Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] is [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I have a pair of goggles here but there is another safety device built into this which is this window . |
| 2 | Even if this wo n't always happen , it will certainly happen often enough for the range of my knowledge to be considerably reduced , and this itself is some sort of an objection . |
| 3 | So you 've labelled your diagram and you this one is that minus W minus Y minus X so on . |
| 4 | For this there is little evidence , and what there is is all rather late : a text from Paul 's sententiae , one from Ulpian 's Epitome , and a constitution of Diocletian . |
| 5 | Beyond this there is little agreement , and the women 's weekly magazines , for example , have argued strongly in recent years that their particular editorial qualities and high coverage of a female audience make them a superior medium even to TV for many products in , particularly , food and toiletry fields . |
| 6 | That is why , wrote Harsnet , I have been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , that is why I have cleared the decks and prepared the ground , because unless the decks are cleared and the g round prepared there is little hope of succeeding in what one has planned to do , little hope of achieving anything of lasting value , though lasting is a relative term and so is value and whatever it is one has planned to do is certain to be altered in the process , which does not of course mean , he wrote , that one can start anywhere at any time . |
| 7 | But I an afraid there is little chance of your defeating King Michael 's champion . " |
| 8 | It is easily visible with the naked eye , and is striking in binoculars ; with × 12 there is some resolution of its outer parts , and with × 20 it is seen to be starry . |
| 9 | All people see the same light but to some it is all shadow . |
| 10 | While the pathogenesis of infections with the other Nematodirus spp. is probably similar there is some controversy on the extent of their pathogenic effect . |
| 11 | But where television-viewing is virtually unrestricted there is little time for reading , imaginative or realistic play , for making things or talking to parents . |
| 12 | At any speed , in any gear on the mile straight there is enough power to bury you hard into the thin bucket seats ; every quick-fire gearchange though the massively solid Borg-Warner 'box kicks at the back end . |
| 13 | NOW I am convinced there is some point in transplant operations . |
| 14 | As such it is this realm which is seen as eventually dominating forms of social and personal life and the progress ( or otherwise ) of localities . |
| 15 | In doing this , it ‘ knows ’ that on line three there is another colour . |
| 16 | Does the case suggest that the worse the plight of the promisor ( for example , the bigger the penalty clause ) the greater the benefit to him and the more likely it is that performance of the contract will be held to be consideration ? |
| 17 | The more dense and multiplex the ties , the more likely it is that complexity will be maintained . |
| 18 | Hence , the smaller the amount of equity the more likely it is that debt holders may have to bear some part of any losses . |
| 19 | And the more unstable a relationship is , the less likely it is that contraception will be used . |
| 20 | The historian normally wants a longer perspective and the more time passes , the more likely it is that research will be concerned with change over time rather than with a ‘ snapshot ’ of 1991 . |
| 21 | The major one is that image is fixed at the resolution of the device that created it ; a picture drawn on a CGA screen stays at that resolution regardless . |
| 22 | But that , that , that 's right , because I 'm sure there is that attitude is n't there ? |
| 23 | Add to a moist beef or lamb stew about half-an-hour before the end of the cooking time , making sure there is enough liquid in which the dumplings can cook . |
| 24 | Look at the toes of its front feet and if you discover fur on its nails you will know for sure there is another rabbit still to be captured . |
| 25 | I am sure there is some validity in this analysis . |
| 26 | After all there is little point in an evaluation revealing educational provision to be unsatisfactory ( by anybody 's standards ) if the question of how the situation may be remedied has not been considered . |
| 27 | One British observer has pointed out how curious it is that assessment of performance procedures has been developed ( by the APU ) without any reference to procedures for the improvement of performance . |
| 28 | Apart from the minutes of the two meetings in 1932 and 1948 there is little evidence that the Britons Society survived longer than that of its regular monthly publication from 1920 — 5 . |
| 29 | Given that there is little sign in early 1930s films of political comment disguised as fantasy or allegory , it is reasonable to assign limitations of these pictures more to filmmakers ' sensibilities than censors ' rules . |
| 30 | The recognizable or permanent emotion comes after , and of that there is some evidence . |