Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [adv] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is self-consciously an escapist activity , its main value being that it avoids the careful budgeting and penny-counting which shopping itself entails . |
| 2 | This is particularly an issue with emerging technologies which are not yet able to provide seamless integration into the corporation 's wider electronic world . |
| 3 | This is both an advantage and a disadvantage of committee decisions ; |
| 4 | This is both an opportunity and a challenge for management . |
| 5 | This is surely an insight worth taking up by scholars of the subsequent period . |
| 6 | Earlier , at the committee meeting , he said : ‘ There is no point in pretending that this is not an emergency . |
| 7 | This is not an issue of race , but of creed . |
| 8 | There are a couple more cases of recent vintage , but this is not an issue which the higher courts confront very often . |
| 9 | In these circumstances , I hope you will feel able to concur in my view that this is not an issue which can be postponed and that the Government must face up to its responsibilities of trying to find a solution to an urgent social and economic problem , it being , of course , understood that there should be no interference with the war effort . |
| 10 | This is not an issue which I have thought necessary to decide . |
| 11 | Hambledon District Council believes that insufficient regard has been payed erm to these issues erm in the structure plan alteration , in paragraph thirty three the P P G sets down a list of criteria erm to which local authorities er should refer erm , I 'll erm refer specifically to er to three of them and I and and comeback to them as I go through erm erm what I want to say , erm the first one I draw that I would draw the panel 's attention to is erm that the alternative of the expansion of existing towns or villages should represent a less satisfactory method at providing the land for housing that is needed , and it 's a rhetorical question really here , erm and w we would ask that erm if there has n't been a comparative appraisal erm of the two options , and how could there be , there 's no erm district or areas been identified , how can we be certain that one option is better than another under the terms of that er criterion , erm the oth second point we would draw the panel 's attention is that the proposal is a clear expression of local preference supported by the local planning authorities , and again I would emphasize there that Hambledon District Council objects , and the third one is the option of a new settlement in preference to the alternative would result in positive environmental improvements , and I 'll return to that erm briefly in relation to er to Hambledon , P P G twelve erm paragraph six one four that 's been referred to it , includes a check list of issues against which areas in for new development in general er need to be er considered , with particular reference for reducing the need for travel , erm amongst these issues that the P P G asked the Councils to take into account erm are that development should make full and effective use of land within existing urban areas , that developments er should consider development patterns that are closely related to public transport net networks , and in relation to housing , and that housing is located in such a way as to minimize car use for journeys to work , school , and other local facilities , P P G thirteen , and I would expect erm I would agree with what Mr Donson has said here , is that it it 's draft and obviously one has to put the appropriate weight on it , but erm this reinforces and expands upon erm established government policy , reducing the need for travel , erm I do n't think it 's necessary for me to go into er the quotes in detail , I think that those have been er been touched on , erm , however , I would say erm that Hambledon District Council believes that the advice in draft P P G thirteen is much less supportive of new settlements , it suggests that greater weight must be given to the environmental implications of the additional traffic generated by new settlements erm this is , erm we believe , particularly important in view of the fact that a new settlement for York is unlikely to be self contained , and by its nature many of the residents will still look to York for essential services , social links , and employment , turning to the residual requirement , erm we have a concern over this , erm clearly a new settlement is intended to mop up any residual requirement which the er policy sets at fourteen hundred dwellings , we 've heard evidence from York today that er the city can accommodate erm more erm houses than was originally envisaged , which brings the residual requirement to erm about the minimum size specified by the County Council as being erm about the right level erm to make a s a new settlement self supporting , however , we would point out that there is still the possibility of erm further peripheral development around York , the greenbelt local plan and Southern Ryedale local plan er have not yet been statutory adopted , the inspector has n't reported on those , we do n't know what he 's going to say about sites er which were at issue , or on the need for flexibility between the inner erm boundary of the greenbelt and the city , irrespective of course of what the inspector says , erm being not yet statutory adopted the County and Ryedale will still have the opportunity to consider , reconsider there policies there , but putting that aside for the present , erm even if it is established that er the requirement for nine thousand seven hundred houses erm ca n't a occupied by er can be accommodated by er peripheral development , erm this does n't it does n't necessarily follow that the answer has to be a new settlement , we heard yesterday in erm great detail that erm environmental considerations have justified a reduction in the rate of development in other districts , erm in the county , I would point out that a relatively modest reduction erm in the inward migration to Ryedale , Selby , and York , could mop up the residual requirement , if one looks at erm the reasons for the greenbelt it is perhaps surprising that given the importance attached to maintaining its historic form and character that this is not an issue erm that 's been considered . |
| 12 | this is not an issue anymore . |
| 13 | We must emphasise that this is not an audit . |
| 14 | This is not an affirmation of the status quo ; there is nothing in Simmel to reduce antipathy to class conflict or economic exploitation . |
| 15 | This is not an invitation to give the whole history of the jury system : the question is whether the jury is a historical anachronism . |
| 16 | As Mr Hamilton explains it , this is not an attack on its authority but merely an attempt to establish communication ‘ with the outside world . ’ |
| 17 | This is not an exhortation by a modern radical , but words written by E. B. Huey in 1908 ! |
| 18 | This is not an exercise . |
| 19 | Repeat ; this is not an exercise . ’ |
| 20 | This is not an exercise in self-indulgence . |
| 21 | Although it is possible to use them cynically , simply to try to improve a company 's environmental image , this is not an approach that I would recommend because pressure groups are very keen to identify these companies . |
| 22 | However , this is not an approach which all taxing officers would necessarily encourage . |
| 23 | This is not an excuse , but a fact of life and we need to improve our scrummage 200 per cent if we are to survive against England . |
| 24 | For instance , if the searcher seeks documents on ‘ Greenhouses ’ and this is not an index term in the appropriate controlled indexing language , then documents on this topic will be difficult to retrieve directly . |
| 25 | This is not an enterprise that can be completed in a few months . |
| 26 | This is not an editorial from a Labour weekly ; it is a reputable Scottish newspaper , as I am sure the Under-Secretary of State will agree . |
| 27 | This is not an activity restricted to schoolchildren , there are lots of organisations abroad that are anxious to find penfriends for people of all ages . |
| 28 | This is not an income that allows for any luxuries . |
| 29 | But this is not an attempt to be controversial for the sake of it . |
| 30 | This is not an attempt to deal with these ideals in a comprehensive way — no single empirical study could do that — but merely an attempt to see what bearing our factual findings may have upon moral views about the media . |