Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is at the level of explanation that the sexism of sociolinguistics is most blatantly on display , and I want to concentrate on it in the remainder of this section . |
| 2 | Such accusations lie not with counselling , but with a kind of primitive logic which associates pain with whatever is most closely at hand . |
| 3 | As to ‘ its effect upon national character ’ , Pearson thought that ‘ whether we are changing in the direction of a higher or lower morality is … the point that is most really at issue ’ . |
| 4 | Yes I mean if it is possible to provide that huge acreage I mean the space per player or whatever is rather less for croquet than for cricket , is n't it ? |
| 5 | Lamb is another minor casualty ; he is all right to bat , but he can only throw in underarm at the moment because of a niggle , which at first was thought to be a reaction to an inoculation , but is now believed to be a minor ligament problem . |
| 6 | ‘ Unless everything is all right at home I am no good in all the other areas of my life . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's only just after midday . |
| 8 | You were going to look at ways of classifying the short stories you 've been looking at , when y , sort of , to look at similarities between short stories , like which ones deal with husband and wife relationships , which ones are about loneliness , I mean , use your paper , it 's it 's only there for scrap paper , you have n't got to produce something that 's gon na be pinned up on the wall . |
| 9 | On one occasion when the poor chap was a few minutes late , it was , ‘ He 's only ever on time when he wants to take me to church . ’ |
| 10 | He 's obviously badly in need of a friendly brew — he 'll stop having you over the fence after that , I 'm sure of it . |
| 11 | This is especially so for handwriting , when not only spelling errors , but also illegible words can be deduced from the context . |
| 12 | Oh look — that 's all right for time . ’ |
| 13 | Well if there 's stuff that 's you know , you do n't want and it 's all right for jumble , I mean if you want it for jumble take it , but if not we 'll have it for jumble , I mean you know it 's erm |
| 14 | ‘ It 's all right fer yow . |
| 15 | Some people are daunted by the technology of sound , but it 's basically just like water : you can send it out in a jet or you can spray it gently over everyone . |
| 16 | The problem is as Mr has said , if that is expected to be replicated across future years , this would represent a ten percent reduction in the statutory service , er , which is only partly under control of this Committee , with mixed responsibilities with the Registrar General . |
| 17 | At length the little lad grabs her sleeve and becomes insistent , and she is only just in time with the sick bag . |
| 18 | If you are getting a ‘ low light ’ warning in the viewfinder , take a careful look at the picture before giving up on the shot ; if the light is only marginally below par it may still be worth taking despite the warning . |
| 19 | Philip Larkin , a life-long bachelor , memorialised that dilemma in ‘ Vers de société ’ ( 1971 ) , a short poem where the conclusion , though finely balanced , is only marginally in favour of going out for the evening . |
| 20 | If there were not this evidence that at this point he is only hazily in command of what he is doing , we might ask — though to no purpose , I think — whether Eleanor 's fiddling of her uncle into the see of Canterbury is presented to us for our approval , or the reverse . |
| 21 | EOF# is only really of use when dealing with serial ( sequential ) files . |
| 22 | So it is quite true that it is the father that is principally in focus ; but that does not necessarily mean that " mother " is only there by accident . |
| 23 | This , though , is only a ‘ paper ’ transaction , Dungeness B is so far behind schedule that it is only now providing energy to the grid . |
| 24 | If it is meaningful to say " the same colour " , then it is so only on condition that we can meaningfully speak of different specimens of the colour in question , or , at the very least , of different occasions on which this colour is talked about , or referred to as the " same " . |
| 25 | The views of North Wales MEP Joe Wilson are of interest , if only because he is so adamantly in favour of the treaty . |
| 26 | So why does she continue so vociferously to float IWC moratoria , and adopt such a recalcitrant attitude towards an industry that is so obviously in decline ? |
| 27 | It is so often in illness and distress that we experience the concern and kindness of friends and family , and form closer relationships because of them . |
| 28 | But I would like to say to you that in my view , and in the view of the organisation I represent , Phoenix Trust , by and large the time is long past for analysis . |
| 29 | And now I think he 's so far in front of the others it 's not true . |
| 30 | I have discovered two new rooms in the tower ; the lower , immediately above the fan ceiling , has bell ropes dangling and is obviously still in use , whilst the upper is bare , dusty boards apart from a giant treadmill in the centre which might once have been used for hauling up stone but is clearly redundant now . |