Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beep in the ear is so important just a second ago , because if we had this on , busy on the phone , and the next caller comes through , because it was my phone , those calls would go through to Hilary , so I would n't get a beep in the ear would I ? |
| 2 | In any case , my wig is more that just a wig . |
| 3 | If the torque/position characteristics for one phase excitation is notably non-sinusoidal then the effect of two-phases-on excitation can be checked quite easily using the graphical summation method . |
| 4 | If the input information is slightly ambiguous then a feature analyser would be confused and unable to deal with it , a pure feature analysis . |
| 5 | Vocatives can be divided into calls , or summonses , as in ( 47 ) , and addresses , as in ( 48 ) ( Zwicky , 1974 ) : ( 47 ) Hey you , you just scratched my car with your frisbee ( 48 ) The truth is , Madam , nothing is as good nowadays The distinction is precisely that between gestural and symbolic usages , applied in this domain . |
| 6 | It is now well over a year since I sent you Offensive from Quasar 13 . |
| 7 | Head of Department : ‘ Homework is now set once a week . |
| 8 | If , at the start of a difficult problem , the glass is fairly full obviously the body is more likely to signal stress than if the glass is empty . |
| 9 | stuff that you learn for them is even better then the revision |
| 10 | If the glissade is too emphatic then the step of grande élévation , the highlight of a sentence , will lose its impact . |
| 11 | the chasm is too great though the gulf between God and man is , is far too wide and we try our various planks , our planks of being good , of doing nice things , planks of being religious , of being confirmed , of being baptized , of going to church of perhaps attending church , perhaps even becoming a member of a church , the plank of saying prayers I think you know and God does n't even hear us , the bible tells us , if I regarded iniquity in my heart God does n't hear me , he says I will not hear you , the only prayer that God hears from the sinner is God be merciful to me a sinner and we 've tried that plank and it does n't work , of course it does n't because that 's not what it means to be a Christian , the plank of bible reading , we can read the bible , we can memorise it , it does n't make us a Christian , Jesus said to some of the religious leaders of his days , you search the scriptures for you think that in them you have life , but you will not come to me , and so it 's not being in religious , er being religious or any thing else as we well know , it 's something far , far more fundamental than that , those words that Jesus said to Nicodemus you must be born again , that new birth , that new start , starting all over again , and so what happens , what 's it all about , what is it to , what is it to be a Christian . |
| 12 | If the speed is too great then the vehicle may fall off the sides of the plank and crash . |
| 13 | Of course , if the adhesion at the interface is too weak then the material as a whole will be weakened so that , when there is no adhesion at all , one has to have some arrangement like cloth or rope or basket-work to hold the material together by friction . |