Example sentences of "is [adv] [adv] [prep] [art] [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 | Not only because of the risk and the safety factor er of the gun going off , because of er a movement by that person on the floor , but so there 's no getting around it that , should a firearm be discharged against a solid object in as much as er the barrel is right up against an individual , and the trigger is pulled . |
| 3 | When in football someone takes aim at the goal we say there is a sudden heightening of tension ; when it is all over after a noble save by the goalie there is an equally sudden slackening of tension . |
| 4 | There he works on the Slime Line , which is basically rather like the Northern Line , but slightly more regular . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This is especially so in the remote sheep-farming areas of Wales , which seem to be particularly favoured as fox-dumping grounds . |
| 7 | The bridal bouquet is somewhat out of the ordinary , too ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ It is entirely up to the local education authority to decide what it considered to be the child 's needs , ’ the judge said . |
| 10 | In short , if there can be any meaningful talk of " reduction " here at all , it is perhaps only of a possible reduction of properties to ( non-mental and logically independent ) relations , not vice versa . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Mr Tudor , who farms , near Welshpool , is just back from the big SIAL international food exhibition in Paris . |
| 13 | Whatever its merits , however , it will have to live in the shadow of W T Stearn , whose magisterial Stearn 's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners is already out in a revised edition ( Cassell , 1992 , £16.99 , 0 304 34149 5 ) , and whose Botanical Latin has just appeared in a 4th edition ( David & Charles , £25 0 7153 0052 0 ) . |
| 14 | The appeal is already off to a flying start with around £100,000 already guaranteed , over £80,000 from a major sponsor , Walter Scott and Partners , and £15,000 from local authorities . |
| 15 | Professor Baldassare Conticello , the Soprintendente , estimates that at this rate it will take two generations before the whole of Pompeii is once more in a stable condition . |
| 16 | It is usually forward with a pungent blackcurrant aroma on the bouquet and it is ripe , fruity and friendly . |
| 17 | If he treats her from the beginning like a woman , elderly perhaps , but still entitled to every courtesy and consideration and some of his undivided attention , and if she treats him with affection and interest , voicing her pride in his achievements , and turning to him for advice on various matters , their relationship is usually off to a good start . |
| 18 | Managers are responsible for providing their people with development opportunities , but it is always up to the individual person to take the opportunities on offer and make something of them . |
| 19 | But on April 1st the worriers will find that the NHS is still firmly in the public sector — financed from taxation and free at the point of delivery . |
| 20 | Evidently the tunnel myth is still firmly in the popular psyche of today . |
| 21 | The economy moved back into the black in February after a Dm412m deficit during January but the latest Dm1.6 billion surplus is still well below the comparable Dm2.1 billion a year earlier . |
| 22 | But Dexter Tiranti was there at the naïve and idealistic beginning — and is still here in the careworn ( but still idealistic ) present . |
| 23 | The jury is still out on the Criminal Justice Act , even if it is swinging towards the negative rather than the positive . |
| 24 | The stone floor is now mainly used for storage for the baking business that is still carried on there , although it is still home for a new and completely unused mill stone . |
| 25 | The A34 just south of Newbury is still down to a single lane due to the roadworks there , between the Swan roundabout and Sandalford roundabout and the A41 London road in Bicester has roadworks by the level crossing , temporary traffic lights there , expect some congestion which is reasonably bad at the moment , but it is beginning to clear in both directions . |
| 26 | The A forty-one though , at the Banbury spur is still down to a single lane between the junction with the A forty-six Longbridge Island and the A four five two , Grey 's Mallory Island , that 's for M forty construction work . |
| 27 | Sun Microsystems Inc says the Cypress Corp-Ross Technology HyperSparc is still only in the pre-production stage , and until the chip advances , Sun will not be able to make a decision on using it . |
| 28 | That love of haggling is still there in the Mediterranean economy , and maybe it began with the Minoan traders . |
| 29 | Johnny McBride is hardly out of the Juvenile ranks but he is regarded as one of the most talented under-age players within the Oak Leaf county . |
| 30 | Wyatt 's articulation of the necessity to stage his identity , even within the ostensible private world of a sonnet , so that he can continue to function within the social world is reiterated by writers whose focus is more distinctly on the public sphere . |