Example sentences of "[verb] is [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is enough area there to call for a two-person crew , so launching is rarely a problem . |
| 2 | Regulating doctors ' qualifications , their premises , and the care they provide is clearly a starting point . |
| 3 | What matters is simply a profession of faith in Jesus as a manifestation of God , and such a profession of faith is in itself sufficient to ensure salvation . |
| 4 | The question mark at the end of line 4 refers back to ‘ with whom ? ’ 'No vicissitude can find' is therefore a statement of fact , implying a pagan , not a Christian attitude . |
| 5 | By contrast , the time limit for actions in private law is at least three years , and for judicial review applications made outside Ord. 53 there is no fixed time limit : delay in applying is just a factor to be taken into account when the court exercises its discretion whether or not to award a declaration or injunction . |
| 6 | Didier Pironi , who was one of the brightest ones , had said , ‘ Driving is more a state of mind than the use of intelligence . |
| 7 | ‘ I know what you really want is just a demonstration , ’ Henry said . |
| 8 | Now , knowing what the future holds is just a phone call away . |
| 9 | Now , knowing what the future holds is just a phone call away . |
| 10 | Now , knowing what the future holds is just a phone call away . |
| 11 | I do not think this grouping or group let is yet a class either in itself or for itself and it may never become one . |
| 12 | ‘ What is done is only a beginning . |
| 13 | As with other respiratory and upper gastrointestinal tumours the male predominance seen is probably a result of the heavy smoking and drinking habits of men compared with women . |
| 14 | We are learning that the way institutions are organized is increasingly a problem for men as well as women . |
| 15 | Several studies have shown that the eradication of H pylori is associated with a considerable reduction in the rate of recurrence of duodenal and gastric ulcers , but how and why this occurs is still a matter of debate . |
| 16 | The process by which children learn to behave is largely a matter of operant learning . |
| 17 | Which of the two is incorporated is largely a matter of taste . |
| 18 | It 's all well concealed and unless the auditor has an obligation to actually hunt this down , the kind of white hunter er er of the British economy er then er it wo n't be detected and the passive approach to audit such as the er audit practices board is recommending is simply a recipe for further disasters er and further audit failures . |
| 19 | The Centre for Policy on Ageing is primarily a research organization funding inquiries into the needs of old people . |
| 20 | And in fact that is one of the affecting things : the story that we read is undoubtedly a love-story . |
| 21 | What the opponent observes is either an attempt at manipulation or costly delays by the other party , expressing apparent lack of interest . |
| 22 | If a writer produces a novel in which the role of the police in society outweighs all other considerations , then what has been produced is precisely a novel and not a work of crime fiction . |
| 23 | However , the choice of statistical model used is still a problem . |
| 24 | ( i ) Which of the notations introduced in 2.6.3(ii) is used is merely a matter of personal difference . |
| 25 | Whether breach has occurred is usually a matter of construction . |
| 26 | ( One occasionally encounters a burst of inanity of Nobel proportions , as in this : " Our capacity for deceiving ourselves about the operation of the brain is almost limitless , mainly because what we can report is only a minute fraction of what goes on in our head . |
| 27 | What rush hour exists is merely a breeze of bicycles . |
| 28 | Mass stranding of whales are quite common , as in East Anglia last autumn But why they happen is still a mystery |
| 29 | How it is to be supplied is however a matter of controversy . |
| 30 | Whether it would have been possible against this background of practically continuous fighting in the south , more than a year before the first Vietnam war between France and the Vietminh is usually reckoned to have begun , for either side to have modified its objectives to the point where compromise could have been reached is obviously a question which is relevant to the origins of the Vietnam war and one must therefore look for the characteristics which , at least after the event , suggest a remarkably high risk of collision . |