Example sentences of "[conj] [am/are] [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 erm It does n't for example necessarily imply that statements about beauty are merely subjective , or are delusory or are soft-headed or Though maybe Ayer would want to say that on another occasion .
2 For products that are expensive and only used sporadically an unattractive product may be chosen if it has an exceptional performance as its handling characteristics will ensure that it is only used as a last resort and not used casually when other cheaper products would suffice .
3 They were the ones who started charging people for glasses and surgical appliances , wigs , things that are necessary and actually help in the management and care of patients .
4 The exchange has roused the analyst to contributions that are firmer and more energy-consuming than those he generally vouchsafes : ‘ it 's not the past but what we make of the past that shapes our future and present . ’
5 Thus the main contribution to the probability will come from paths that are straight or almost straight .
6 Trifolium repens is unusual in that much of the genetic variation present within the populations is easily recognised in phenotypic differences that are visible or easily determined on plants in the field .
7 Its low drag offers lines that are taut and straight throughout a broad wind window .
8 In other words aim for targets that are possible but only just .
9 When I visited Roehampton to prepare an article for the Times Educational Supplement , Dr Shipman expressed his hopes that the scheme would ‘ lead to an initial preparation for teaching that blends theory and practice in courses that are coherent and intellectually stretching ’ .
10 I object er er yes I would like to , I would like to er second the resolutions , this , there is er , there is er a certainly a great deal of concern within the community both those er who live within reach of , of , of , of car boot sale erm er sites in particular the ones that are regular and also the people who attend them and get ripped off , that we need to do something about er bringing er the er , er at to add , add to law into range of , of the people who of , of people who er er of of people who er sell er of people who sell those goods at these at these functions .
11 ‘ In today 's fast moving business environment you need systems that are user-friendly and easily changed by users , ’ says Mr Richards , ‘ You do n't want a dependency on information systems personnel when changes are needed . ’
12 We all of us have needs that are practical as well as those that are to a greater or lesser degree intellectual or theoretical .
13 Among these fish are a number of vital breeding projects , containing fish like Skiffia francesae that are extinct or extremely threatened in the wild .
14 Have been growing less and less interested in titles that are other than purely descriptive .
15 As a ghetto they create their own lifestyles and moral values and often express theologies that are anti-Christian as well as anti-human — pelagian , Arminian and gnostic .
16 The destruction of the human face is a highly emotive topic for reasons that are theological as well as psychological .
17 At the higher income levels the higher marginal tax rate encourages employers and their wealthier employees respectively to provide and seek forms of income that are untaxable or only slightly taxed .
18 The first of these concerns the difficulty of replacing or augmenting tissues that are living , highly organised but dynamically responsive and structurally complex materials with synthetic materials that are non-living and structurally naive and unresponsive .
19 However , I have resurrected my garter bar and use it constantly for various little tricks that are quicker and easier with this gadget than any other .
20 Only talk about things that are true and really happened .
21 The tough leathery top surface of a mature leaf is not so easy to penetrate as the softer epidermis of the underside , which is why mildew in particular can often be found by turning over leaves that are glossy and apparently quite healthy , even protected by fungicidal deposit , on the top .
22 ‘ Empirical ’ , in this context , simply means ‘ based on evidence from the real world ’ in contrast to ‘ theoretical ’ , which refers to ideas that are abstract or purely analytical .
23 3.4 To say that awards of damages in respect of non-pecuniary losses should be of amounts that are fair and reasonable having regard to the social , economic and industrial conditions in England and Wales merely raises the question what , in any particular case , is fair and reasonable .
24 Measurements of colonic pressurss are confounded by pronounced intra and interindividual variation of colonic motility indices depending on factors that are obscure and thus difficult to control .
25 You know , in some countries it is against the law to put into advertisements shots that are shorter than so many parts of a second .
26 Over these erm past couple of weeks we 've been looking at er some of the questions in the New Testament , we thought a couple of weeks back of the question that Jesus asked his disciples , do you think I 'm able to do this and then last week we looked at a question that the disciples put to Jesus , that time when they came down from the mountain and they found the re , three of them came down with Jesus from the mountain of transfiguration and they found the other disciples with a man who and a , whose son was demon possessed and er they had been unable to help him and the man or brings his son to Jesus and Jesus delivers him and afterwards the disciples who had been so helpless put the question to Jesus , why could we not cast out this demon and this morning I 'd like us to look at another question , we 've got another one today and one God willing next week , er and the question is , is found in Luke chapter thirteen , let me just read a few verses , because of course it 's , it 's not just the questions , it 's the answers that are important as well in Luke chapter thirteen , gon na read from verse twenty two it says in Jesus was passing through from one city and village to another , teaching and proceeding on his way to Jerusalem now that gives us a clue in that , because Jesus only ever went to Jerusalem apart from when he was a boy , he only ever went to Jerusalem once and that , after since that time , and that was when he was crucified , so Jesus was now on his way to Jerusalem , it was the latter days , the latter weeks of the life of Jesus , he was making his way now to Jerusalem and someone said to him Lord are there just a few who are being saved and Jesus said to hi , to them , strive to enter by the narrow door for many I tell you will seek to enter and will not be able , once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open to us , then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you are from , then you will begin to say we ate and drank in your presence and you taught in our streets , and he will say I tell you I do not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers , there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there , when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the profits in the kingdom of God , but yourselves being cast out and they will come from East and West and from North and South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , and behold some ar some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last , so it 's just that question then , let's remind ourselves that is put to Jesus Lord are there just a few who are being saved
27 From a personal point of view , the best interviews are the ones which become conversations , discussions which proceed on an equal basis , that are informal but still retain some kind of shape .
28 Women consuming one unit of alcohol per day at the time of conception and during pregnancy have babies that are smaller and thus at greater risk of illness .
29 There are round frames , ovals that are thin or more rounded , fuller ovals , rectangles , squares , hexagonals or very long , thin panels .
30 He offers heartache loud and clear on songs that are more than just minor vehicles of angst .
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