Example sentences of "[subord] [be] [adv] [art] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The belief is unjustified because nothing that you can point to suggests that you are rather than are not a brain in a vat . |
| 2 | ‘ Prospective home owners exercise more choice in the design and building phases and homes tend to incorporate more individual architecture and specifications than is generally the case in the U.K. There are correspondingly few large building contractors involved in speculative residential development . |
| 3 | In each of the East Asian economies there is evidence to suggest that both the level of complexity and the degree of individuation of labour are less than is typically the case in a classical Weberian bureaucracy . |
| 4 | And although elite mobility is likely to decline , ‘ there is reason to believe that access to positions in the political elite will remain less restricted in character than is typically the case in the capitalist societies ’ ( Giddens 1981 , p. 242 ) . |
| 5 | The opportunities for close , long-term relationships are greater than is usually the case in a large , metropolitan , residential area . |
| 6 | The concern about declining councillor calibre embodies a bitter lament that a variety of changes have conspired to result in a situation in which there is now a less close and direct relationship between economic power , social status , and the political control of local government than was once the case in the Victorian age when local government enjoyed the leadership of businessmen and local notables . |
| 7 | Even colonies which did not have direct religious origins would have religious commitments ; Virginia had been launched in as secular-minded a mood as almost any colony but it remained firmly attached to the forms of the Church of England , though the lack of regular episcopal organization made its clergy more responsive to the wishes of their congregations than was usually the case in England . |
| 8 | Certainly , but that displacement can only occur it if is also a struggle in and for representation — specifically , the representation of the repetition as re-presentation/inversion/displacement of the norm . |
| 9 | Instead he believes priorities have to be drawn up and stuck to even if that means low-priority areas are ignored altogether as is already the case in some parts of the country . |
| 10 | The natural organic content is thus very low , the moisture reservoir non-existent and , as is invariably the case in such conditions , there is a chronic shortage of potash . |
| 11 | As is invariably the case in such matters , the only people to profit from the entire episode were the lawyers . |
| 12 | The disease appears to have a natural and selective " forgetting " mechanism , as is also the case in any major physical or emotional trauma . |
| 13 | as is probably the case in rheumatoid arthritis , then the whole process is a wasteful and destructive war . |
| 14 | It was not , I believe , as is frequently the case in love , that those qualities which initially charmed him — my vivacity , my freedom , my sense of equality with men — eventually came to irritate him . |
| 15 | Babies born to teenagers , especially those who are unmarried as is frequently the case in developed countries , and to older women with many children are often unwanted . |
| 16 | Draft agreements in the UK are not usually as one-sided as is frequently the case in the United States . |
| 17 | As far as the main professional accounting bodies are concerned , this Guidance is definitive but , as is always the case in the public sector , the Government also has a say . |
| 18 | This last texture represents the clef arrangement of the typical French five-part string ensemble , although as is always the case in Lully 's ballet scores , the parts are unlabelled . |
| 19 | However , as is often the case in wartime , women have stepped into some positions previously held by men . |
| 20 | Bars 1–4 are based on the E minor pentatonic scale : E , G , A , B , D. As is often the case in a blues style song , though the underlying chord may be major and frequently dominant ( in this case E7 : root E , major 3rd G&sharp ; , 5th B , ♭7th D ) , the melody or soloist will often make use of a flattened 3rd interval ( here a G ) to help create a bluesy mood . |
| 21 | As is often the case in such circumstances , the accountant has delayed submission of later accounts pending settlement of the enquiries and establishment of the true liability . |
| 22 | As is often the case in matters of corporate governance , the lead is likely to be taken by the chairmen of companies in which standards of governance are already high , rather than by those who head companies with the greatest scope for strengthening their public accountability . |
| 23 | And , as is often the case in the media , literary texts have the habit of not turning out to mean what might be expected at first sight . |
| 24 | Also , we had no ‘ medical ’ back-up , as is often the case in special schools , therefore we felt unable to meet the needs of students with profound multiple disabilities . |
| 25 | This is valuable , for example , when ( as is often the case in dynamical problems ) A is sparse . |
| 26 | As is often the case in this sort of situation , both sides are right to some degree . |
| 27 | The process of selection may be either judgmental ( relying heavily on an individual auditor 's skill and expertise ) or statistical ( as is often the case in external audits ) . |
| 28 | As is often the case in the creation of new ideas , there were many scholars working along the same lines as these theorists , particularly those trying to analyze the experience of the British Empire at the end of the nineteenth century , pre-eminently the ‘ social-liberal ’ J.A . |
| 29 | As is often the case in creative areas , many of them work in isolation , unaware of other activities or opportunities . |
| 30 | We will suppose that the flow in the non-turbulent region is irrotational , as is usually the case in the examples that have been mentioned . |