Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [to-vb] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is this sort of intensive monitoring which we think and know acts as a guarantee to our customers , that we are doing all that is possible to avoid a further outbreak of this er parasite . |
| 2 | My aim in this article is to show that given a relevance theoretic approach to utterance interpretation , it is possible to develop a better understanding of what some of these so-called apposition markers indicate . |
| 3 | At the beginning of the chapter I list four commonly cited functions ; it is possible to construct a longer list : Lee ( 1958 ) , for example , proposes ten . |
| 4 | It is unlikely that any component of the nervous system carries out exactly the same computation as the zero-crossing detector described in the previous paragraph but it is possible to make a simpler device that works very much like a zero-crossing detector . |
| 5 | By analysing these factors and by determining a profile of the work-force , it is possible to gain a better idea of how many staff will move and who these staff are likely to be . |
| 6 | Although there is possibly a small fault in the first well , the overall similarity between the sonic and gamma ray logs suggests that succession in each well is similar , and using a combination of log and core data it is possible to recognise a lower unit of carbonate mudstones and an upper unit of oolitic and pelletoidal grainstones ( Fig. 19 ) . |
| 7 | Its San Jose , California-based developer , Software Systems Inc , has now decided that the time is right to provide a lower cost version , which runs on Silicon Graphics Inc workstations . |
| 8 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that not only has the Conservative party demonstrated that it is willing to spend a greater proportion of gross national product , but , by continuing to expand our economy , we have surpassed the Labour party bid at the 1987 election — when it said that it would increase spending on the national health service by 3 per cent . |
| 9 | In explaining its operation , it is easier to describe a simpler arrangement that would actually be used in practice . |
| 10 | Excuse the paper … it 's easier to write a longer letter on foolscap paper ! |
| 11 | Moreover , the common law is likely to take a stricter approach when dealing with terms in the second category than when considering those in the first . |
| 12 | The report concludes that London is likely to experience a longer hangover from the late 1980s boom than the rest of the country ; economists ' forecasts that new jobs in the capital during the 1990s will only grow by 48,000 ( 4.9% ) means that there will still be a lot of space available , and office tenants should be the beneficiaries . |
| 13 | A county court action is likely to provide a quicker hearing and one which is more convenient to the parties than a High Court hearing . |
| 14 | This is likely to provide a further obstacle to clear and stable objectives for rail transport . |
| 15 | I think that agency care by its nature is likely to be more impersonal , is likely to involve a greater turnover of staff and would be considerably less satisfactory for Paul . |
| 16 | While the current sail seems ideal for light airs , it might be worth considering a flatter , non-overlapping jib which is likely to maintain a better shape across a wider wind band , |
| 17 | A curriculum-based report is likely to have a greater chance of success because it shows benefits to pupils , the teachers and the school librarian i.e. the whole school . |
| 18 | Mr claims for a five year replacement cycle , but I consider the vehicle is likely to have a lower mileage than is usual and that the replacement cycle should be one of eight years . |
| 19 | If they know the performance is to be recorded , their practice of a roleplay situation has , a real purpose and their performance is likely to have a sharper edge to it . |
| 20 | There is scarcely any corporate-bond market in Japan , because issuing costs are too high ; but if new rules bring those costs down and the market revives , it is likely to have a wider range of yields than before . |
| 21 | Because radon is denser than air the lower floor is likely to have a higher concentration of radon ; on average bedrooms have 65 per cent of the concentration of living rooms . |
| 22 | The application of QALY theory would result in old people having less chance of cardiac surgery than younger people for two main reasons : firstly , the operation is likely to have a higher mortality and morbidity for older people ; secondly , older people have in general a shorter life expectancy and therefore fewer life years to gain from the operation . |
| 23 | Women are generally smaller then men but even if a man and a woman are the same height and weight , the woman is likely to have a smaller proportion of muscle . |
| 24 | It is hard to imagine a greater contrast between two rock types than that between obsidian , a natural volcanic glass which will shatter at a blow into razor-sharp splinters , and pumice , a rock so light and frothy that it will float on water . |
| 25 | ‘ It is hard to imagine a finer production , ’ says Charles Spencer of Shaw 's Pygmalion at the National Theatre |
| 26 | It is hard to imagine a finer production of Shaw 's most enjoyable play , and it is surely destined to become one of the National Theatre 's greatest successes . |
| 27 | There was an obvious theme to the programme that week , but the following show we had Norman Tebbit , John Cleese and Julio Iglesias — and it 's hard to imagine a stranger mixture of people . |
| 28 | At certain times , banks may decide that it is prudent to hold a bigger proportion of liquid assets . |
| 29 | With new exams approaching , it is timely to take a longer view of what the pass standard entails and of how students might be helped to attain it . |
| 30 | It is important to take a wider view of social policy development relating it to economic policy . |