Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keepers can have the one off season … to be fair this season AFAIK he s only made the one ‘ howler ’ . |
| 2 | This is another sign that , so far at least , the Opposition is rather getting the better of the ratings ' war . |
| 3 | Debbie suddenly ca n't resist cheese — one reason she 's slowly regaining the three stones she lost recently . |
| 4 | It normally takes the first ten minutes of any brisk walk to get into a rhythm and feel aerobic , so increasing the time from 20 to 30 minutes is effectively doubling the aerobic benefits . |
| 5 | Europe is slowly learning the American habit of private placement |
| 6 | The transfer of ownership to the co-operative in 1988 has resulted in one of the most conspicuous restorations within what is flexibly called the Old Town of Edinburgh . |
| 7 | The aim was to ‘ fill the viewer with a feeling of deep gratification for belonging to a race whose Führer is fundamentally solving the Jewish problem ’ . |
| 8 | To analyse one is necessarily to involve the other two . |
| 9 | No , not at all , er , but I , I , I , am someone who believes you 've got to have level playing fields , which we do not have , er or wo n't have , er with the implementation of the common market er , regardless of any relationship with the Soviet Union in 1992 , er after all to , what has not been published very much , er is that , you know , got to take into account indirect as well as direct and erm , if you look at for instance the United States er which is constantly packing the common market people , which is of course , er |
| 10 | He 's obviously abandoning the sinking ship cos he knows what 's happening to it . |
| 11 | He 's obviously abandoning the sinking ship cos he knows what 's happening to it . |
| 12 | of of this secrecy that 's apparently surrounded the whole thing . |
| 13 | However elaborate the equipment , it is merely magnifying the natural psychic ability ( or lack of it ) that the individual might have . |
| 14 | The hon. Member for Angus , East ( Mr. Welsh ) is merely parading the great terror in front of the farmers for his own purposes . |
| 15 | Indeed , a minister may even ‘ expressly desire to keep out of the affairs of quangos within the ambit of his department , arguing that to behave otherwise is merely to frustrate the whole purpose of this way of organising public services ’ ( Johnson , 1979 , p. 389 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ If he says he needs a fresh challenge every six to 12 months , as he did when he left Leeds , he is only expressing the natural motivation every top sportsman requires . |
| 17 | No , no I ca n't I just ca n't eat so I 'm not forcing myself to eat , what I 'm trying to do is only to eat the right things and I must start vitamin supplements I think I 've got the age when I probably need that , I mean , this cold is a warning to me that my immune system is not as strong as it ought to be , I should n't have had another cold so soon after getting rid of one ! |
| 18 | It is argued that to speak out on this subject is only to suggest the very evil you want to cure , and to do more harm than good … |
| 19 | And so , you know , on the business desk you might have three teams and the first team is only doing the first page and the opinion and the second team is doing a large amount of financial news and the third team is doing the company news , and then the erm there 's a graphics person who 's working on charts and stuff . |
| 20 | But in the course of that , he 's so angered the international community that sanctions as we know , economic sanctions have been levelled against Iraq , and they have bit , and they have hurt the Iraqi people , but in general , Saddam is not responsive to that kind of pressure . |
| 21 | Erm because the the national policy is obviously to target the green movement erm as our natural constituency . |
| 22 | That is obviously confusing the two axes . |
| 23 | But with recent fears that reading standards have fallen , a parent who 's long promoted the old-fashioned way is pushing for a return to basics . |
| 24 | Sometimes it 's as if he 's constantly rejecting the first idea that comes into his mind , and plays the second instead . |
| 25 | Mark Farmer who 's already recorded the fastest lap of just over a 120 miles an hour is teaming up with Robert Dunlop … they ride over six laps … |
| 26 | ‘ He 's already co-ordinating the regional plans to provide a world picture . |
| 27 | When Strawalde freed himself of the constraints of narrative painting he became the father of sensuous abstract art in the DDR and now , in his sixties , is finally receiving the international recognition which was denied him before the Wall came down . |
| 28 | The fact that they have been asked to continue until the next World Cup makes good common sense and I hope it is a sign that at long last someone at the top is finally making the right decisions . |
| 29 | Fitting the blade is easy using the allen key supplied to clamp the blade between the blade holder and a clamping plate as often found on jigsaws . |
| 30 | Drawing the start of the handle is easy using the oval drawing tool . |