Example sentences of "[is] [adj] and [adv] the " 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 | Remember that it is the cleared bank balance on which interest is payable and not the cash book balance . |
| 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 | Since unc it appears that our assumption that there exists a smallest counterexample is untenable and so the theorem is proved . |
| 7 | The understanding of ‘ objective ’ categories is Hegelian and not the same as positivist or materialist references to ‘ objective ’ . |
| 8 | In organizations with scarce resources political activity is inevitable and only the naive decry it . |
| 9 | A paper cup , empty coke can or washing-up liquid container placed in the right position will explain to even the most ardent disbeliever that their swing really is out-to-in and not the most beautiful inside one they thought it was ! |
| 10 | The overlap here with the merchantability provision is obvious and often the two will coincide . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I am attempting to wean him but it is I and not the child who is loth to finish the business . |
| 17 | If the will of Parliament is sovereign and not the will of the people , how can we be true politically participative citizens ? |
| 18 | Here it illustrates the point that it is the deposition of carbonate that is important and not the precise nature of the sediment . |
| 19 | We give it a drink of water when it 's thirsty and then the tiny flower begins to grow . ’ |
| 20 | In such cases the guesswork about future cash flow is well-informed and thus the risks lower . |
| 21 | And believe me , being young , say between 18 and 30 , is far and away the best time to travel . |
| 22 | OHE is not a ‘ front ’ organisation for the pill merchants , but a proudly acknowledged agency , and is far and away the most successful PR exercise ( perhaps the only successful PR exercise ) which the industry has ever staged . |
| 23 | These accounts were entered on the official ‘ Pipe Roll ’ ; and the one survivor of these rolls from Henry I 's time , that for 1129 — 30 , is far and away the earliest royal account to survive in any European archive ; few written accounts were kept in 1130 . |
| 24 | Our present structure of central government is far and away the most important feature of the constitution not to emerge from the revolutionary settlement of 1688–1701 . |
| 25 | Kenny Milne is far and away the Scots ' best hooker and his injury robbed them of a great deal in both tests . |
| 26 | This explains very clearly why Matilda is far and away the most popular children 's book I have written and was bought by over half a million children in Britain alone in the first six months . |
| 27 | From the Col there is , in summer , a rack railway that will lift you , if you are so minded , to the conspicuous because lonely summit of La Rhune , which is far and away the most prominent mountain at this Atlantic end of the Pyrenees , even though it is no more than 3,000 feet high . |
| 28 | If there is a local one , then that is far and away the best place to go , otherwise there is no avoiding a postal order . |
| 29 | ‘ Howard , ’ he says , ‘ I think this is far and away the subtlest , most exciting … zaniest … most realizable , wittiest , sexiest … most lovable White Paper that I have ever set eyes on . ’ |
| 30 | Wherever you begin , you 're certain of a pleasant discovery round the next bend and a Fly-Drive package is far and away the most convenient and comfortable way to see all there is to see . |