Example sentences of "[conj] [is] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er these hours th just developed over time or is just the work that 's go |
| 2 | Here , the items of contention in the theories of the state appear as features which can be used to characterize each particular state ; for we need to consider in every instance the extent to which the state is independent of other social spheres , or on the contrary is subordinate to ‘ constellations of interest ’ which themselves have to be specified , and further , the degree to which the state is a repressive agency which dominates society ( and what the sources of that domination are ) , or is rather the executive body of society as a whole . |
| 3 | Native speakers of English typically use " have " in the present tense ( as in these two examples ) only when they want to imply that the event described is still happening or is still the case . |
| 4 | It is a convention in Elizabethan drama that slander is always believed , which can be explained perhaps from the necessities of the limited time available , or is perhaps a truth about life ( how many of us instantly disbelieve bad report ? ) . |
| 5 | Other rates may apply where the development is acquired second hand , or is merely a refurbishment of an existing industrial building . |
| 6 | The image may have softened somewhat " or is less the subject of common gossip , but the old picture remains in the public mind and some of the derelictions continue but with more discretion . |
| 7 | All the same , there is by and large a crucial difference here between British and American attitudes , and one that is today every bit as marked as it was in 1912 . |
| 8 | However , the same sources profess to being amazed at his move to a position ‘ that is clearly a demotion ’ and to a company owned by P&G 's rival Unilever , which is equally formulaic . |
| 9 | He , too , is presented with a description of his appearance , dress , behaviour and character that is clearly an exercise similar to the drawing of Alison , and which encourages the comparison of the figures thus drawn . |
| 10 | In one sense , new book selection is a way of filling in or updating between stock revisions , but this assumes that the whole of a stock is updated , subject by subject , over a limited timespan , and because stock revision is a highly staff-intensive process that is rarely the case . |
| 11 | If you have a lot of sanding to do away from a power source , the Bosch is a well made , quiet sander that is just the job . |
| 12 | Such a condition leads to a degraded cliff , one that is principally the product of subaerial erosion and only locally sharpened at the base by marine erosion . |
| 13 | If in doubt , it might be as well to look at a pattern for fabric or to measure the amount of depth on a hemline that is already a favourite . |
| 14 | But is n't it er true according the reports in the financial times , that the government at this moment is planning to withdraw Britain from the I L O. Precisely because the I L O has censured Britain a censure that is normally a sanction that is normally applied to countries like Haiti and North Korea . |
| 15 | At major gatherings that is normally the president , ’ he told Europe-1 radio . |
| 16 | In short , when we hear of a peaceful society , we are likely to envision a society that is somehow the antithesis of the self-absorbed individualism of the modern urban-industrial world . |
| 17 | Barring coups , the four Southern Cone presidents will all still be in office in 1994 , and have set themselves a target that is also a spur . |
| 18 | To provide a dramatic contrast that is also a unity , the sun must be truly dominant and its satellites must be a family that shares a common property of shape and size : just like an atom or a solar system . |
| 19 | A holiday brochure that is also a history lesson in itself is a good briefing for a unique range of military tours that takes in some of the world 's legendary battlefields . |
| 20 | Another new feature will be its ability to connect with Unix Network File System servers through a LANtastic server that is also a Unix client . |
| 21 | Does not the transparency , the reproducibility of the grid , contradict the modernist ‘ insistence on the opacity of the pictorial field an insistence that is also a claim for its singularity and uniqueness ? |
| 22 | It has the only real harbour you can find on the Atlantic side of France south of Bordeaux , a good sheltered anchorage that is also the entrance to the river . |
| 23 | She is alive and just as attractive as ever , so please do n't lose touch with this thing of beauty that is certainly a joy forever . |
| 24 | It was black , the sort of black that is less a colour than a graveyard of colours , and there was a highly-ornate runic inscription up the blade . |
| 25 | It 's a production that is inescapably an extension of your personality — like dress or décor . |
| 26 | So when they see an apparent egg that is really a stone , the fact of its being a stone ( not that they have found a stone on the beach , say , which happens to look just like an egg ) swamps their judgement ; similarly when they see a white card changing colour — the blueness is salient not the fact that it started white . |
| 27 | It is a backhanded note of dismissal , an explanation that is really an excuse . |
| 28 | The very act of sharing this experience with men and women of every background and colour of skin , heightens that sense of being part of something that is truly a part of history . |
| 29 | It is clear that the worst child mortality is found among children classified as unoccupied , a term that is usually a euphemism for their economically inactive single parents . |
| 30 | Produced by one of those boring names that is usually the guarantee of at least a little hype , but who cares ? |