Example sentences of "is [adj] [conj] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Washing hospital sheets costs more , in some rich countries , than providing disposable bedding ; returning soft-drinks bottles through supermarkets to be refilled is dearer than using new ones each time . |
| 2 | There seems a reluctance by agencies to act in cases of physical or emotional elder abuse ; it is possible that to introduce complex procedures will merely increase anxieties and exacerbate problems . |
| 3 | Shaun Skelhorn , who is autistic and has behavioural problems , has been accepted at the Higashi Institute in Boston in September . |
| 4 | Shaun Skelhorn , who is autistic and has behavioural problems , has been accepted at the Higashi Institute in Boston in September . |
| 5 | The Sunwing Club Hotel is Scandinavian-managed and offers high standards of accommodation and a magnificent pool right on the sea 's edge . |
| 6 | The life cycle is direct and given optimal conditions the eggs may hatch and develop to L3 in as little as five days . |
| 7 | This , of course , is easier than finding provable hypotheses for which we may expect evidence within the earth 's crust . |
| 8 | Not only is the value element in education crucial , it is also highly problematic and it is this that creates particular problems for curriculum planning . |
| 9 | HE oozes self-confidence , is well-spoken and has impeccable manners — an archetypal product of the British public school system . |
| 10 | She is chocolate-brown but has fair-coloured highlights ( the poodle was champagne-colour ) , and you 'll also see she has a white beard and a tiny dab of white on one of her back paws . |
| 11 | The handwriting perhaps prejudices the reader against it , and misspellings like acused , juge , sentencet , can so easily make a teacher feel that the piece is incompetent and deserves low marks . |
| 12 | It is commonly assumed that this is widespread and costs enormous sums of money , and that it is a more serious offence than tax-evasion , which in fact costs the exchequer billions of pounds , far in excess of the cost of social security fiddling . |
| 13 | Its speciality is rapid and repeated upward scales or arpeggios . |
| 14 | Where appropriate , pointing to the area on one 's own body is helpful or using visual aids , which can be as simple as drawing a diagram while explaining the location of the part . |
| 15 | Disk Mirror is useful when copying large disks from one drive to another , especially over a network , as you can copy only the required directories . |
| 16 | This combination is useful when suggesting distant hills . |
| 17 | This provides information and data and is useful when preparing final accounts ( Fig. 5.15 ) . |
| 18 | The article is unmarked as regards spatio-temporal relations ; so the function of deictic reference is to set up a continual spatial , temporal and subjective opposition between proximal and distal relations . |
| 19 | The distinction between the two cues is important because manipulating vertical disparities in the way described by Sobel and Collett , for example , has the effect of creating both differential vertical and differential horizontal perspective cues . |
| 20 | This variability is evident when studying purified receptors in artificial membranes , calcium release in single cells or in cell populations . |
| 21 | You could tell he was a maverick because he 's called Gavin , is articulate and wears black T-shirts for work . |
| 22 | You could tell he was a maverick because he 's called Gavin , is articulate and wears black T-shirts for work . |
| 23 | You could tell he was a maverick because he 's called Gavin , is articulate and wears black T-shirts for work . |
| 24 | The torque force exerted because of the offset centre of mass , particularly on a wooden club , is considerable and has important effects on the amount of loft which is achieved . |
| 25 | Perhaps LIMB has simply given librarians the opportunity to replicate what is available and to produce improved guides more quickly , but widespread duplication is still common . |
| 26 | It is probable that paired pectoral fins were present as in cephalaspids . |
| 27 | The interest paid to debenture holders is deductible when calculating taxable profits , unlike dividend payments . |
| 28 | It is wealthy and owns numerous buildings , often made use of by other organisations ( for instance for meetings , jumble sales or offices ) . |
| 29 | If the baby 's grandmother is young and has young children herself they may all be brought up together , just like one generation . |
| 30 | In practice , compromise is necessary when assigning actual shorelines to the above classes . |