Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [is] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although functional purpose must impose a certain constraint on the shape and form of an object , that constraint is generally a very loose one for everyday forms ( though obviously not for machine parts ) . |
| 2 | What is clear , however , is that monitoring is rarely a simple exercise , that the time-scales of the sponsors of monitoring and environmental research are rarely long term though most science is inevitably of this nature and that the increasingly multinational nature of such work necessitates a degree of management not always present in local or nationally based schemes . |
| 3 | Further evidence for this suggestion may be derived from the pinch-and-swell pattern to the Westphalian A subcrop to Permian ( Fig. 12 ) which indicates that this broad anticlinal ridge is possibly a set of en echelon anticlines ; the development of each separate anticline being controlled by a separate underlying basement block . |
| 4 | This combined sentence is now a sentence generated from A. We sometimes write |
| 5 | Our next step will be to show how the same two-part chords of Example 114 can be given much more tension through harsh dissonances added in a lower part : The lower part is always a semitone or a major 7th from an upper part . |
| 6 | The Salvadorean oligarchy is still a closed circle of families which over generations have inter-married to maintain their wealth and privilege within their own small group . |
| 7 | The outer-arc ridge is usually a submarine feature but in a few cases , such as Barbados in the West Indies and Middleton Island in the Aleutian Arc in Alaska , parts of it are exposed above sea level . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , I 'll have to come clean ; that story is only a rumour . |
| 9 | He 's what they used to call an alternative comic , although that description is already a bit out of date . |
| 10 | A An umbilical hernia is simply a hole between the tummy muscle at the navel . |
| 11 | ‘ My elder sister is also a victim of those times . |
| 12 | It is apparent from the writings of people such as Quinn and cognitive psychologists that schemas are robust and that experience is probably a better instructor for most than deductive logic . |
| 13 | Why is it that prejudice is sometimes a successful vehicle for comedy ? |
| 14 | AND two thirds complain that underfunding is still a major problem . |
| 15 | Muscular tension is often a factor , and may be considered to be the prostatic version of a tension headache . |
| 16 | As I have already stated , I consider that that rule is merely a manifestation of the more general rule that the vessel must be operated from the flag state and that its use must be directed and controlled from the territory of that state . |
| 17 | Private practice is usually a business partnership of solicitors who work together . |
| 18 | Also , do n't forget that DOL is potentially a good managerial prospect … maybe a Strach-DOL partnership … that 'll be interesting … ‘ heard the one about the Irishman & the Scotsman managing a footbal team … ’ : - ) |
| 19 | Here we will examine the supposition — supported by statistics on sex differences in crime — that crime is characteristically a male activity . |
| 20 | The end result of areal geological research is usually a geological map of an area , since the map is the primary method of recording , displaying and publishing geological data . |
| 21 | The inadequate security of the private key is also a source of banking concern . |
| 22 | A line of separate limbs down each side is clearly a very effective structure for this purpose and it could have been acquired by repeating the simple body unit to form a chain . |
| 23 | But the Department of Transport says it 's important to ban the plates because simply having them on the car , changes the driver 's behaviour and the idea is that speed is always a danger on our roads and anything that contributes to safety is to be encouraged . |
| 24 | The equilibration procedure can be achieved either by changing the temperature or the pressure of the system , and the amount of this change is then a measure of the activity of the solvent in solution . |
| 25 | ( Although the charge has some basis , the lawyer is a professional , not a charity , so the failure to make proper provision is primarily a failure of government . ) |
| 26 | If there is ‘ no way of judging a theory but by assessing the number , faith and vocal energy of its supporters ’ , then truth lies in power ’ , scientific change becomes a matter of ‘ mob psychology ’ and scientific progress is essentially a ‘ bandwagon effect ’ . |
| 27 | This horror is only a slightly exaggerated version of a real release . |
| 28 | Although it stands as an important account of new anthropological theory and purports to throw a revealing light on the social organisation of Balinese society , its carefully organised narrative is also a good story arranged so the shifts between Geertz 's account of his gradual development as an aficionado of cockfighting and the development of his theory of the social significance of this sport merge . |
| 29 | People in Western Europe , for example , rarely dispute that Jesus lived , but in Eastern Europe the denial of his historical existence is almost a canon of Marxist dogma . |
| 30 | A baseline in this case is simply a complete record , a type of diary , of your usual eating behaviour . |