Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all solicitors work in private practice of course , and it is possible to train in other areas such as local and central government and in commerce and industry . |
| 2 | These distinctions are especially important since the development is easier to illustrate in broad terms than to measure precisely . |
| 3 | I 'm rapidly coming to the opinion that one large tough fish is easier to monitor in less-than-perfect conditions such as a new tank than a shoal of small stuff . |
| 4 | Lawyers have not usually been slow in their individual involvement with causes and with legal reform , but questions have arisen over the extent to which it is proper to intervene in socio-legal problems as part of a professional service . |
| 5 | All this material he gets , whenever possible , at first hand , or at any rate from those to whom he is prone to refer in unguarded moments as ‘ reliable informants ’ . |
| 6 | A board that is easy to sail in strong winds which has a surf-board type of tail , footstraps , a retracting daggerboard and a mast track . |
| 7 | Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies suggests that the proportion of income contributed by the basic state pension is likely to decline in future years because of the decision to link benefit rates to prices rather than wages . |
| 8 | We have seen that a very important part of a gene 's environment is the other genes that it is likely to meet in successive bodies as the generations go by . |
| 9 | Attempts to establish such relations firmly in the successor republics are still going on , but the crisis inherent in contemporary political conditions is likely to result in strong executives . |
| 10 | If , as generally seems to be accepted , the supply of labour ( especially for male heads of households ) is overall fairly inelastic , it is safe to assume in redistributive studies that personal income taxes stay where they are put and that forward shifting is fairly insignificant . |
| 11 | This result might indicate that the body clock is slow to mature in premature babies . |
| 12 | Balance is difficult to define in simple terms and requires great sensitivity by journalists if it is to be achieved . |
| 13 | Degrés ( 1960 ) is in fact the last of Butor 's works to be labelled a novel ; the remainder of his output is difficult to classify in generic terms , as his writings seem to eschew any narrational impulse . |
| 14 | The reduced LL/PC ratio and the increased PC/PE ratio in patients with chronic atrophic gastritis and duodenal ulcer is difficult to interpret in functional terms . |
| 15 | Indeed the size of the profession means that actuaries have a strong sense of fellowship which it is difficult to achieve in other professions with memberships numbering many tens of thousands . |
| 16 | The moral authority of law gets a foothold in the idea that it is rational to give special consideration to views which result from a process of impartial , informed and capable reflection , and this not simply because this process helps us to know more precisely what will promote independently ascertained moral goals but also because it is liable to result in superior judgements about what goals we ought to pursue ( Campbell , 1971 ) . |