Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [adj] and [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enemy is wily and therefore the more unlikely a person looks , the more likely he is to be the secret enemy . |
| 2 | Since labour is far and away the most important cost of production in the short run , a reduction in money wages will lower the marginal costs facing the representative firm which , on the assumption of marginal cost pricing , will lead to a fall in the price of output . |
| 3 | The payments on a lease will normally be lower than on a contract allowing for the purchase of the asset , although sometimes the difference is small and then a rebate is made when the term of the contract finishes and the plane is sold . |
| 4 | The infant 's eye is elastic and so a raised intra-ocular pressure causes the eyeball to enlarge . |
| 5 | Wherever you begin , you 're certain of a pleasant discovery round the next bend and a Fly-Drive package is far and away the most convenient and comfortable way to see all there is to see . |
| 6 | Technically , the inquiry is non-statutory and therefore the Church Commissioners are not bound by its recommendations , but the likelihood is that they will abide by them , as in the case of the village church of St John the Baptist in Avon Dassett . |
| 7 | And this involves both the right to decide that a breach of the law of nature has taken place , a right to decide what punishment is appropriate and also a right erm to implement this judgment . |
| 8 | But if knowledge is relative and ultimately a matter of human constructs , then such work may alter the very boundaries of our disciplines , and indeed help us to overcome the ‘ artificial ’ constraints of compartmentalized knowledge ; and the appropriate label is ‘ interdisciplinary ’ . |
| 9 | As the rotor moves forward the torque produced by the motor is negative and so the system decelerates until the rotor reaches the position 8=n/3p where the velocity is a minimum . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Furthermore , that choice is imminent and possibly no further away than the next budget . |
| 12 | In such cases the guesswork about future cash flow is well-informed and thus the risks lower . |
| 13 | Our present structure of central government is far and away the most important feature of the constitution not to emerge from the revolutionary settlement of 1688–1701 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In air , osmotic potential is almost balanced by the water potential : the turgor pressure is low and so the cells — and leaf — are rounder . |
| 17 | Since unc it appears that our assumption that there exists a smallest counterexample is untenable and so the theorem is proved . |
| 18 | The overlap here with the merchantability provision is obvious and often the two will coincide . |
| 19 | The approach to teaching and learning on this course is developmental and therefore the students in a particular year group work with the same team of tutors who cover all aspects of learning and of educational provision for young children — including the development of language and literacy . |
| 20 | This triple set holds enough gems to keep you interested , the history is fascinating and even the disasters , which must have seemed ridiculous even then , have a certain kitsch value . |
| 21 | In organizations with scarce resources political activity is inevitable and only the naive decry it . |
| 22 | Because these systems are not ‘ natural ’ their structure is complex and even the knowledge of English can prove to be unhelpful when markers represent meaning and not form . |
| 23 | But good though this record is , no system is perfect and accordingly the Church Commissioners and the Department of the Environment are now looking at ways in which the non-statutory public inquiries can be improved to become an even more effective forum for weighing all points of view in particularly difficult cases . |
| 24 | The land is ploughed and then the seed is sown , the crop sprayed , the harvest taken , and so on . |
| 25 | For example , an exponential ramp may be required for optimum acceleration , but its implementation is expensive and so the designer may compromise with a linear ramp , which is available at very low cost . |
| 26 | When the temperature of crystallization is close to the melting temperature , nucleation is sporadic and only a few large spherulites will grow . |
| 27 | 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 . |