Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [coord] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | He 's mean , he 's moody and probably the coolest thing on the screen since James Dean thought , ‘ I wonder what it would look like if I pulled my collar up like this ’ . |
2 | In air , osmotic potential is almost balanced by the water potential : the turgor pressure is low and so the cells — and leaf — are rounder . |
3 | The enemy is wily and therefore the more unlikely a person looks , the more likely he is to be the secret enemy . |
4 | If the dice roll is 2 or more the unit passes the test and may fight normally this turn . |
5 | But good though this record is , no system is perfect and accordingly the Church Commissioners and the Department of the Environment are now looking at ways in which the non-statutory public inquiries can be improved to become an even more effective forum for weighing all points of view in particularly difficult cases . |
6 | But there is no a priori reason to expect that any one paradigm is perfect or even the best available . |
7 | " She 's forgetful and sometimes a little difficult , but she still does the garden and she did all the cooking right up to your aunt 's death . " |
8 | Since unc it appears that our assumption that there exists a smallest counterexample is untenable and so the theorem is proved . |
9 | This is not the same as being someone to whom other people often bring their problems ; that does not guarantee the instinctive knowledge of whether something is real or merely a " try-on " , or whether something that is being glosssed over is really something that should be dug out and gone into in depth , or whether the time has come to say and do nothing other than give encouragement to the sufferer to work something out for himself or herself with the assistance of other sufferers in the group . |
10 | And this involves both the right to decide that a breach of the law of nature has taken place , a right to decide what punishment is appropriate and also a right erm to implement this judgment . |
11 | Where the damage is insidious and not discovered until later , eg industrial diseases , the provisions of s14 of the Limitation Act 1980 which define " knowledge " may delay the running of limitation even further , until the plaintiff knows not only that he is ill but also the likely cause . |
12 | Formally , B is A 's subordinate but informally a good part of the organisation centres upon B with little reference to A. |
13 | By doing so , I shall demonstrate a point which is paradoxical but all the more interesting for that . |
14 | In organizations with scarce resources political activity is inevitable and only the naive decry it . |
15 | The overlap here with the merchantability provision is obvious and often the two will coincide . |
16 | But every letter is unique and even a retained copy , the equivalent of a modern carbon , does not detract from that essential quality : so that criteria are not so stern . |
17 | First-hand experience is invaluable but only a limited amount of it can be arranged and you certainly ca n't have large numbers of trainees sitting at the back of the same class . |
18 | Dig the soil to the depth of a spade or fork , and clear out the rubbish as you go large stones , glass , china , bottle tops , sticks , wire , plastic and so on — at the same time mixing in a thin layer of rotted garden compost , especially if the soil is shallow and only a few cm ( in ) deep on top of chalk subsoil . |
19 | However the supply voltage must also be increased to maintain the phase current at its rated value when the motor is stationary and consequently a large d.c. power supply is needed . |
20 | As the rotor moves forward the torque produced by the motor is negative and so the system decelerates until the rotor reaches the position 8=n/3p where the velocity is a minimum . |
21 | The far side crust is thicker and therefore the basins gave rise to less weakening there , and consequently far less lava emerged into those basins than into those on the near side . |
22 | This triple set holds enough gems to keep you interested , the history is fascinating and even the disasters , which must have seemed ridiculous even then , have a certain kitsch value . |
23 | The approach to teaching and learning on this course is developmental and therefore the students in a particular year group work with the same team of tutors who cover all aspects of learning and of educational provision for young children — including the development of language and literacy . |
24 | Because these systems are not ‘ natural ’ their structure is complex and even the knowledge of English can prove to be unhelpful when markers represent meaning and not form . |
25 | We give it a drink of water when it 's thirsty and then the tiny flower begins to grow . ’ |
26 | When the temperature of crystallization is close to the melting temperature , nucleation is sporadic and only a few large spherulites will grow . |
27 | The infant 's eye is elastic and so a raised intra-ocular pressure causes the eyeball to enlarge . |
28 | In such cases the guesswork about future cash flow is well-informed and thus the risks lower . |
29 | The payments on a lease will normally be lower than on a contract allowing for the purchase of the asset , although sometimes the difference is small and then a rebate is made when the term of the contract finishes and the plane is sold . |
30 | International harmonization of competition policies is essential and probably a supranational competition authority as well . |