Example sentences of "is [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is all over for the present . ’ |
| 2 | Fishbane 's bedroom is somewhat out of the way and near the lift , so that the ladies can be discreetly smuggled up there by Ramsbum . |
| 3 | Duty on cigarettes is up ten percent — that 's thirteen pence on a packet of twenty , but on pipe tobacco duty is only up by the rate of inflation . |
| 4 | That erm , made me laugh because he said to his secretary erm you know , I I honestly do n't think your time is she is so down in the mouth . |
| 5 | At the end of the day , how a member state organises itself is entirely up to the member state itself . |
| 6 | Where the tail goes from there is entirely up to the driver . |
| 7 | If only one partner is Catholic , permission to marry in a non-Catholic church may be given but is entirely up to the discretion of the priest . |
| 8 | Layouts such as this seem to completely polarise opinion , and the decision is obviously down to the individual . |
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| 10 | If the shooting is not up to the mark , we will need to carry the consequences . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , I think Miss Grenfell is right , ’ she said guardedly , ‘ my work is not up to the standard you require . ’ |
| 12 | As well as newspapers , and for those whose literacy level is not up to the language of a newspaper , comics for adults are widely available . |
| 13 | Often , a filtration system that is not up to the job , or overstocking , or both . |
| 14 | The ski resort as such is not down in the valley at all , would that it were ; rather , it is perched to devastatingly conspicuous effect on the side of a mountain to the west , up to which you can go either by car along a new road or by cable-car from the centre of Saint-Lary . |
| 15 | In any case , repartition is not out of the question . |
| 16 | This seems to me to illustrate what I would call the ‘ Breakthrough Phenomenon ’ : the sudden discovery that something which has been assumed to be out of the question is not out of the question at all . |
| 17 | Such an agreement is not out of the question . |
| 18 | Though relegation beckons for Nottingham , victory over Northampton is not out of the question . |
| 19 | A windfall or an inheritance is not out of the question , and we could be looking at the end of March , May or October-November for a material or financial boost . |
| 20 | ‘ It will require a huge effort and a great deal of concentration , but the attitude of the players is so different now to what it was a year ago , it is not out of the question . ’ |
| 21 | A reconciliation is not out of the question . ’ |
| 22 | Gregory 's claim that he was hailed as consul and Augustus at Tours must be a misunderstanding , although an honorary consulship is not out of the question . |
| 23 | The idea is that their views will go forward to the IRFB and , astonishingly , it is not out of the question that one aspect or more of those variations could be dropped even before the Lions set foot in New Zealand . |
| 24 | Friends of the Prince , speaking without his authority , told the Sunday Times the breakdown was such that ‘ a divorce is not out of the court ’ . |
| 25 | You may pass her by unnoticed ; her appearance is not out of the ordinary . |
| 26 | ‘ He is a Queen 's Counsel so he is not out on the street . ’ |
| 27 | With most binoculars it is in the same field with Gamma Sagittæ , but is just out of the field with × 20 . |
| 28 | In the large majority of cases a straightforward mathematical solution is just out of the question . |
| 29 | I want to ask about my sin , but Pa is already through to the Lord , praying h rd on my behalf . |
| 30 | The language barrier means that real interaction with the indigenous population is largely out of the question . |