Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] is [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , one reason why Mr Hammer 's message has been received so eagerly is that , to a large extent , he is preaching to the converted . |
| 2 | The problems that the Los Angeles police department has right now is that they are not community orientated . |
| 3 | One of the drawbacks to using any of the breakage data described so far is that later depositional agencies produce additional breakage , and it is difficult to distinguish between them . |
| 4 | What I have argued so far is that the Situationists are ill-served by these publications , and that this is partly due to the influence of a certain pessimism which haunts contemporary cultural politics . |
| 5 | ‘ All you 've said so far is that some kid thinks he 's seen the man we want . |
| 6 | But is , is , I mean w w what we 've said so far is that the problem with this is that there is n't enough land and therefore it encroaches on the middle peasant and , and that 's the problem , that 's the reason you had to change your policy . |
| 7 | The sad thing about all the comments I have made so far is that in even the best organizations you can recognize one or more of these undesirable characteristics . |
| 8 | One of the things I worry about considerably is that I feel a lot of well-meaning people bring pressure to bear on companies not to take decisions . |
| 9 | The reason unforgiving strategies do n't do very well is that they ca n't break out of runs of mutual recrimination , even when their opponent is ‘ remorseful ’ . |
| 10 | Answer guide : The major point to drive home here is that an asset gives a future benefit . |
| 11 | The result of two days bullying all round is that we have a few tables and two telephones and one borrowed typewriter . |
| 12 | The reason why the ’ three wise men ’ report was produced so quickly is that the three people whom I invited to deliver it — Mr. Alexander , Mr. Rose and Mr. Woodhead — had behind them a lifetime of experience and close involvement with primary schools , and they were able to distil that lifetime 's knowledge very rapidly . |
| 13 | One advantage of the fly and inner going up together is that the inner is kept at a set distance from the fly , preventing the two from touching and allowing moisture to leak through to the inside . |
| 14 | One aim of it is to make opponents of abortion appear unpatriotic and out of tune with American values ; but the main message being conveyed implicitly here is that women are Americans too : they should not be deprived of the rights and liberties guaranteed to all American citizens by the US Constitution . |
| 15 | The the first question is this is this thing about nerves is n't it because that 's the first feeling you have when you got up get up here is and as said I 'm dry already and I have n't even been up there and done it yet the voice is dry and you know then you feel a bit shaky and all that sort of thing and why do we why do we feel nervous ? |
| 16 | The Foreign Office has now issued a warning to tourists about terrorist activity in Egypt , and says the reason it was n't given out sooner is because British tourists were n't thought to be at risk . |
| 17 | One of the problems I have with what you 've all been saying so far is that you 've talked about encouraging a sense of warmth and security , well maybe we ought to confront the fact that the world is not a warm and secure place and deal with those kinds of issues , and say and put it squarely before children . |
| 18 | I think that the I think the question of that really , I 'm trying to , I ca n't quite frankly , I think that 's Mike Kirkham in this who particularly investigated that one , but I think that basically what we were really saying was on what I was saying earlier on is that if you make it too difficult for the employers , you 're going to take away the incentive to run a final salary scheme , you know that you know I think basically final salary pension schemes are good for the employee , you know , I think that was what our fundamental thinking of on that was . |
| 19 | The point that emerges most strongly is that there are no standard procedures to which all samples can be routinely submitted ; to approach the problem in that way is inappropriate and inefficient . |
| 20 | The principal reason why the methods of scrutiny in the House of Commons and the House of Lords differ so widely is that the House of Commons has traditionally seen its power as residing in the Chamber itself and in the power to call ministers to account on the floor of the House . |
| 21 | I think that some people may not realise fully too is that in order to make a decision you have to be full informed , and teachers are very busy people and a teacher really is spending nearly every moment of his day either teaching or preparing to teach , and it 's impossible , therefore , to establish in a school or a community college the faculty committee structure that one might have in a university , where people do probably spend some time informing themselves before debate . |
| 22 | This is another area largely unexplored by the Church , and the Commission believes that more work needs to be done here , for the implication of the research completed so far is that the average parish congregation demands a variety of musical styles if the needs of all its members are to be met . |
| 23 | Wattam says : ‘ One of the problems identified early on is that , with the impetus on doing the interview as soon as possible , you have got a thrust of criminal justice criteria at the beginning of the investigation ’ . |
| 24 | What I should perhaps point out here is that seventy percent of people who have fallen from the top of the falls have died in the process . |
| 25 | So erm what I 'm trying to say here then is that the federal government is important , the federal government tries wherever possible to guide states into , into good practice and it offers rewards to states to comply with , with federal er guidelines so that , you know , if you want federal aid for er a particular project you have to , if you accept federal money , you have to ensure that you meet certain standards or certain conditions , but a very convenient way of enforcing civil rights er policies . |
| 26 | ‘ What comes through strongly is that we are good at communicating in one direction — the Courtaulds message is getting across , ’ said , deputy director of Human Resources . |
| 27 | What we see here then is that the channel is markedly stimulated to open , its open state probability increases , but once it is open , the level the current level which it passes , the amount of the number ions flowing through per unit time , is not significantly different from that er case in which the calcium was lower . |
| 28 | And I think the point the graph makes very clearly is that the eighty nine based set up here at least in my view , to fit far better to what has been happening than eighty five based set . |