Example sentences of "[coord] [is] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er these hours th just developed over time or is just the work that 's go |
| 2 | ‘ You know , Charles , do n't you , that the Government 's trying to steamroller a law through to say that everything either is the case or is n't the case ? ’ |
| 3 | Or is n't the assistant permitted to ask her boss personal questions ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | The ‘ Versicolor ’ form of the species type R. damascena has flowers sometimes white , sometimes rose-pink , sometimes a mixture of both , and is reputedly the origin of the emblems of the feuding York and Lancaster families . |
| 8 | But theft of clients is the norm in the industry , and is rarely the reason for anyone being sacked . |
| 9 | The band line-up includes Gerard and Wojtek and is clearly the Aeroplanes in prototype form . |
| 10 | The mouse cDNA encodes a protein of 367 amino acids which is 96.5% identical to the CL100 polypeptide and is clearly the mouse homologue of our human gene . |
| 11 | It plays a key role in keeping city streets on the move and is even the object of the best modern designers ' desire . |
| 12 | Since its introduction , the structure of VAT has gone through some significant changes and is again the focus of debate following pressures for tax harmonisation within the EEC . |
| 13 | The second term on the right-hand side is a negative term involving the viscosity and is thus the energy dissipation . |
| 14 | This is much slower than any of the existing domestic systems , which use 12.5 mm tape , and is why the recorders need the high-quality metal-coated tape . |
| 15 | This is , of course , best achieved by word of mouth and is why the role of selling as the communication medium is so potentially important for PR to be successful . |
| 16 | Er would you not say that this has shifted the onus of responsibility very much on to the financial institutions , the banks and others who had dealings with Mr Maxwell , and is n't the judge in effect saying in your interpretation er of that , that these institutions er really have got to show they were whiter than white in their dealings and actually went in and investigated him thoroughly ? |
| 17 | And is n't the women 's quartet a remarkable piece of music ? |
| 18 | And is n't the pitch of the roof rather higher nowadays ? ’ |
| 19 | Well this is all very admirable , you might say , and is n't the climbing world just as helpful and welcoming to one newcomer as the next ? |
| 20 | And is not the thought of , say , blue different from the thought of green in some way which we may one day be in a position to describe , just as we are now able to describe the causal conditions for the experience green which is different from the experience of blue ? |
| 21 | One might do things out of a self-loving pride , but this is not benevolence ; and though a benevolent person may gratify himself , this is not what he is aiming at , and is not the principle of his action . |
| 22 | And is not the Church of England the best of all Christian churches ? |
| 23 | The main grist to the mill of policing was working-class youth , but the perennial conflict between youth and the police is one with ever-changing persona and is not the basis of political conflict . |
| 24 | These findings indicate an increase in colonic permeability that most probably represents a change in mucosal barrier function depending on the presence of inflammation , and is not the result of a primary epithelial defect . |
| 25 | And is not the creation of a complementary marine park said to be imminent ? |
| 26 | The military strategy devised to implement successive governments ' Defence policies reflects both long-term national grand strategy and the directions given by the government of the day , and is largely the responsibility of the Chiefs of Staff . |
| 27 | First , the definition of the age of 65 years as initiating the onset of old age dependency is both arbitrary and socially constructed and is largely the result of institutionalized forced retirement . |
| 28 | The conference in 1968 on the transmission of schizophrenia , reported by Rosenthal and Kety , brought together researchers from each camp , and is probably the time at which all sides came to agree that both genetic and environmental factors must be implicated in some way . |
| 29 | This will remain constant throughout the design no matter what order the colours appear in on all succeeding lines and is also the order for colours to be used in the colour changer when knitting . |
| 30 | Annie Hold , who works for BBC Radio Shropshire and is also the Broadcasting Officer for the Anglican diocese of Lichfield , gave the presentation . |