Example sentences of "is [adj] [prep] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , there would frequently be discrepancies between the meanings of sentences with a predicate qualifier and " fuller versions " when it is replaced by a clause ; for example , consider : ( 31 ) the jury found Ernest guilty the jury found Ernest ; Ernest was guilty ( 32 ) Alastair likes his beef tea strong Alastair likes his beef tea ; his beef tea is strong In the latter case , for instance , there may not be any strong beef tea at all ; the point of uttering the sentence may be to complain about that very point . |
| 2 | Another objection to the notion of ‘ stages ’ is due to the same problem . |
| 3 | The positive charge in a nucleus is due to the several protons it contains , but the protons are not alone ; there is a second type of particle within nuclei — the neutron . |
| 4 | hence a larger sample is possible for the same expenditure |
| 5 | While little data is presented here it is clear from the few examples given that the ANLT has problems with ‘ real ’ language — the number of possible parses produced and the failure to parse — which would not be solved by additional computational power . |
| 6 | Thus the pressure , both inner and outer , on teachers to have a clear , articulate rationale for what they are doing is high at the same time as the exploration of the values from which such a rationale must derive is conspicuously out of style . |
| 7 | Like the quatrain poems it is funny at the same time as serious . |
| 8 | This is similar to the former method except that plant material does not come into contact with the water ; only the steam is passed over it . |
| 9 | Fox 's kicking is crucial to the All Black 's game but there are inevitably , other great and experienced winners around him . |
| 10 | Thus it appears that the acquisition of the grammar of a new variety of " the same " language is subject to the same difficulties and may lead to the same types of " error " and inconsistency as the acquisition of its phonology . |
| 11 | In this sense he assumes that government policy is subject to the same degree of stickiness as prices . |
| 12 | However , our own observations show that once invited to submit a proposal , a school 's case is subject to the same criteria as any other , and that these criteria are fairly rigorously applied . |
| 13 | It is subject to the same mechanisms as other parts of the id . |
| 14 | Pollution control work , then , is typical of the many areas of social control characterized by goals of regulation rather than repression . |
| 15 | This behaviour is typical of the several meals we have investigated using scintigraphic techniques , and shows that it represents a physiological relevant test meal . |
| 16 | Consistency is explicit in the same time scale of two weeks . |
| 17 | So , since they claim to know the complete and final story about the nature of mental substance , it is incumbent on them to show that it is impossible for the same consciousness to be transferred from one substance to another . |
| 18 | This has led to a change in the way in which both physical and social data are collected and combined in an effective conservation policy , or , as Pickering ( 1979 ) puts it , in such a way as to ensure the technical validity of a conservation technique is appropriate over the same area as its social validity . |
| 19 | The idea of freedom which lies behind this kind of demand is confused in the same way as the idea of equality which calls for standardisation . |
| 20 | It is customary for the same body to be designated as the Central Authority for other Hague Conventions dealing with civil procedure , notably that on Service of Process . |
| 21 | The method is not statistically valid , but is viable in the same way as quota sampling , in that it may be based on objective proportions . |
| 22 | A gene is stuck in the same lineage without sex . |
| 23 | Like ( c ) , ( f ) has slit illumination , but this is stroboscopic at the same frequency as the sound . |
| 24 | Stereo sound , which can be dubbed separately , is available on the few machines which feature the alternative PCM system of audio recording . |
| 25 | A men 's version is available at the same price . |
| 26 | ( The Siege of Troy is available in the same series and is my own favourite of the three , with Helen , Menelaus , Hector and Achilles , and Memnon with the ‘ dark cloud ’ of his warriors from countries so hot that men 's skins are burnt black and nothing is white about them except their teeth . |
| 27 | The Nicaragua Health Fund Newsletter is available from the same address . |
| 28 | The second is tantamount to the same thing in reverse . |
| 29 | Very close to the wall is small and so there is little energy production ; far from it , is small with the same consequence . |
| 30 | Physical mobility is essential for the many activities aimed at maintaining safety , whether at home , at work , at play or while travelling . |