Example sentences of "[is] [adj] in the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , there would frequently be discrepancies between the meanings of sentences with a predicate qualifier and " fuller versions " when it is replaced by a clause ; for example , consider : ( 31 ) the jury found Ernest guilty the jury found Ernest ; Ernest was guilty ( 32 ) Alastair likes his beef tea strong Alastair likes his beef tea ; his beef tea is strong In the latter case , for instance , there may not be any strong beef tea at all ; the point of uttering the sentence may be to complain about that very point . |
| 2 | Notice that light is symbolic in the latter two endings of each section , darkness is seen as a kind of death , light , as a sign of hope . |
| 3 | Consistency is explicit in the same time scale of two weeks . |
| 4 | The idea of freedom which lies behind this kind of demand is confused in the same way as the idea of equality which calls for standardisation . |
| 5 | The method is not statistically valid , but is viable in the same way as quota sampling , in that it may be based on objective proportions . |
| 6 | A gene is stuck in the same lineage without sex . |
| 7 | That Beveridge viewed the elderly with a notable lack of sympathy is evident in the few telling phrases which appeared in the final draft of August 1942 but were left out of the published Report : to give full subsistence pensions ‘ as a birthday present ’ to an individual attaining the age of 60 or 65 would be ‘ reprehensible extravagance ’ which was ‘ wholly unjustifiable ’ . |
| 8 | ( The Siege of Troy is available in the same series and is my own favourite of the three , with Helen , Menelaus , Hector and Achilles , and Memnon with the ‘ dark cloud ’ of his warriors from countries so hot that men 's skins are burnt black and nothing is white about them except their teeth . |
| 9 | The curriculum on emergency management , designed for all pre-university students , advances the idea that nuclear devastation is manageable in the same way as fires , earthquakes and floods . |
| 10 | Section 309(2) provides that the duty is owed ‘ to the company ( and the company alone ) and is enforceable in the same way as any other fiduciary duty owed to a company by its directors ’ . |
| 11 | This is true in the same way that our ideal of what God can do in our lives is counterpoised by the actual human condition we find ourselves in . |