Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adj] is [conj] " in BNC.

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1 What is perhaps most startling is that so many agents of educational change — local education officers and education committees — remained so untouched by the principles .
2 What is much less clear is that it is the answer to all problems , or that it has even solved the problems its proponents themselves recognized .
3 Perhaps less well-known is that El Vino is one of London 's best wine merchants , offering a mail-order service based on its Armchair Wine Buyer 's Guide .
4 Perhaps more important is that the demonstration role of the centre , which was launched by Prince Charles three years ago , marks it off from most traditional ‘ botanic gardens ’ .
5 What is perhaps more significant is that a new minister will also find that his department is developing new policies .
6 What is perhaps more disturbing is that many existing IT specialists do not appear to be aware of some fundamental principles involved in designing reliable , " user-friendly " and " environment-friendly " information systems .
7 ( Much more worrying is that one of the nearby stars — notably Sirius or Procyon — could explode as a supernova , bathing our planet in sufficient hard radiation to extinguish all life .
8 What is much more certain is that it was a huge release for him , a safety valve by which the loner could open up , expand and express himself .
9 Much more important is whether the bid was sensible in the first place .
10 And I think that even patients with lung cancer find it impossible to smo , stop smoking That is , perhaps , not so important , but what is much more important is that their families find it impossible to stop smoking !
11 Much more important is that the student is aware of the general principles of that particular area of law , has acquired the proper technique for finding out the specific rules and can apply them to the facts of the case .
12 A far less common problem but one which is much more dramatic is if you put your weight too far forward .
13 Much more equivocal is whether the theory has any predictive content .
14 One reason why farm workers ' wages remain so comparatively low is that the demand for labour within agriculture has been declining as a result of mechanization-Indeed , the prospect of more expensive labour has often been sufficient to stimulate farmers to engage in a further round of mechanization so that both the supply and the demand for labour have chased each other down in an ever-decreasing spiral .
15 What is not so clear is whether the Principles have anticipated ail types of problem which the technology may throw up .
16 What is not so obvious is whether the vast sums of money that have been spent by central government and the local authorities on housing over the years have had much effect on reducing housing inequalities .
17 What is not always obvious is that the bridle line itself , and its connections to the kite frame , are every bit as important as the kiteline ends over which far greater fuss is made .
18 The reason this information is not readily available is that there is a second filter .
19 The difference between a living organism and one just newly dead is that something which we call life has departed , something which we can neither see , hear , smell , touch , weigh or in any physical sense quantify , but which animates and directs the physical organism while it is alive , and gives it the power to counteract the forces of disintegration and decay .
20 The main reason why it is not completely random is that one can not be sure in every list that the n th name does not have some significance .
21 What is rather more strange is that Jenkins should portray the postponement of the positivist revolution as being an anti-radical step .
22 Also not clear is whether any of the mothers received steroids to accelerate fetal maturity before delivery .
23 Far more interesting is whether the hon. Gentleman and his Back-Bench colleagues support Labour 's new nuclear defence policy — so far as anyone can understand it .
24 What is far more important is that the balance between land and labour , which had been favourable to labour for about a century and a half , was now tilting back decisively in favour of the landowner .
25 What makes the situation in Britain today so worrying is that the leaders of both main parties agree on virtually everything .
26 What makes it both attractive to users and even more misleading is that the promoters of the technique tend to use a number of methods to produce ‘ norms ’ for , in particular , ‘ preference shift ’ , but also for various attention measures .
27 What is even more surprising is that there was little celebration of the inauguration of this unique technical phenomenon in the engineering press .
28 Perhaps even more surprising is that there are further 30 plus Spitfires dotted around the world , on the stocks and in private hands , proceeding at various rates towards flying status .
29 What is even more astonishing is that you can see the Wellestream more easily with every passing year .
30 What is even more amazing is that Jesus does not meet the centurion either .
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