Example sentences of "and [pron] is [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her arthritic knees have improved dramatically and she is able to perform most of the exercises with ease . |
| 2 | No doubt Cosmopolitan 's young woman readers will be impressed by Beverley 's achievements and she is happy to fulfil that role . |
| 3 | In his collection of essays on genius the distinguished neurologist , the late Sir William Russell Brain , concluded about Smart that ‘ clearly he suffered from manic-depressive insanity or cyclothymia ’ and there is much to support that diagnosis . |
| 4 | However he acts best on soft ground and he is unlikely to find that at Liverpool . |
| 5 | Frequently there is useful information associated with many-to-many relationships and it is better to split these into two one-to-many relationships , with a third entity created to link these together . |
| 6 | Nearly all lawyers in local government are solicitors , and it is better to qualify this way than at the Bar . |
| 7 | Even so , barbel hooked in open water can tax tackle to the limit and it is foolhardy to take any chances with them . |
| 8 | The cost is minimal anyway and it is practical to have all equipment functioning to perfection . |
| 9 | This sequence occurs whenever a reference is made to the file , and it is helpful to examine each stage of the process : |
| 10 | Nevertheless , there are common features in organisational structures and it is helpful to analyse some of the most typical features . |
| 11 | And it is easy to bring that sort of attitude to our faith . |
| 12 | For a number of years now Berman has been almost as elusive as before his ‘ breakthrough ’ in the mid-1970s , and it is good to hear such a distinctive pianist now resuming activity . |
| 13 | The linear relation is found , however , for secondary relaxations and it is logical to discuss these first and the WLF relation later . |
| 14 | An upper Hessenberg matrix has only zeros below its infradiagonal ; and it is possible to transform any matrix A to this form by a similar transformation . |
| 15 | What was needed here was a transparent finish , and it is possible to achieve that with clear shellac . |
| 16 | Spinelli is the leading federalist in the European Parliament and it is crucial to understand both the political ideas and the political strategy which have combined to produce his recent initiative . |
| 17 | As the hydrogen atoms are the lightest they must move most , and it is usual to describe all three as deformation modes of the group ( Fig. 5.45 ) . |
| 18 | Thus workers die of avoidable industrial diseases and accidents , and it is sobering to compare these with the conventional crime of homicide . |
| 19 | Provided we give a narrow meaning to ‘ intention ’ the law may well for practical purposes come close to the proposition that it is tortious intentionally to cause damage by any unlawful act , but it has developed by way of distinct , nominate torts and it is necessary to retain that division for the purposes of exposition . |
| 20 | For any individual , society is a massive external reality , and it is necessary to emphasise this simply because we tend to take for granted these social arrangements as natural , immovable and inevitable . |
| 21 | That , as I see it , is a very common situation especially where there is some pressure to get contracts exchanged , as there frequently is , and one often finds that at exchange not all the loose ends are tidied up and it is necessary to have some last minute adjustment of the contract which takes the form of side letters … |
| 22 | Wiring up the fielder 's l.e.d.s is a bit fiddly because these have to be hard wired and it is necessary to provide some sort of anchorage at each of the indicator positions . |
| 23 | Many patients have the highest praise for the effectiveness of communication with hospital staff but there is also , undoubtedly , a lot of criticism , and it is useful to outline some of the problems which can arise when a patient is admitted to hospital . |
| 24 | Adopting an ethnographic approach typically raises a number of specific problems for the researcher and it is useful to divide these into problems which are essentially practical and those which are more theoretical . |
| 25 | Now , it appears that they are to take great pride in the fact that we are spending more on public services , and it is right to acknowledge that . |
| 26 | From the narrow accountancy viewpoint , people are a cost and it is desirable to keep this cost as low as possible . |
| 27 | Although , and it is important to stress this , most of these methods arose and developed from a diverse range of sources and traditions , their contemporary unity was a rather later achievement , as that collection of ideas we can refer to as variable analysis . |
| 28 | The question of the ‘ Lanfranc forgeries ’ — that is , of the additions made to nine papal letters addressed to archbishops of Canterbury in order to provide clear papal authority for Canterbury 's primacy — hangs like a cloud over the primatial disputes of the years from 1072 to 1123 ; and it is important to seek such certainty as is to be obtained on this question . |
| 29 | A person may seek advice for one or more purposes and it is important to distinguish those who may need help in establishing whether they have a problem , those who need help in establishing what action they can take and those who need help in pursuing a remedy . |
| 30 | Such cases raise the question of whether both parties actually want a child : often one will want the child far more than the other , and it is important to address this issue . |