Example sentences of "[adv] is [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man who brought us hits Like Ferry Cross the Mersey and You 'll Never Walk Alone is on a nationwide tour , but stopped off just long enough to talk to Mike Rowbottom . |
| 2 | " Will " is driven by love and desire and so is like the Holy Ghost . |
| 3 | In the float it raised £50m cash , so is in a strong position to make its move . |
| 4 | The headteacher who is in the playground in the morning to greet children and parents and also there in the afternoon to see the children safely away is in a strong position to encourage casual chatter about learning , teaching and the parents ' perceptions of the school . |
| 5 | None of the three arguments mentioned above is of the strongest type , since none attacks our notion of understanding . |
| 6 | These examples show that , as in all cases , whether an adjective counts as restrictive or not depends on what exactly is in the mental focus of the speaker on any particular token occasion , and definitely not on any relation of inclusion that might exist between the meanings of the adjective and noun as type elements , such as could be found in the dictionary ( or more accurately between those parts of an external world which might be correlated with the meanings of the adjective and noun ) . |
| 7 | The class , located as it usually is in a prefabricated hut at the bottom of the school garden , is seen as inferior . |
| 8 | Still is to a certain extent . |
| 9 | Or could further research prove that the most efficient way to bowl quickly is with a Procteresque action ? |
| 10 | It almost always is on a first night , when the audience tends to be Mums , Dads , husbands , wives , lovers and friends-in-the-business . |
| 11 | There always is with the British government . |
| 12 | The latter notion has never been made very clear , but it was one much promoted by Minsky in the late 1960s ( it enormously influenced Winograd 's view of the organization of a language understanding system , for example ) ; its essence was that there need be no permanent upper node of a system , as there always is in a hierarchical system , but that different nodes at different ‘ levels ’ could take control at different times . |
| 13 | The emphasis throughout is on a practical approach concentrating on those areas where legal expertise is most likely to be required . |
| 14 | No doubt the young Englishman was unpleasant , no doubt the Italian tomcats are exceedingly shallow — but the picture that emerges most convincingly is of a sensitive Englishman parted from the country of his birth and not quite within that of his choice . |
| 15 | The air was amazingly clear , as it often is after a wet day , and as they climbed the hill which would take them back to Pinehurst they could see , far ahead , the lights of several villages and one big town . |
| 16 | C The property is sold on the footing that the permitted use thereof is as a private dwelling-house . |
| 17 | I 'VE BEEN A BLOODY FOOL — ALL I ASK NOW IS FOR A SECOND CHANCE … |
| 18 | Laity participate mainly through traditional organizations and the call now is for a new strategy based on small Christian communities . |
| 19 | Peres pledged to lead Labour in militant opposition to the ruling Likud of Itzhak Shamir , saying : " The struggle now is for a credible peace process . " |
| 20 | The talk in Moscow now is of a 21-year-old ballerina called Nadezhda Gratchova . |
| 21 | Wallace really is on a good run at the moment . |
| 22 | Appenzell really is off the beaten track . |
| 23 | Ironically , the only current movie which really is like a classic ghost story has n't been hyped as part of the fad . |
| 24 | Unlike the many country-specific shows such as those held in France , Germany , Italy and the UK , Open Forum really is after a Europe-wide audience , and hopes the quality of the conference , from both a business and a technical point of view , will attract a wide geographical spread of attendees . |
| 25 | I must have looked a little confused , for Miss Kenton then said : ‘ Mr Stevens , he really is in a poor state . |
| 26 | Dr Kingdom really is in a difficult position , you know . ’ |
| 27 | Service today is of the utmost importance . |
| 28 | Otherwise , what can be seen of Patrington today is of the 18th century or later . |
| 29 | Its sheer size , mountain locality and NE aspect mean climbing here is of a serious nature . |
| 30 | The difficulty here is of a different order . |