Example sentences of "[is] [adj] and [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's mean , he 's moody and probably the coolest thing on the screen since James Dean thought , ‘ I wonder what it would look like if I pulled my collar up like this ’ . |
| 2 | The understanding of ‘ objective ’ categories is Hegelian and not the same as positivist or materialist references to ‘ objective ’ . |
| 3 | In organizations with scarce resources political activity is inevitable and only the naive decry it . |
| 4 | The overlap here with the merchantability provision is obvious and often the two will coincide . |
| 5 | But every letter is unique and even a retained copy , the equivalent of a modern carbon , does not detract from that essential quality : so that criteria are not so stern . |
| 6 | Dig the soil to the depth of a spade or fork , and clear out the rubbish as you go large stones , glass , china , bottle tops , sticks , wire , plastic and so on — at the same time mixing in a thin layer of rotted garden compost , especially if the soil is shallow and only a few cm ( in ) deep on top of chalk subsoil . |
| 7 | However the supply voltage must also be increased to maintain the phase current at its rated value when the motor is stationary and consequently a large d.c. power supply is needed . |
| 8 | Here it illustrates the point that it is the deposition of carbonate that is important and not the precise nature of the sediment . |
| 9 | We give it a drink of water when it 's thirsty and then the tiny flower begins to grow . ’ |
| 10 | When the temperature of crystallization is close to the melting temperature , nucleation is sporadic and only a few large spherulites will grow . |
| 11 | The infant 's eye is elastic and so a raised intra-ocular pressure causes the eyeball to enlarge . |
| 12 | International harmonization of competition policies is essential and probably a supranational competition authority as well . |
| 13 | The same anonymous writer who heard Spurgeon in 1884 went across the river to the City Temple but again was not complimentary : ‘ If you can forgive a bad delivery with occasional dropping of aspirates , and the incessant introduction of Gladstonian politics in connection with holy things , you will find in Dr Parker 's sermons much that is impressive and certainly a great deal that is novel . ’ |
| 14 | These accounts were entered on the official ‘ Pipe Roll ’ ; and the one survivor of these rolls from Henry I 's time , that for 1129 — 30 , is far and away the earliest royal account to survive in any European archive ; few written accounts were kept in 1130 . |
| 15 | ‘ Howard , ’ he says , ‘ I think this is far and away the subtlest , most exciting … zaniest … most realizable , wittiest , sexiest … most lovable White Paper that I have ever set eyes on . ’ |
| 16 | And believe me , being young , say between 18 and 30 , is far and away the best time to travel . |
| 17 | If there is a local one , then that is far and away the best place to go , otherwise there is no avoiding a postal order . |
| 18 | discussing the prospects of university cricket at that time wrote : ‘ The young Australian S. M. J. Woods , the present captain , is far and away the best fast bowler Cambridge has had for many years . |
| 19 | Once the connection is made ( and it must be said at this point that the parallel connection is far and away the faster of the two possibles ) a program rejoicing in the highly descriptive name of ‘ FX ’ must be run at either end of the link . |
| 20 | Today it is far and away the leading stout in Malaysia . |
| 21 | The standard molar enthalpy of formation of an element is zero and so the standard molar enthalpy of formation of oxygen need not be included in the above expression . |
| 22 | Although there still exists the notion that administration should be or is apolitical and merely a neutral tool of the government , this is palpably not so in practically all states , industrialised or less developed or ‘ socialist ’ . |
| 23 | Whether shares , commodities or vouchers are used , with any bonus scheme designed to avoid National Insurance contributions , it is essential that the payment to the employees is discretionary and not a contractual obligation . |