Example sentences of "is [adj] [adv] [conj] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lubricate it with a saliva that is sticky so that the ants adhere to it , and alkaline so that the formic acid of their stings is neutralised . |
| 2 | For cattle , a single strand is generally enough if the shock is strong enough and the animals properly trained to respect it . |
| 3 | Although the Bible 's claim for itself is that God did directly speak through men , and that he so controlled them that they said what he wanted them to say , it is clear also that the men concerned used their own minds in the process . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , it is clear enough that the realities of pre-war football do not find agreement with postwar nostalgia . |
| 5 | The difficulty is that the assumptions on which it is based are to say the least shaky : the assumptions , namely , that only one vote suffices although more than one candidate is to be elected ; that preferential voting is reliable , even when used in ignorance of all the relevant information and inhibited by the arbitrary exclusion of candidates who might otherwise be successful ; that it is reasonable to grant to some votes the privilege of being transferred , and to lower-preference votes the possibility of exercising greater influence than is warranted by their very definition ; that it is reasonable also to give to all transferred votes the same weighting as to original votes ; and that election by quota is sensible even if the quotas are manifestly make-believe . |
| 6 | It is arguable therefore that the provisions dealing with the residence of trustees as a body of persons in TCGA 1992 , s69(1) are not applicable to the non-resident trust code . |
| 7 | In the Jackson 's case , all is well here so the signs are good for linking up with something good and loud . |
| 8 | It is essential therefore that the managers are highly motivated . |
| 9 | Sometimes the relation between brothers-in-law is asymmetrical like that between elder brother and younger brother and sometimes affinity itself is asymmetrical so that the categories " wife-givers " and " wife-takers " are distinct ; but these are technical matters which lie outside the scope of the present discussion . |
| 10 | The other valve sits in the thick one like a lid , and the whole animal is curved so that the margins of the valves were kept clear of the sediment . |
| 11 | Although revision is necessary so that the schedules remain suitable for classifying new literature , it must be remembered that there is a gulf between publishing the schedules in an updated form and applying them . |
| 12 | The wooded area is nice enough but the schools have a long history of desegregation problems , and are now 88% black and 10% Hispanic . |
| 13 | This is true largely because the problems associated with maintaining a safe environment are different in different parts of the world . |
| 14 | It is true also that the regulations will be a matter for discussion at a later stage . |
| 15 | The equation is true even when the eigenvalues are not all different . |
| 16 | This is permissible indeed if the charges are at fixed positions . |