Example sentences of "[adv] [is] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the predicate adjunct to the subject is felt to qualify the support of the verb in She was alone , it would seem plausible that in ( 9 ) alone is also incident to the support of the verb ( used here in the infinitival form ) , even though there is no subject pronoun to identify this support 's ordinal rank . |
| 2 | So the , the earliest you 'll be home is tomorrow afternoon is n't it ? |
| 3 | Occasionally our local gulls will be joined by the odd glaucous gull whose summer home is farther north , in Iceland or even in Spitsbergen : the glaucous gulls superficially resemble our herring gulls in that the adults have white bodies with grey backs , and the immatures are speckled brown , but at all ages they can be distinguished by having no black markings on the wing-tips , which are uniform fawn or white , depending on the age of the bird . |
| 4 | Moo-sic 's still herd |
| 5 | Right , what I want to do now is just hand out , before you press any other keys , sort of hand out some some sheets on er critical values . |
| 6 | That really is awfully kind of you . |
| 7 | It really is about time that journalists stopped mouthing the myths of modern-day Thatcherism . |
| 8 | It really is about time we had a BIT of luck . |
| 9 | Capacity Software Facilities Staff Quality Budget User Commitment One of the key elements in this backlog crisis in many enterprises today is undoubtedly lack of experienced and skilled staff , a shortcoming made more critical by the sheer complexity of computer systems . |
| 10 | Easily Accessible : Ford House is situated in an area of Devon known as the South Hams — ‘ Hamme ’ is old English for a ‘ sheltered place ’ — and the climate here is particularly kind as the coasts are washed by the Gulf Stream . |
| 11 | You could say his being here is simply coincidence , but I think not . ’ |
| 12 | Sometimes is almost ankle deep in filth and litter . |
| 13 | Nelson wrote ‘ I have applications from the different line of battle ships for surveys on most of their sails and running rigging which can not be complied with as there is neither cordage nor sails to replace the unserviceable stores and therefore the evil must be combated in the best manner possible . ’ |
| 14 | And in these there is nowhere unhappiness can enter . |
| 15 | As long as proper outcome data is collected there is clearly scope for patient care to be at the forefront of discussion of RMI . |
| 16 | Even where breach is admitted there is therefore scope for dispute about whether or not the breach justifies withdrawal from the contract . |
| 17 | However well charted the world may be there is still adventure , danger and hardship for some travellers to endure : Christina Dodwell experienced ‘ cold terror ’ while crossing the rapids of the Laigap River in Papua New Guinea ; Dervla Murphy survived an attack by wolves and several rape attempts ; Rosie Atkins , travelling round the world with her husband and two children , was trapped overnight in a battered old coach by a landslide in Ladakh . |
| 18 | ‘ Whenever Vinny is around there is always excitement . |
| 19 | An eel of about 1lb swings out , which luckily is only lip hooked and comes off with no trouble . |
| 20 | They 're actually , they just do fund raising to their local groups and everything else is obviously sort of controlled by central office or |
| 21 | Our foray into book publishing , soon to be repeated , used Ventura and this too is now part of our arsenal . |
| 22 | Superconductivity essentially is just superfluidity of electrons in metals . |