Example sentences of "is [adv] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Democratic theory as an ideal construct may recognise the existence of elites in real polities which are to be explained ; a democratic theory which accepts the existence of elites , describes democracy as a set of institutions and builds them into its descriptions as a central restraining factor , is arguably not in the democratic school and might not even be properly called theory . |
| 2 | There he works on the Slime Line , which is basically rather like the Northern Line , but slightly more regular . |
| 3 | This is especially so as the local plan makes no reference whatever to the proposal to effectively change from a washed-over to an inset status , while the greenbelt local plan refers to that change only by the one word , quote proposed unquote , in parentheses on page twenty five of the deposit copy . |
| 4 | This is especially so in the remote sheep-farming areas of Wales , which seem to be particularly favoured as fox-dumping grounds . |
| 5 | The bridal bouquet is somewhat out of the ordinary , too ! |
| 6 | In Seager v Copydex Ltd [ 1967 ] 1 WLR 923 it was adopted by Lord Denning MR who added the following point concerning the difficulties which arise where part of the information disclosed to the defendant is only partly within the public domain : When the information is mixed , being partly public and partly private , then the recipient must take special care to use only the material which is in the public domain . |
| 7 | The February index provides renewed evidence of a slowdown although the average 7.3 p.c. rise is only marginally below the 7.5 p.c. recorded in the October index . |
| 8 | ‘ It is entirely up to the local education authority to decide what it considered to be the child 's needs , ’ the judge said . |
| 9 | Erm , it is perhaps only in the last er , six months or so that the erm , turnaround in the fortunes of erm , er , B Sky B have been acknowledged and er , I think there has been an element in our thinking that we wanted to keep our dry er , until such time as er , B Sky B which we have great belief and faith in and our , as you know we increased our investment during the year erm , sees its way through to profitability and I 'm happy to say that that 's happening now at a reab reasonable rate and that that means that it is highly unlikely that the hundred and thirty million of guarantees that we still have outstanding to B Sky B are likely to be called . |
| 10 | A draft investment-services directive was submitted by the commission to the council in January 1989 , and is much further along the legislative road than the two insurance directives . |
| 11 | Although he suggests he is not wholly against the permissive society , all that he can find to say in its favour is that it points to the continual necessity to make traditional values relevant to contemporary society , to the fact that the importance of the family , ‘ the very principles of order itself … are not … accepted by all ’ . |
| 12 | Lebanon is not elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible usually connected with burning and while it is natural enough — even while we are still in line A — to suppose that it is the trees of Lebanon that are for burning , even though they are typically used for building , it is impossible to discern from line A what purpose is in view in burning Lebanon 's trees , and thus why Lebanon 's trees are insufficient for burning . |
| 13 | It is not just at the regional level that the geography of British manufacturing industry has been changing . |
| 14 | When we take somebody , assess their needs and offer them a care package , in terms of the elderly , erm , and more importantly in terms of those with physical disability or learning disability , we have basically got to support that person for the rest of their life , and therefore , the commitment is not just for the current year , the commitment in , in the case of the elderly depending on what is being offered , whether it be nursing home care , or residential care is for several months or years . |
| 15 | His fight is not just for the Third World , but for North America and Europe as well . |
| 16 | Inheritance tax is not just for the wealthy . |
| 17 | But as we said the other week th the deepest , the most important significance of what Jesus did then , of what Jesus said then is not just of the historical account , but that he is able and willing to say and to do exactly the same today in your experience and in mine . |
| 18 | Evidently the sound that has been heard in the upper room is not just in the upper room but it 's er it 's audible within the whole district . |
| 19 | It is an offence to drive when your eyesight is not up to the required standard . |
| 20 | This reviewer is a long-time fan of Mr Greer 's superb aviation art in the Squadron Signal series over many years ; sadly , his figure work is not up to the same very high standard . |
| 21 | It is not exactly in the commercial heart of London 's China Town , but it is simple enough to find . |
| 22 | Usually it is not long before the female members of his family , and the wives of his friends and neighbours , come to his rescue to ‘ mother ’ him through the period of his grieving and depression , and some , whose children have grown up and left home , will find great pleasure in doing so . |
| 23 | All at once the range of available experiences is vastly increased , and it is not long before the apathetic , listless and relatively incompetent infant is transformed into an active , gay , intellectually capable child . |
| 24 | Despite the general activities there is menace in the air and it is not long before the rival factions of Montagues and Capulets are fighting and deaths occurring before the lovers even meet . |
| 25 | Some twenty years later , Comden and Green were also behind On the Twentieth Century ( ) , whose book is not really in the same class as Wonderful Town , but which is quite magnificently preposterous . |
| 26 | It was also partly down to the well-disciplined orchestra , although the jazz idiom of , for instance , Crown 's ‘ A Red-Headed Woman ’ is not really in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's blood , and Libor Pesek was inclined to take more time than some of his soloists wanted . |
| 27 | Although the sing still takes place in July , it is not always on the last Sunday of the month . |
| 28 | erm , it , the , i the , the er means of closing a window is not always in the same place . |
| 29 | That will create a body that is not quite like the National Trust , an Arts Council or Countryside Commission , but certainly a quango , probably under the leadership of Mrs Jenkins . |
| 30 | Michael Thomas , several years younger , is not quite in the same class yet but may have to play in Chorzow . |