Example sentences of "is [adv] [art] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Differentiation between remission/mild and moderate disease is mostly a function of stool frequency . |
| 2 | But Bill 86 , admittedly , is mostly a bit of fine-tuning . |
| 3 | Implicit in this stance is a conception that criminal law enforcement is properly a matter of compulsion , which leads , inexorably it seems , to a conclusion that regulation has failed . |
| 4 | However , we were not keen for housing benefit to be used in place of housing support for care , which is properly the provision of income support . |
| 5 | There is rather a lot of evidence that what laymen especially valued was the propitiatory function with God of beautiful worship , with splendid chants , vestments woven by the most skilful women , and lavish expenditure of gold on the book covers seen in church and on the altar crosses . |
| 6 | It could be said that the We/ Us/Our form is rather a mode of self-description when the poet wishes to present his beloved and himself to the world ( as shown by Donne in the Songs and Sonnets ) , and that Shakespeare prefers to keep the relationship on an interpersonal level . |
| 7 | The former is basically a source of revenue , while the latter is overwhelmingly a source of expenditure . |
| 8 | However , the job itself , as we have already noted , is rarely the cause of disenchantment with agriculture — indeed , in a decade that has seen a renewed interest in the countryside among young people and a growing desire to escape from the urban rat-race , agriculture could have much to offer . |
| 9 | Just how much they obtain there from is known only to themselves , but this could well be a final act born of an inextinguishable instinctive knowledge that there is somewhere a source of power available to the individual whereby he can supplement his capacity to face a fading future , or any other of life 's unwelcome experiences , at least with less apprehension , if not with absolute serenity . |
| 10 | The deck and superstructure is effectively a sandwich of foam contained within two fibre reinforced plastic sheets . |
| 11 | The same section further provides that ‘ … any enactment passed or to be passed … shall be construed and have effect subject to the foregoing … ’ and since the doctrine of supremacy of Community law is arguably a part of Community law this provision appears to have the effect , so long as it remains law , of establishing the primacy of Community law , ( s.2 ( 4 ) ) . |
| 12 | One possible reason could be that in addition to a general sense of guilt associated with the organs of sex and reproduction , there is the added fact that most surrogate mothers belong to the economically disadvantaged classes ; and it is arguably a case of exploitation if a woman is driven to use her reproductive organs to escape from a state of poverty . |
| 13 | Thirdly , ideology is necessarily a distortion of reality insofar as : it is an abstraction , it is socially determined and its production is dominated . |
| 14 | This is necessarily a source of weakness for the banks in the competitive struggle against the building societies . |
| 15 | There is furthermore an atmosphere of harshness and unrest about them that makes one realize how much closer to the spirit of Cézanne Braque 's contemporary work is . |
| 16 | Disease , as we have already said , is basically a state of imbalance or disharmony . |
| 17 | ‘ So , this is basically a work of fiction . ’ |
| 18 | The professor takes you into the world of portable computing explaining how to make the most of your walk-about P.C. The program is basically a collection of text files with an easy to use reader . |
| 19 | Slimming is basically a matter of vanity . |
| 20 | The former is basically a source of revenue , while the latter is overwhelmingly a source of expenditure . |
| 21 | Er I I think that with three million people out of work , we have an unemployment problem which creates erm a a disadvantage group particularly in some of the stress urban areas where we have to look at more radical solutions to what is basically the payment of cash for nothing in return . |
| 22 | Familiar with , which is basically the piece of legislation , which is still in force now and still a major problem for us , which is about getting Council Rent 's up to the level of private sector rent 's and forcing Council 's to do that . |
| 23 | Steel is basically an alloy of iron and carbon , but various additives may be introduced to enhance particular functional qualities . |
| 24 | Cast out by his flock , who fail to persuade him that life is merely a question of survival , Jonathan continues to pursue excellence in flight , and eventually discovers the unlimited potential of being . |
| 25 | This is merely a question of research . |
| 26 | It is merely a case of conditioning and adaptability . |
| 27 | It was Paine 's belief that England lacked a constitution , as he stated at p. 370 that ‘ the continual use of the word ‘ constitution ’ in the English parliament shows there is none and the whole is merely a form of government without a constitution , and constituting itself with what power it pleases ’ . |
| 28 | For the purposes of the Act ‘ shares ’ includes ‘ stock ’ and the distinction between them is merely a source of confusion . |
| 29 | I am referring , after all , to a series of very minor errors on my part and the course I am now pursuing is merely a means of pre-empting any ‘ problems ’ before one arises . |
| 30 | The insistence by scientists that the World is merely a series of chance collisions of indifferent forces of nature is to him a dangerous road , since they believe they can discover and harness those indifferent forces through determining Nature 's ‘ laws ’ . |