Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IS-DEPENDENT-ON usually the operating system and computer type |
| 2 | In addition , as with music , the improvisation and performance side is mostly a group activity , and therefore this brings a different emphasis to the assessment of individual contributions , as well as posing its own particular problems . |
| 3 | A particularly interesting pair of variables to which to apply this is provided by the energy E and the time t : unc At first sight this is a puzzling relation , because time is not quite an observable property of a system in the normal sense but is rather a parameter marking when an observation is made . |
| 4 | Here , the items of contention in the theories of the state appear as features which can be used to characterize each particular state ; for we need to consider in every instance the extent to which the state is independent of other social spheres , or on the contrary is subordinate to ‘ constellations of interest ’ which themselves have to be specified , and further , the degree to which the state is a repressive agency which dominates society ( and what the sources of that domination are ) , or is rather the executive body of society as a whole . |
| 5 | In fact , an explanation which went back to a biologically grounded disposition could in this case precisely avoid the invocation of rational collective agency , which is rather an intellectualist embarrassment to the story as Hume ( 1738–40 ) tells it . |
| 6 | ( There is presumably no reason IBM ca n't , like the services , make new offers to those it particularly wants to keep after the first time . ) |
| 7 | Another aspect of this extravagance is the large amount of unanalysable recorded data ; this is presumably the point Labov is making when he remarks that the ( technical ) quality of participant-observation data is often poor ( 1981 : 4 ) . |
| 8 | RECRUITING IN A RECESSION Taking on new staff is rarely a company priority in a recession , but The Freshman Consultancy has established itself in the recruitment business in spite of the current climate |
| 9 | There is rarely a drainage problem with paths , as there sometimes is with patios . |
| 10 | ‘ No , ’ said Gay , ‘ he 's not classical , whatever else he is ; besides , people always argue about whether it 's a hard or soft C. He 's rather a mystery dog , is n't he ? |
| 11 | This is effectively a sketch pad area where ideas can be tried out and refined . |
| 12 | At present , EUP is effectively a University department , and Mr Martin 's task is to transform it into an independent company , albeit one wholly owned by the University . |
| 13 | You simply use the zoom levels to give you what is effectively a page preview . |
| 14 | This means making representations at the initial draft stage , when public comment is sought , and going through what is effectively a planning appeal if the first comments are ignored and a formal objection has to be lodged . |
| 15 | The English Schools Trophy is effectively the schoolboy F A Cup , played for by about two hundred district teams throughout the country , and ending with a two legged final , at which Oxford have appeared on four different occasions ; the earliest back in nineteen O eight , and the most recent in nineteen seventy four , when unfortunately , as with all the previous three , we were defeated , on that occasion by Manchester boys , yet er the home leg was played in front of a crowd of twelve thousand people , which was the highest recorded crowd at the Manor that season . |
| 16 | While the practice of cleaning is the application of science , with its administrative back-up , the achievement of cleanliness is wholly a management function without which little can be accomplished . |
| 17 | Like Ingram , they concluded that imitation is predominantly a perceptuo-motor task which is not influenced by the child 's understanding of meaning . |
| 18 | Yeah but you know what I mean dad , it 's only a seaside thing is n't it ? |
| 19 | It 's only a plasticine model . |
| 20 | It 's only a jacket potato missing . |
| 21 | And she said er it 's only a lady owner and she knew her and , who lived in Burston , lived not far away so |
| 22 | finds , trying to make room for the cross , he 's tackled and tackled and it 's only a goal kick . |
| 23 | Yes it 's only a goal kick to Shrewsbury Town . |
| 24 | ‘ There 's only a phone number on their collar tags . ’ |
| 25 | After all , it 's only a 20-mile rehearsal for the ‘ big one ’ on April 12 . |
| 26 | Sometimes you will get a er a little bit offset with temperature but it 's only a minute thing . |
| 27 | And then I r I realized that the job was only gon na last a year , cos it 's only a year job , so the best thing I can do is to go all out for what I wan na do when I leave the centre . |
| 28 | Yeah he said I 've forgotten about it Blue 's forgotten about it he said , but she wo n't let it rest he said he said it 's Well she 's a child , she 's only a child Geoff that 's |
| 29 | It was discussed in detail in a five hour meeting at District Council and after , as I say , remember , it 's only a consultation document this time that will be put to you for your decision . |
| 30 | take that back an'all , and , stick it on here then stick in your radiator , that 's only a weather chart really to put that in , so you have any |