Example sentences of "is [adj] and [adv] [vb -s] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This standard ensures the unit is waterproof and so prevents an accidental , and potentially fatal , combination of water and electricity . |
| 2 | It is empty and therefore requires the user to input data . |
| 3 | A cash payment is unusual and either reflects the bargaining strength of the vendor , or , in recent times , may be demanded by receivers and liquidators in recognition of the duty they owe to the creditors . |
| 4 | Such an expectation on the part of adoptive parents , they would argue , is self-centred and also takes no account of the birth parents ' feelings . |
| 5 | Such tenants should try to persuade the landlord to refrain from opting , for example , by pointing out that the option is irrevocable and often cuts the capital value of the site by restricting the potential group of tenants . |
| 6 | Social organization is complex and always includes a variety of classes , orders and groups . |
| 7 | Table 3 shows recall to be significantly greater for the last five words in the list when recall is immediate and thus supports the recency effect . |
| 8 | She has an extraordinary gift , as she is telekinetic and so has the power to make things happen through thought-transmission . |
| 9 | This means , of course , that VMP is infeasible and therefore has no efficient solutions . |
| 10 | An intent to cause injury by shock is sufficient and apparently means the same as an intent to cause injury to the person ( R v Rapier [ 1980 ] Crim LR 48 ) . |
| 11 | The trapezius muscle group is kite-shaped and basically pulls the head and the shoulders back . |
| 12 | With a beach start everyone is allocated a position on a short line on the beach , the race organiser checks everyone is ready and then signals the start . |
| 13 | Vuk , however , was less enthusiastic , and wrote of his own people , ‘ It is hard to induce them to acknowledge that they are Serbs , and we would be crazy if we agreed to abandon our famous name and to adopt another one [ Illyrian ] , which is dead and today has no meaning in itself . ‘ |