Example sentences of "is [adj] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh which is the one that is pregnant with the terrible time ? |
| 2 | The study of the buildings found on the farms tells us little at present that is definite about the rural economy . |
| 3 | Wonderful Town was the work of the Bernstein/Comden/Green team responsible for On The Town , and although Wonderful Town is a little patchy in recording , ( which does not give a particularly strong idea of the show as a whole ) , there are plenty of excellent numbers , and their variety is refreshing from the barber-shop style ‘ My Darlin' Eileen ’ to the bluesy ‘ Ballet at the Village Vortex ’ , passing through the remarkable ‘ Swing ’ , which defies description . |
| 4 | The cold wind ruffles his hair and makes him flinch for a moment , but it is refreshing after the stale warmth of the house , and he takes a deep breath or two on his way to the garage . |
| 5 | Although he is supportive of the general trend of de-hospitalising labour wards in the NHS , he dislikes what he calls the evangelism of the active birth movement . |
| 6 | Fuel economy is outstanding with the 1.9-litre diesel engine available in the Clio . |
| 7 | ( b ) If he is dishonest by the first test : " The jury must consider whether the defendant himself must have realised that what he was doing was by those standards dishonest . " |
| 8 | Shaw 's wit and good humour are at their most engaging in this play , his analysis of language and class characteristically acute , and there is little of the wilful perversity that so often mars his drama . |
| 9 | The usual characters of the two composers are reversed here ; there is little of the English scene-painter in Britten 's Sonata , and it stands as one of his most nervous and angry works . |
| 10 | In our day there is little of the earlier resignation in the face of death ; we resist it to the limits of medical technology , and our obituaries speak of our ‘ gallant struggle ’ . |
| 11 | Indeed , I would personally recommend that , as it is unnecessary for the full enjoyment of life , it should not be used . |
| 12 | There is a lower standard of proof required in civil cases , balance of probability , as opposed to the ‘ beyond reasonable doubt ’ needed in criminal trials and Lord Prosser commented : ‘ It is undesirable in the public interest , as well as in Mr Anderson 's interest , that a finding of probable murder be made in anything other than a supreme court . ’ |
| 13 | ( 6 ) Subject as mentioned below , the tender may be at a fixed price ( tenders in excess of the number of shares sought being scaled down pro rata ) , or a maximum price ( if the offer is over-subscribed , the striking price will be the lowest price at which the number of shares sought is met , with everyone tendering at or below the striking price receiving that price and if the offer is over-subscribed at the striking price acceptances will be scaled down pro rata or balloted ) . |
| 14 | These are mutations of Lys22 ( to Glu , Ala or Arg ) , whose side chain in the crystal structure makes contact with the phosphate backbone of the DNA ; Lys23 ( to Glu , Ala or Arg ) , which is hydrogen-bonded to the guanine residue at operator positions 2 , 7 , 10 and 15 ( see Table 1 and ref. 1 for details of numbering system ) ; and Thr25 ( to Val , Gln or Asn ) , which is hydrogen-bonded to N7 of the adenines at positions 3 , 6 , 11 and 14 of the operator . |
| 15 | Third , there would frequently be discrepancies between the meanings of sentences with a predicate qualifier and " fuller versions " when it is replaced by a clause ; for example , consider : ( 31 ) the jury found Ernest guilty the jury found Ernest ; Ernest was guilty ( 32 ) Alastair likes his beef tea strong Alastair likes his beef tea ; his beef tea is strong In the latter case , for instance , there may not be any strong beef tea at all ; the point of uttering the sentence may be to complain about that very point . |
| 16 | Grand Metropolitan 's Watney ( draught brands include Manns , Norwich , Truman , Watney , Websters , Wilsons and Ushers ) is strong in the premium lager market , with three major brands ( Fosters , Holstein and a substantial share of Carlsberg ) and dominates the brown ale market . |
| 17 | Its champion , Countess Araminta , is conceived as a woman of the calibre of Hilda von Einem in Greenmantle but she never fulfils this introduction , while Mastrovin , that ‘ survivor of old black days ’ , is helpless against the common sense of McCunn and the elementary cunning of the diplomat Archie Roylance . |
| 18 | Perhaps not surprisingly , Cud feel their increasing popularity is due to the prevailing attitude of punters who desire a good night out rather than a drubbing from a band preaching a university thesis . |
| 19 | Perhaps not surprisingly , Cud feel their increasing popularity is due to the prevailing attitude of punters who desire a good night out rather than a drubbing from a band preaching a university thesis . |
| 20 | A large part of this entropy is due to the additional freedom which allows the chain conformational changes to occur in the melt , after the restrictions of the crystalline lattice . |
| 21 | This improved fit over the pure CDM model is due to the additional ingredient of damping on small-scales by neutrino free-streaming . |
| 22 | ‘ An inquiry whether anything and if so what is due to the first defendant for any and what costs charges and expenses properly incurred under or in respect of the said mortgage debentures and mortgages including the costs of this action . |
| 23 | Their popularity is due to the lower cost of ‘ consolidated ’ shipments , in which freight forwarders place the cargo of several shippers in the same container or on pre-leased space in a vessel . |
| 24 | This rapid rise in fundal pH is due to the buffering effect of the food , largely because of the protein present , and this has been seen in previous experiments with different test meals . |
| 25 | The question now becomes that of deciding what precise proportion of any unexpectedly high price is due to the aggregate demand shock and what proportion is due to the relative demand shock . |
| 26 | Lucy thinks this is due to the Catholic confession ; ‘ I have lied several times ’ formed an item of every girl 's and woman 's monthly confession : the priest heard unshocked , and absolved unreluctant . ’ . |
| 27 | This applies both to Nazi propaganda , whose strategies and objectives are analysed and exposed by Sauer , and to the world portrayed in Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet , where , according to Ryan , the tragic fate of the two lovers is due to the inescapable power of the norms which regulate personal and sexual relationships in their particular society , and which are enforced and perpetuated through language . |
| 28 | The inner section will probably be slightly shorter than the outside sections , but this is due to the overall length of the saddle in relation to the size of the pickup and string spacing . |
| 29 | Part of the decline in abortion at this age is due to the greater number of wanted pregnancies from remarried women . |
| 30 | Dealers often tell potential customers that the rug 's silken appearance is due to the superb quality of the wool . |