Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proliferation of fundic argyrophil endocrine cells , mainly enterochromaffin like ( ECL ) cells , is mostly under the control of gastrin in animals and in man . |
| 2 | The information in the series of guides by J. Watson Lyall which begin in 1873 is mostly about the shootings and fishings . |
| 3 | The information in the series of guides by J. Watson Lyall which begin in 1873 is mostly about the shootings and fishings . |
| 4 | Its wings were folded when the building collapsed and so the damage is mostly to the wing tips . |
| 5 | This information is mostly for the GM , but some of it can easily be fed to the PCs before an adventure . |
| 6 | The swing is mostly from the arms , with the body kept steady to maintain balance . |
| 7 | The score is mostly in the handwriting of one or more copyists , who seem to have put it together as Purcell completed the various numbers , leaving blanks for what was not ready . |
| 8 | The construction is mostly in the interior , and I do n't think you would like that , malaria and Indians . |
| 9 | Borrowing looks an odd route to a ‘ balanced ’ budget , but it is mostly within the letter of the law . |
| 10 | The mtDNA from C.reinhardtii is strikingly unlike the plant or any other known mitochondrial genome from eukaryotes and there is little indication that C.reinhardtii and plants share a common mitochondrial ancestor ( 23 , 24 ) . |
| 11 | There is clearly an element of circularity in the argument in that it presumes that the subject-matter is properly before the tribunal , a presumption which can only be made if subject-matter is defined purely in terms of furnished tenancy itself . |
| 12 | In my concern as Chairman of the Board was that er if very few people turned up then perhaps people might say that we did n't go around go about advertising it in the correct way what I think we actually did I 'm not sure how many people are here this evening , but I should think it 's somewhere in the region of about hundred and , hundred and fifty , so I hope that the meeting this evening sort of cross representation people actually use facilities which the playhouse offers . |
| 13 | This exercise is valuable not only to enable the draftsman to produce a set of conditions which is most to the advantage of his client ( whether his client be buyer or seller ) , but also to enable him to understand the motivation of the other side when he is in negotiation with their advisers . |
| 14 | He says what you can see is most of the cities not only in Holland , but the whole world and of course in England have to deal with the growing of cars and it 's not only that the car is a good thing — the car has very bad things for the city as a whole . |
| 15 | Gone is most of the flag-waving and hysteria connected with ‘ committed art ’ . |
| 16 | Well , so it is most of the time . |
| 17 | This explains why cases do not come to court when the conditions of my comically weak description of the explicit extension of our legal conventions are met , which is most of the time . |
| 18 | In J v C [ 1970 ] AC 668 Lord Macdermott described it as : … a process whereby , when all the relevant facts , relationships , claims and wishes of parents , risks , choices and other circumstances are taken into account and weighed , the course to be followed will be that which is most in the interests of the child 's welfare as that term has now to be understood . |
| 19 | Lives in a room over the garage at Tyler 's 'ard. 'as the place to 'imself when Mr Dysart 's not there , o' course , which is most o' the time . ’ |
| 20 | 639 to ‘ this day ’ , that is , Adomnán 's time of writing , c . 700 , which is some time after the power of the northern Angles beyond the Forth had been shattered at Nechtanesmere in 685 , and the reference is rather to the failure of the kings of Scottish Dál Riata to regain control of Irish Dál Riata in Antrim . |
| 21 | It is rather like the problem of litter louts , one dropped piece of paper is harmless in itself , but the problem involves the total volume of litter ! |
| 22 | It is rather like the driver who is deep in thought about a domestic crisis ; his attention is highly concentrated on personal matters , yet another part of his consciousness manages to navigate the car safely through the traffic . |
| 23 | I think the BBC has a system of promotion which is rather like the way in which people are made prefects at school . |
| 24 | The effect is rather like the behavior of a roulette ball on a roulette wheel . |
| 25 | This is rather like the moment in Lewis 's life when he described philosophy as a subject and Barfield replied that to Plato , philosophy was not a subject but a way . |
| 26 | A Christies spokesmen said yesterday : ‘ The art world is rather like the property market . |
| 27 | The narrow nationalism expressed by people who want to cling to total sovereignty for the United Kingdom is rather like the arguments we hear from Scottish and Welsh nationalists — unrealistic and out of date . |
| 28 | Lunch is no problem , as we can eat at the ‘ hamburger stall ’ next door to the department , or we can get an amazingly cheap and sustaining meal for 12 cruzeiros ( c. 15p ) in a canteen on the campus , which is rather like the prison canteen in ‘ Porridge ’ . |
| 29 | The display is rather like the File Manager , in that you see the names of the files at the left hand side of the screen , and the chosen details at the right hand side of the screen . |
| 30 | ‘ We 're laying down here … — that our marriage is rather like the summer , day after day the same , very still , very peaceful . |