Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " 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 | Its wings were folded when the building collapsed and so the damage is mostly to the wing tips . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The construction is mostly in the interior , and I do n't think you would like that , malaria and Indians . |
| 5 | Borrowing looks an odd route to a ‘ balanced ’ budget , but it is mostly within the letter of the law . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Gone is most of the flag-waving and hysteria connected with ‘ committed art ’ . |
| 11 | Well , so it is most of the time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | It is rather as a precaution against compounding one media mistake with another . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It is rather like a child rejecting food he has not tasted because he does not have enough information to make it seem attractive . |
| 17 | The ideal tool for making large holes in walls is a core drill , which is rather like a hole saw with tungsten carbide-tipped teeth . |
| 18 | The checklist is rather like a map which leaves out a lot of detail , but shows what is likely to be most relevant for the traveller . |
| 19 | It is a relational database which is rather like a filing cabinet in which not only the dividers have been removed but also all pieces of paper without words on them . |
| 20 | The effect is rather like a newspaper carrying blank columns where items have been banned . |
| 21 | A glastyn is rather like a BROWNIE , helping the farmer with chores and asking only for a bowl of cream and some bread at day 's end . |
| 22 | The situation is rather like a balloon with a number of spots painted on it being steadily blown up . |
| 23 | We may extend this metaphor further by suggesting that our everyday experience of stress is rather like a tap which is placed over the glass and into which it drips drops of stress . |
| 24 | On most sites , the relationship between contexts is drawn as a matrix diagram , which is rather like a family tree . |
| 25 | This is rather like a radiator working in reverse ( in fact , a radiator could be used as a solar panel ) . |
| 26 | The BBC is rather like a cross between the Church of England and the Post Office . |
| 27 | As a result the fax protocol , which is rather like a file transfer protocol , such as ZMODEM , has to be implemented the comms software driving the modem . |
| 28 | A healthy aura is rather like a filter , allowing only that which is beneficial to affect us ; this is what it should achieve in a well-balanced person . |
| 29 | Labour today is rather like a car company whose models have acquired a reputation for unreliability . |
| 30 | Each decision point is rather like a crossroads . |