Example sentences of "is [adj] and [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had just spent seven years in Spain as papal nuncio and made the acquaintance of Caldéron ; the setting is Spanish and the romantic element is stronger . |
| 2 | It is understandable and no bad thing that people should react against crude literalism . |
| 3 | ‘ The economy probably is better than it was a year ago , the computer retail business is strong and the general consumer electronics business at the present time seems to be running ahead of last year , ’ Roach said . |
| 4 | The leaves and small fragments of the sugar beet or swede are of obvious value until such time as the field is deep-ploughed and the remaining food buried beyond retrieval . |
| 5 | A third parameter is allowed and should be used if the target database is DEC Rdb/VMS and the VMS username is not comparable with its UIC. e.g. if the VMS username is RDBITEST and the associated UIC is [ C2168 , RDBITEST ] then this parameter may be left blank . |
| 6 | Normalised data is stable and a good foundation for any future growth . |
| 7 | However , it should be stressed that this implementation requires the assumption that the distribution of returns in the past is stable and an accurate proxy for future returns . |
| 8 | Here , the metaphorical relationship of skin and painted surface is complete and the female nude becomes an embodiment of the act of painting itself . |
| 9 | WINIFRED Rooney , who has run the tea bar at Alton magistrates ' court for 14 years , is retiring and the local branch of the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service are looking for a replacement . |
| 10 | When EF lies in a Landau level ( Figure 4 ) , scattering is possible and the current flow comprises electrons with paths that are constantly modified at each collision . |
| 11 | Very occasionally it is good to have interludes of completely new material as long as the mood is right and a satisfactory form created . |
| 12 | But then if Lubavitch is right and the messianic age is upon us , the criticisms will scarcely matter very much . |
| 13 | If they both say the world behaves in exactly the same way , you ca n't say one is right and the other wrong . |
| 14 | Having grown up under the nose of the Israeli war machine , young Palestinians have come to the conclusion that , in the world they inhabit , might is right and the only way to survive and flourish is to be strong and violent . |
| 15 | She is a strict disciplinarian treated with great respect by her customers , but she is kind-hearted and a good friend to Lizzie Hexam . |
| 16 | This is direct and the preparasitic phase is typically trichostrongyloid . |
| 17 | This is direct and the preparasitic phase is typically trichostrongyloid , except that exsheathment of the L3 of intestinal species occurs in the abomasum . |
| 18 | This is direct and the preparasitic phase is similar to that of the trichostrongyles of ruminants . |
| 19 | * Every — patient is different and a new experience . |
| 20 | in ponds the extremes of climate even in exceptionally cold winters and hot summers can be withstood if the depth of water is adequate and no large quantity of rotting material is present . |
| 21 | The parasitic phase is non-migratory and the prepatent period in ruminants is 2-3 weeks . |
| 22 | The parasitic phase is non-migratory and the prepatent period is 15 days . |
| 23 | The cost of living in Britain is high and a single student grant is not adequate for the maintenance of a wife or husband . |
| 24 | There may , however , be instances where the tenant is obliged to make deductions , eg tax payable to the Inland Revenue where the landlord is non-resident and the following amendment to clause 4.1 may therefore be advisable : |
| 25 | While individual speakers may be quite consistent in using these features , none of them is universal and no systematic research has been done to show how widespread they may be . |
| 26 | Conversely , where existing competition is light and the traditional catchment area of the firm large , a wide restraint may be expected to be upheld ; and ( 4 ) a prohibition against accepting instructions from any person who has at any time , or over a long period , been a client of the outgoing partner 's former firm . |
| 27 | As Community Care launches its campaign , I would argue these principles : first , abuse is wrong and a criminal offence . |
| 28 | That the members of the quintet will be ‘ bound ’ to each other in secret guilt by the cement of blood , having been tricked into thinking Shatov is a danger and must be removed , is another and a promising rationalization which reveals a local shrewdness like Iago 's . |
| 29 | The initial portion of the curve is linear and the tensile modulus E is obtained from its slope . |
| 30 | From the garden , no other property is visible and the only sound is that of birdsong . |