Example sentences of "is [adv] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the word " real " in the sense of " actual " or " actually existent " has any discernible function at all , then it is only to indicate in a roundabout way that a certain proposition , or propositions , are actally true ; and " true " , as we have just seen , is itself eliminable as a propositional predicate . |
| 2 | The objective is not to report on an individual teacher , but appraisals have highlighted teachers whose performance does leave a lot to be desired . |
| 3 | So I really , my , my , my advice is not to aim for a hundred percent efficiency but always to programme five percent optimistically . |
| 4 | The power to direct that the prohibition is not to apply to a refused application enables an applicant , whose application has been refused on grounds which are remediable or because of circumstances which are liable to change , tore-apply within a shorter period . |
| 5 | SCARBOROUGH : Extensive work is underway to prepare for a big launch of a scheme to convert the former Odeon cinema into a theatre . |
| 6 | LOUISE BORDUAS and dancing partner Bob Massé proved rock , n , roll is here to stay with a flippin' marvellous performance . |
| 7 | ANOTHER MAJOR P&O Properties International project is about to move into a new phase . |
| 8 | BELFAST Rock/Blues musician Brian Scott is about to embark on a European tour in support of his new album ‘ Deliverance ’ , which will include twelve Irish dates . |
| 9 | The European Community is about to embark on an ambitious programme of research within the field of biotechnology and genetic diversity , within which plant taxonomic information systems are to play a part by linking taxonomic , molecular and genetic databases . |
| 10 | After modernising and its network , BT is about to benefit from a rapid fall-off in investment and staffing costs . |
| 11 | The idea is to get Western hi-tech companies to sponsor the events , and X/Open is about to begin on a 90 day roadshow to drum up industry support . |
| 12 | Work is about to start on a new building that will link two factory units , presently separated by a gap . |
| 13 | THE search is about to start for a new Ulster Branch secretary . |
| 14 | The most common cause of damage when getting the glider out of the trailer and putting it back at the end of the day 's flying is impatience , and the only answer is never to rig without an adequate number of people . |