Example sentences of "[noun pl] is [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The council 's fund established after Mr Ridley blocked the deals to pay back any losses is currently less than £20m . |
| 2 | The fact that the lyrical desperation is aligned to some seethingly classic melodies is both here and there . |
| 3 | In general , this is a general point , the ionic selectivity of such channels is much less than for voltage gated channels . |
| 4 | In Scotland , where parent power in schools is further ahead than in England and Wales , and where parents will have the right to select headteachers or dismiss members of the teaching staff , as well as influencing the general policy of the school , many parents expressed their doubts about adopting such a role when the new school year started in 1987 . |
| 5 | ‘ Six months is neither here nor there in the scheme of things . |
| 6 | The difficulties in these regions are extreme ; the growing period in relatively arid zones is often more than twice that in more northerly regions and there is a real fire risk . |
| 7 | Giving time to both sports is now easier than it was . |
| 8 | The number of cases of developed Aids is now more than 2,649 . |
| 9 | Setting prices in relation to costs is all right as long as the latter are under control , but here they clearly are n't : it is obvious that if Marie 's back is turned , food either gets wasted or goes missing . |
| 10 | The probability that a power law can explain all three observations is therefore less than 5% . |
| 11 | In 1578 the Earl of Leicester complained of the Queen 's isolation from her councillors : ‘ Our conference with Her Majesty about affairs is both seldom and slender , ’ he wrote . |
| 12 | The popular appeal of proportions and percentages is probably precisely because people understand that they can not go below 0 or above 1 ; the boundaries set a frame of reference in which people can interpret a particular result . |
| 13 | The French government has signed agreements with the major French oil companies , Elf and Total , to increase production of fuel made from oilseed rape , despite recent studies showing that growing crops to produce " biofuels " for vehicles is neither environmentally nor economically justifiable . |
| 14 | ‘ The fact we lost three one-day internationals is neither here nor there . |
| 15 | However , police statistics suggest that the total number of such cases is barely more than 100 nationally . |
| 16 | The context of these cases is very often that a question has been asked about the validity of a disposition left in unconfirmed codicils . |
| 17 | As discussed in section 6.2.3 , FC policies are not without their critics ( e.g. Shoard 1987 ) ; many conservationists believe that the widespread use of alien conifers is neither environmentally nor aesthetically beneficial to the British landscape . |
| 18 | Cost-justification of DIP systems is now easier than ever , with component prices falling fast and large cost savings being achieved through improved productivity and reduced staff numbers . |
| 19 | The detection rate is well down and has fallen steadily in the past four years — the detection rate for burglary in dwellings is now less than 20 per cent . |