Example sentences of "is [adj] [subord] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although such a strategy is possible as a distinct strategy , it is more often employed as a tactic for reducing emissions as part of the air quality management strategy . |
| 2 | It is doubtful whether a mere counterparty should be treated as a customer . |
| 3 | This is particularly relevant in the case of boys — somehow society seems to think it is appropriate for little girls to shed tears but is embarrassed when a young boy reacts in the same way . |
| 4 | Use of the system is free provided a special identifier is used , ’ added Tim , who is contactable on Harwell extension 5566 for queries . |
| 5 | of the tax is payable if a single person lives there . |
| 6 | The ultimate experience in the Yogic views is the realisation that everything is contained in consciousness , and this awareness is obvious when an essential identity is established between individual consciousness and the object . |
| 7 | A formal-stage group is leader-dependent whereas a skilful-stage team is leader-independent . |
| 8 | It is helpful if an abbreviated notation ( which merely shows the broad subject category to which the document belongs ) can be readily derived from the full notation . |
| 9 | Every practical success is partial since a new problem always emerges demanding a new resolution . |
| 10 | From a CD-I publisher 's point of view , this is important because a single edition of a CDI product , perhaps with multiple audio tracks to address language differences , can be distributed to markets throughout the world without fear of incompatibilities in the playback systems . |
| 11 | Blackrag Madonna is blind as a dead rat . |
| 12 | The City is happy because a new source of revenue has been located , and as well as broadening the client portfolio it gives the company the business and creative opportunity to be lead agency for Europe on international brands such as Pepsi . |
| 13 | Although histamine stimulates the incorporation of H + , K + -ATPase rich cytoplasmic tubulovesicles into the apical membrane in parietal cells , it is unclear whether a similar phenomenon occurred in HGT-1 cells as they have been shown to be devoid of secretory organelles . |
| 14 | Analysis of a water supply gives much useful information and is essential when a new supply is being considered for textile processing . |
| 15 | Indeed , such a power is essential if a total dissolution as between all the partners is to be avoided when it is necessary to get rid of an unsatisfactory partner . |
| 16 | Now a further prosecution is pending after a local businessman agreed to act as a prosecution witness . |
| 17 | Firstly , it does seem that consumers are more likely to succeed in an assertion that a clause is unreasonable than a commercial undertaking . |
| 18 | Since slides are treated at a number of different temperatures in the protocols , it is convenient if a sufficient number of water baths and ovens can be maintained at these temperatures without the need for continuous readjustment . |
| 19 | Observed in operation on visits to schools , Easton 's community relations police were quickly able to establish a rapport with the children and revelled in the joking and informal banter , although Easton is fortunate in having very experienced constables with long service in community relations , which is vital because a three-week course hardly qualifies as sufficient training . |
| 20 | it is cheap because an already-paid official is used |
| 21 | The symptoms are moving in the opposite direction to suppression and this is necessary if a long-lasting cure is to be achieved . |
| 22 | The division of responsibilities between the two tiers means that some co-ordination is necessary if an effective service is to be provided . |
| 23 | Such an approach is necessary because a warming trend due to greenhouse gas changes may be counteracted initially by a cooling trend caused by other factors . |
| 24 | If , however , I mean The sky is blue as a general statement — a proposition about a general state of affairs — then I do not use it deictically ( I use it generically ) . |
| 25 | A high exhaustivity of indexing , then , is beneficial where a thorough search is required , but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought . |
| 26 | The most important exception is found in regulation 3(c) which permits an action to be brought under the newly amended s.62 by a person who is other than a private investor where there has been a breach of rules prohibiting insider dealing . |
| 27 | It is perfectly possible , as Griffen explains , to allow pupil and parent choice , but there is no evidence that his is other than an isolated example . |
| 28 | This article is relevant where a private company target is widely held and does not fall within art 5 . |
| 29 | Precisely the same is true where a venereal disease is communicated or pregnancy ensues . |
| 30 | Despite the term ‘ suggestions ’ , their observance is mandatory unless a particular manner of service suggested is ‘ forbidden ’ by a positive prohibition in the law of the state of destination . |