trail for the draglines that were soon to follow . |
| 17 | However , there is more than a chance that Brewer will take over Gary 's role as captain , and Alan 's place on the blindside of the scrum . |
| 18 | Law and order in Uganda IT IS more than a decade since Kampala was one of the world 's danger capitals , when Uganda was under the sway of Idi Amin , the murderous clown now in exile in the Middle East . |
| 19 | They are prone to picking up camcorder machine and handling noise and are not very good at recording speech if the source is more than a metre or so away from the camera . |
| 20 | His glorious book is more than a history and more than a 25,000-mile travelogue , although it is also both of those . |
| 21 | ‘ We have proved conclusively that the human is more than a body and a limited intellect . |
| 22 | But the world of the mystic is more than a garden or harvest , we must become the painters and dyers of our thoughts so that our minds will become great landscapes . |
| 23 | Dealing firstly with the question of risk , it is our view that if the balance of medical evidence is that the deterioration will occur , then that is more than a risk and the appropriate course is for the Court to award damages on the basis that it is probable that the deterioration will occur . |
| 24 | But the shaper is more than a surgeon or scientist or sculptor : he does more than repair or re-form : he energizes inert matter , turning a slab of foam into a fibreglass dolphin . |
| 25 | It 's more than a month since they conjured up a victory . |
| 26 | In United States law , for example , it is unclear whether a bank that relies solely on the CKR as its collateral can perfect a security interest in the goods , or whether having perfected its interest in the CKR it has priority over bona fide purchasers of the goods or over holders of purchase money security interests in the customer-buyer 's inventory . |
| 27 | ‘ The Law Society is proud that a solicitor and member of its Council has been chosen for the important post of Chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission . |
| 28 | Therefore , the evidence supports a positive connection between volume and volatility for a particular commodity , although another commodity may have a general level of volatility that is higher and a volume that is lower . |
| 29 | Provision is made for timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes to the extent that it is probable that a liability or asset will crystallise . |
| 30 | Provision is made for timing differences between the treatment of certain items for taxation and accounting purposes , to the extent that it is probable that a liability or asset will crystallise . |