Example sentences of "[noun] is [adj] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again , this approach to involving disabled people in the arts is flawed primarily because disabled people have not been consulted about what is wanted . |
| 2 | The latter phenomena have been extensively analysed in the limit B 0 , in which the Ikeda mapping becomes one-dimensional and can be realised in a so-called hybrid system in which the feedback is electronic rather than optical . |
| 3 | The difficulty is that the assumptions on which it is based are to say the least shaky : the assumptions , namely , that only one vote suffices although more than one candidate is to be elected ; that preferential voting is reliable , even when used in ignorance of all the relevant information and inhibited by the arbitrary exclusion of candidates who might otherwise be successful ; that it is reasonable to grant to some votes the privilege of being transferred , and to lower-preference votes the possibility of exercising greater influence than is warranted by their very definition ; that it is reasonable also to give to all transferred votes the same weighting as to original votes ; and that election by quota is sensible even if the quotas are manifestly make-believe . |
| 4 | They looked as solid as reasonable to expect in the circumstances … the midfield were looking to get forward , and being caught on the break is fair enough when chasing a cup tie … and Goodman is one of the better players around … suprisingly fast . |
| 5 | Despite the appearance given by the EEG of probing the machinery of the brain , electroencephalography is a relatively gross technique which tells us only that a population of neural units is active rather than quiescent . |
| 6 | This bland characterisation is apt only if B is misleadingly conceived as a person who has had his conviction quashed on the basis of successfully arguing one of his points of appeal . |
| 7 | If incidence rather than prevalence is of interest , a longitudinal panel study is essential even though the administrative burden can be heavy . |
| 8 | The practice is dubious anyway as larger containers of detergent can become contaminated by certain bacteria , often pseudomonads , and act as reservoirs of infection or spoilage . |
| 9 | Its importance in soil conservation practice is world-wide partly because much of the international literature on the subject in popular and scientific journals is written by Americans , and partly because of the American foreign aid programme in which conservation plays an important part . |
| 10 | The guidance is persuasive rather than prescriptive and has a lower level of authority than statements of auditing standards . |
| 11 | To meet force with force is successful only if the defender is as strong as the attacker . |
| 12 | On , so their effect is negative rather than positive . |
| 13 | We also saw that context can have an effect on the speed of visual word recognition , although experiments by Fischler and Bloom ( 1979 ; 1980 ) suggest that the effect is inhibitory rather than facilitatory , with a word taking longer to identify when preceded by a context which makes it semantically anomalous . |
| 14 | The dangers of excessive alcohol are perhaps more obvious and the real problem here is that the effect is cumulative rather than merely temporary . |
| 15 | Furthermore , in the UK the bulk of investment is institutional rather than private . |
| 16 | The production of these ideological forms would be by people whose labour is mental rather than material , whose product has effects in a world of ideas and social relations rather than the material world of objects . |
| 17 | The latter alternative is possible here since it does not result in crossing the tune with the bass . |
| 18 | Rudolf Dreikurs maintains that talk is effective only when raised voices imply some impending action , and then only momentarily . |
| 19 | However , Strawson also draws a stronger conclusion from it — the conclusion that , since a theory of the determination of action is true now if it is true at all , such a theory would have to be compatible with our distinction between behaviour towards which reactive attitudes are appropriate , and behaviour demanding an objective response . |
| 20 | It is important that the horse is warmed-up properly before he starts on his cross country round . |
| 21 | The equation is true even when the eigenvalues are not all different . |
| 22 | 4 ) What back-up in terms of advice and maintenance is available e.g. if the microcomputer breaks down , can it be attended to locally or will there be a delay ? |
| 23 | ‘ I see your condition is diet-controlled rather than by the use of insulin . ’ |
| 24 | This condition is satisfied even though the minimum size of the oscillator is quite small ( Figure 4 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ I think what I 'm asking for a pair of shoes is fair enough though I am keeping the prices low as an incentive for my customers to come back for more . ’ |
| 26 | The plural is important here for there can be no single or homogeneous strategy against racism because racism itself is never homogeneous . |
| 27 | Originally infers that the work is innovative rather than derivative , and that it has involved skill and creativity . |
| 28 | An even more important distinction is the fact that the remedial work is expressive rather than productive . |
| 29 | The conclusions we reach in this chapter , therefore , are that : MOST SEDIMENTATION IN THE CONTINENTAL AREAS IS LATERAL RATHER THAN VERTICAL AND IS NOT NECESSARILY DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH SUBSIDENCE . |
| 30 | Installation through a window is possible only where there is single glazing . |