Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adj] and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your financial support is most welcome and The Stroke Association have produced a catalogue of useful items which are now available by mail order . |
| 2 | Indeed , as the majority of consumer " buyers " are women , a woman 's point of view is most valuable and a woman 's capacity for detail , at least in my opinion and that of many employers , is an eminently valuable asset in work where detail and exactness are essential . |
| 3 | These text handling capabilities are adequate for most uses , but the font list is rather limited and the font window does n't show you what the font looks like before you select it . |
| 4 | When Goethe , in a scene of Faust I written in Rome , evokes the travail of modern man and shows it being assuaged by the contemplation of the " silver figures of the ancient world " ( der Vorwelt silberne Gestalten ) these shapes are the ideal models of Greek man which Winckelmann had set up in his historico-aesthetic studies ; and when , in his " classical " drama Iphigenia in Tauris , Goethe 's fervent heroine is eventually victorious and the play resolves itself into a serene and harmonious close , it is the spirit of Winckelmann that triumphs . |
| 5 | It is wholly inappropriate and a slur on parents ' intelligence to imply , as your correspondent does , that coercion and possibly intimidation have played a part in achieving the present levels of support for change . |
| 6 | ‘ The retail petrol market is intensely competitive and the product very basic , ’ says Carey . |
| 7 | It 's only one and a half . |
| 8 | I play Elmo and he 's only two and a half so it means I can play like that . |
| 9 | She ca n't half talk , she 's only two and a half but aye and when she sets off that 's it . |
| 10 | Now sailing encompasses windsurfing , dinghy sailing and ocean cruising and if you 've got millions of pounds to spend you can enter the Fastnet or the Admiral 's Cup but whatever level or whatever part of sailing you want to take up , the basic techniques are best learnt in a dinghy or sail boat because it 's less expensive and a lot more simple to operate and that 's the purpose of this video to learn the most basic techniques as quickly as possible and to be at one with the wind . |
| 11 | This firm wrote — ‘ The land is eminently sited for a golf course as it is nicely undulating and the soil dry , and with care and attention should be capable of producing a first-class turf . ’ |
| 12 | The idea is highly successful and the company flourishes , but Rachel begins to wonder if it is really possible to tell the future . |
| 13 | The water maze offers a number of advantages for the study of spatial learning in that within the tank the animal is quite unconstrained as to the direction it may take , though this must be balanced against the fact that the swimming task is somewhat stressful and the animal is learning how to reach a relatively precarious goal . |
| 14 | One criticism , particularly when compared to the relational calculus , is that it is somewhat procedural and the user will need some programming experience to be able to formulate a particular request . |
| 15 | You may lose hair because of illness or a shock , and it is common to have hair loss about three months after having a baby , but this is only temporary and the hair grows back . |
| 16 | He understands that the flight is only temporary and the bird must come to rest on solid ground again at some point just as the next stanza provides a landing area for his mind . |
| 17 | In Mauritania , for instance , where only one per cent of women uses contraception , the average number of children born to a woman is only 6.25 and the number surviving is even fewer . |
| 18 | Yet in a country where the pull of the past is so strong and the future so tantalising , it is best when you are travelling to live exclusively in the present . |
| 19 | Crying apart , there are no songs of the calibre of Pretty Woman but that big dramatic voice is so overwhelming and the production so superb , that it 's a worthwhile record by any standards . |
| 20 | Now the choice is so wide and the packaging so attractive that most children are delighted . |
| 21 | The action is so smooth and the water displacement so little , hardly any evidence of a disturbed surface , even in calm conditions , remains . |
| 22 | It moves me playing it and it upsets me playing it , it 's very upsetting to play Alfie , because A he 's such a disastrous man as a person d you know you think oh god I do n't really wan na be playing this man for sixteen weeks but the part is so wonderful and the play is so rich that you ca n't help s sort of s submitting to it and putting yourself in the position of being a masochist I suppose . |
| 23 | Which which is why really at that th for the development funding they did the did n't particularly want I I P supporting because it is so structured and a lot of it is on a plate in a sense . |
| 24 | The whole subject of the relation of sea levels to Pleistocene events is so confused and the possibility of new information being obtained by the botanical study of interglacial beds so important , that it is better to leave the question open at the moment . |
| 25 | Sometimes the mental and emotional fog is so thick and the denial system so intense that this Step 1 process takes significantly longer than two weeks . |
| 26 | As a result the standard of craftsmanship to be found in some and the level of enthusiasm in all of his regular students is extremely high and the range of instruments produced expanding at the time . |
| 27 | During the off-season , French life proceeds at its most natural , inviting pace , and what is more , travel generally is less expensive and the golf courses less crowded . |
| 28 | The ground is literally parched and every blade of grass is yellow as sulphur , but independent of this the land in the interior is less rich and the fen of the country less fertile than any country I have ever traveled [ sic ] . |
| 29 | The paint quality is less seductive and the technique itself less conscious . |
| 30 | All of this means that hovering in a wind is rather easier , since the ground effect is less marked and the tail is easier to control , despite a small trim change . |