Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [is] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | High-speed transport and telecommunications — the fast movement of people , goods , information and ideas — are vital as is the development of a highly-trained workforce capable of using the new technologies . |
| 32 | er we both met him to try and make a plea to him to try and change his views and it 's fair to say that he does n't know or did n't know what was going on in his own backyard and John Patten I feel is the same as is the rest of the M P's in the Oxfordshire area . |
| 33 | The warranties that are obtained from the vendors are much less wide ranging than is the case in an " arms'-length " transaction . |
| 34 | Thus a higher proportion of cabinet ministers are middle class and university-educated than is the case with backbench MPs . |
| 35 | The first details we have of the latter , in the Host 's invitation to him to follow the Monk , initially suggest , if we still believe appearances and associations can be a sign of character , that he is as likely to turn out as the threadbare and serious Clerk on his horse " " as leene as is a rake " " does ( I : 284 ) as to prove to be what the Monk has proved not to be : |
| 36 | That ‘ I expect such-and-such ’ has ‘ such-and-such ’ for its fulfilment is as unproblematic as is the rule of grammar that ‘ X does such-and-such ’ is the execution of the order to X ‘ Do such-and-such ’ , or the rule of whist that the act of trumping has the consequence that the trick is won — provided one 's opponent does not use a higher trump . |
| 37 | Admirable as is the catalogue 's aim to present a rounded view of artistic activity in Genoa , this goal is undermined by isolating coins , ceramics and frontispieces into separate cubicles off the staircase at Palazzo Spinola and by exiling the fabrics to the attic . |
| 38 | The operating system and operating environment are significant as is the database software on which the system is based , although suppliers can make these vary in looks . |
| 39 | The use of And yet in the third paragraph , for instance , gives the impression that the writer is thinking aloud , or perhaps just moving back and forth along the same line of argument — as one would do in chatting to a friend — rather than firmly wrapping up one stage in the argument before moving on to the next as is the case in the German text . |