Example sentences of "is [adj] [subord] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But is that because a new innovation you see .
2 Although such a strategy is possible as a distinct strategy , it is more often employed as a tactic for reducing emissions as part of the air quality management strategy .
3 It is doubtful whether a mere counterparty should be treated as a customer .
4 This version is lighter than a traditional Christmas pudding but it has all the flavour .
5 This is particularly relevant in the case of boys — somehow society seems to think it is appropriate for little girls to shed tears but is embarrassed when a young boy reacts in the same way .
6 Use of the system is free provided a special identifier is used , ’ added Tim , who is contactable on Harwell extension 5566 for queries .
7 of the tax is payable if a single person lives there .
8 Ultimately , the literature on community interventions and organizing suggests that having control is larger than an individual phenomenon , but includes an interaction with life 's social and political systems .
9 She is cruelly twisted with arthritis but her spirit is livelier than a young lass 's , more concerned for an old friend in Lamlash who has the same complaint — that dread West Coast damp — and is quite unable to move .
10 The ultimate experience in the Yogic views is the realisation that everything is contained in consciousness , and this awareness is obvious when an essential identity is established between individual consciousness and the object .
11 A formal-stage group is leader-dependent whereas a skilful-stage team is leader-independent .
12 It is helpful if an abbreviated notation ( which merely shows the broad subject category to which the document belongs ) can be readily derived from the full notation .
13 This program is better than a great number of Commercial drawing packages for children .
14 The fact of being ‘ family ’ is no guarantee that people can live together happily on a long-term basis , and almost any other good ‘ care ’ arrangement that can be made for an elderly person is better than a cat-and-dog life with relatives , where there is no common ground for agreement , and constant quarrels make home life a misery .
15 But then again , I guess a half-successful ‘ Valid ’ is better than a f—ed-up invalid .
16 Women are less likely to examine data , whereas analysing somebody else 's balance sheet and profit and loss account is better than a good whodunit as far as top businessmen are concerned .
17 But even Labour v Tories is better than a party-political system which depends on religion , and an accident of birth .
18 ‘ I suppose half a robbery is better than a full robbery , ’ said Duff .
19 A volunteer is better than a pressed man .
20 By the way , my new slogan is : ‘ Sometimes one day is better than a whole year ! ’
21 ‘ The Peavey has the graphic too , ’ explains John , ‘ but with shelving controls low and high , which is better than an actual tone control .
22 If you are uncertain about whether or not you can get back with a reasonable margin of safety , make a safe landing while you can ; a planned approach into a poor field is better than an out-of-wind crash into a good field !
23 Every practical success is partial since a new problem always emerges demanding a new resolution .
24 Clearly the brain is more than a passive relay from stimulus to response .
25 Yet Maastricht is more than a symbolic milestone .
26 The former can do no more than skim the surface of an area which has recently been very heavily mined ; the latter is included because I think that this theory , though recent , is more than a passing fashion and contains some insights into the nature of knowledge .
27 Some of the smaller , and most certainly highly active dinosaurs were about the size of a chicken , and there is more than a passing similarity between a running ostrich and the kind of reconstruction that shows fleet-footed , running dinosaurs .
28 The Conservative case is more than a political ideal : it can be backed up by rigorous economic arguments .
29 ‘ poeticity ’ , he says , is like oil in cooking ; you can not have it on its own but when it is used with other food it is more than a mere addition .
30 This is more than a mere measure of the offensive character in question .
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