Example sentences of "[adv] is [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How long is this ridiculous charade going to continue ? ’ she demanded . |
| 2 | For if the act is put in question then so is subsequent British legislation , as well as article one of the Anglo-Irish Agreement , which enshrine the principle that there can be no change in the status of Northern Ireland without majority consent . |
| 3 | ‘ I mean , it 's ridiculous ; Elvis Presley 's trying to sound like Dean Martin , and so is some poor guy in Waikiki . |
| 4 | Not only is this mild rebuke the typical response made by the inspectorate , but it is even the usual response to firms detected three or more times ; for these , the rate of prosecution was still only 3. 5 per cent ! |
| 5 | A woman 's place is in the home — not only is this common sense , it is also backed by scientific evidence . |
| 6 | ‘ And yet all there is inside is one old Jew . |
| 7 | ‘ What is absolutely clear one this verbiage has been cut away is that individual retailers ’ stance on Sunday trading is , in the vast majority of cases , determined by a cold , calculating examination of the long term balance of financial advantage … |
| 8 | Setting this show and its problems aside , what we need generally is some fresh thinking and some fresh air . |
| 9 | ‘ And what exactly is this magic method , Miss Honey ? ’ asked the Headmistress . |
| 10 | The ability of the female to leave the brooding of the eggs to the male while she moves on to lay more clutches elsewhere is another obvious advantage to the species . |
| 11 | Fashion Extra is one excellent catalogue catering for larger sizes . |
| 12 | In corporate finance , the conventional view in America and Britain still is that Japanese firms rely for most of their money on friendly banks that they have been wining and dining for years . |
| 13 | Kilowatts is not energy , it 's the rate at which you 're using energy , how quickly is this electrical appliance burning up electricity ? |
| 14 | Keep it short is one obvious piece of advice — the SHE-Pandora short story competition has an upper limit of 5000 words , which works out at roughly 15 pages of A4 typed with double spacing . |
| 15 | What we 're after also is double yellow lines , because cars park round the perimeter , and we have buses that comes in , er local buses , we have the problem of where to , to get round the village normally . |
| 16 | The reason probably is that human neonates , the newborn human beings have much more subcutaneous fat than any other primate . |
| 17 | What is left behind is that mysterious entity , a black hole . |
| 18 | The space behind is another ORGANISATIONAL problem . |
| 19 | How often is that sad refrain heard all over the English-speaking world ! |
| 20 | and the personal situation now is that economic climate get a house how many are talking here ! |
| 21 | The attraction now is that short-term interest rates are currently half those on long-term bonds . |
| 22 | Now is that that cosh squared X ? |
| 23 | one he 's got now is that one car , and he had another car driving one did n't he ? |
| 24 | Apocalypse Now is that rare paradox , both over-rated and essential . |
| 25 | This webbing now is that alright love ? |
| 26 | While everyone agrees that far more could , and should , have been done to contain the AIDS epidemic , the key issue now is that positive steps can still be taken . |
| 27 | So all I need now is ten thousand pound ! |
| 28 | Now is this any way to interpret the world ? |
| 29 | Now is this any way to behave ? |
| 30 | The only aid agreed up to now is 50 million ecu pledged by the EC . |