Example sentences of "[is] [adv] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In modern times we have come to associate the very word ‘ ecology ’ with a concern for the environment — yet ‘ ecology ’ is properly the name of the science that deals with the ways in which living things interact with one another and with their environment . |
| 2 | However , we were not keen for housing benefit to be used in place of housing support for care , which is properly the provision of income support . |
| 3 | As the Duke of Montrose commented , ‘ such a list is properly the business of the representative of the shire , who certainly will look to his own interest in that matter ’ . |
| 4 | It is rather the kind of causal concomitant of the blow that has wholly to do with internal processes of tissue regeneration . |
| 5 | It is rather the development of a portfolio of projects at Bristol which merit investment on sound practical grounds . |
| 6 | It is rather the creation of new public spheres in which citizens , including media workers , can play a full role in their community , and in the community of communities . ’ |
| 7 | Yet at other points the problem is rather the hijacking of the original message , as in the phenomenal lines : ‘ If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today/ He 'd be gunned down cold by the CIA/ Oh the lights that now burn brightest behind stained glass/ Will cast the darkest shadows upon the human heart/ But God did n't build himself that throne/ God does n't live in Israel or Rome/ God does n't belong to the ‘ yankee dollar ’ / God does n't plant the bombs for Hezbollah ’ . |
| 8 | The emphasis is rather the effect of the war on an American community ; the final scene , in which survivors sit round a table singing ‘ God Bless America ’ , is crucial , and symbolises the regenerative powers of an America that had survived both Vietnam and Watergate . |
| 9 | Their common concern is rather the effect of technological innovation on our thought processes and our ability to communicate . |
| 10 | That is presumably the product of what we now know about the Brixton prison escape . |
| 11 | The scheme of the 1954 Act is that if the lease is more than six months ( which is presumably the situation in your case ) and the premises are occupied for the purposes of your business , then the lease does not automatically come to an end . |
| 12 | Similarly the companion should have no tax liability as it is presumably the disposal of an interest in his/her main residence that gives rise to the receipt of £34,000 . |
| 13 | The problem with the International Data Corp figures is that they try to treat Unix workstations as a separate market rather than bundling Unix workstations and Unix servers together , which is presumably the reason for the implied figure for IBM Corp sales of only $558m , where IBM has implied total 1992 RS/6000 business of $2,000m . |
| 14 | If children have specific questions to answer , then their reading is given a clear purpose , and purposeful reading is presumably the aim of all teaching of reading . |
| 15 | Here the ‘ glory ’ is presumably the stage between long gone youth and death as the poet is at this point on his ‘ deathbed ’ . |
| 16 | Although this is convenient for busy human owners , it is too much for the cat to eat at once , unless it is starving — which is rarely the case with well-loved family pets . |
| 17 | This is rarely the case with the reviews published in Early music or Gramophone , some of whose reviewers have served as musicological advisers for prominent recording projects both in Europe and in England . |
| 18 | Sudden death is rarely the fate of a theory ; a slow ageing to redundancy is the more usual end . |
| 19 | all too often produce defensive or even hostile reactions : the more so because there is rarely the opportunity for teachers to discuss the points directly with the inspectors . |
| 20 | But theft of clients is the norm in the industry , and is rarely the reason for anyone being sacked . |
| 21 | The composition of teams in schools is rarely the result of systematic analysis of functional needs and recruitment by logically derived criteria . |
| 22 | However , the job itself , as we have already noted , is rarely the cause of disenchantment with agriculture — indeed , in a decade that has seen a renewed interest in the countryside among young people and a growing desire to escape from the urban rat-race , agriculture could have much to offer . |
| 23 | Ovulation is interrupted when weight loss or gain is exaggerated in either direction , and dietary advice is rarely the answer for long-term eating disorders . |
| 24 | It 's right the tips of your fingers ? |
| 25 | Their authority is contained in the letter of 14 January 1992 which is expressly the consent of the ‘ interim government ’ to being joined as plaintiff . |
| 26 | Yes , it 's rather the kind of correspondence one might expect Tod Friendly to go in for : unvarying , humourless and one-way , like junk mail . |
| 27 | Not that it 's impossible — indeed , it 's rather the sort of thing Oliver might do — but I 've somehow stopped believing most of what he says . |
| 28 | The man in the White House is effectively the leader of the Western world . |
| 29 | 1.6 It is the Department 's policy that unless the member of staff and manager concerned make a case to the contrary , it will press for charges to be brought against an assailant while recognising that such a decision is wholly the province of the Procurator Fiscal following report by the police ( there being no scope for private criminal prosecution in Scotland ) . |
| 30 | It also seems that the work of the Court of Appeal is predominantly the determination of appeals involving review . |