Example sentences of "and is [adv] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is thought that this represents a very real social phenomenon , either because of the nature of the settlement or because it was a general policy to dispose of rubbish away from the settlements , perhaps as manure in the fields , and is clearly not the product of poor preservation as has tended to be assumed ( Astill and Lobb 1982 , p. 140 ) .
2 The other major feature of the north Norfolk coast is Blakeney Point ( Fig. 8.23 ) , which differs from those already described in being tied to the coast at its eastern end near Sheringham , and is thus really a spit and not an offshore bar .
3 Once the question for the court becomes one of making its own assessment of the evidence , making findings of fact on all the relevant evidence placed before it and drawing the appropriate legal conclusion , and is no longer a question of simply reflecting government policy , letters from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office become merely part of the evidence in the case .
4 You will understand , I 'm sure , when I say that I hope Jessie has found peace by now , and is no longer a drain on you .
5 But , in my opinion , oil painting is far from perfect : it darkens , it needs to be restored , any painting on show has generally been restored countless times and is no longer the painting that the artist originally created .
6 The path is clearly marked with small piles of rocks at intervals , and is obviously not an animal run .
7 This represents nearly 10% of total London area traffic movements and is almost certainly an underestimate , according to Eurotunnel , because it fails to take into account the effects of increasing congestion .
8 It was specially commissioned from Tiffany and Co. of New York and is almost certainly the work of their pre-eminent designer of the period , Paulding Farnham , creator of the gold , crystal and gem-set vase , known as the Adams vase , which is still one of the Metropolitan Museum of New York 's most popular permanent exhibits .
9 This is true portability and is almost certainly the way the industry will go in the future .
10 The single most important difference between written and spoken language is that spoken language contains many incomplete sentences , and is often simply a sequence of phrases or clauses .
11 Nonetheless it is able to call upon independent experts and is often therefore a source of technical expertise , and has occasionally , as in the Beretta Report on the social aspects of the SEM , made a significant contribution .
12 It has no substantial legislative powers and is as much a debating chamber as anything .
13 Enjoy a tour of the Evening Telegraph which brings news to the county and beyond and is very much a part of the way of life in the area .
14 Her warlike appearance dates only from the next century and is very much a creation of the Restoration court , where she was developed as a symbol of the victory of the British in the Dutch Wars .
15 The method is , however , very dependent upon carefully prepared specimens and is very much a laboratory tool .
16 Putting the ‘ political kingdom ’ first has been expensive and is now self-evidently an expense which Africa can no longer afford .
17 Nevertheless , the book contains some useful and interesting material and is certainly not a book to be ignored .
18 It therefore precedes the emergence of the State and is certainly not the creation of a governing authority .
19 However , it is now widely ( and wisely ) accepted that screen-based communication is a weak platform for predominantly textual and numeric information and is more naturally the platform for sound and images .
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