Example sentences of "[is] [det] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This paper only gives erm an , what is called an integrated pollution inspectorate , now unfortunately with those sort of central inspectorates is that after the public 's attention has drifted on , they tend to be erm , they tend to dwindle in numbers , as we 've seen with the present pollution inspectorate . |
| 2 | I might just add that what we are deeply disturbed by , is that as the fighting continues in Cambodia with Phol Pot trying once again to get into control , already a hundred and fifty thousand people have been displaced by that fighting and that er the number of amputees has reached something like a thousand a month which is twice last year 's figure . |
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| 4 | Is that because the report does not substantiate the proposals in the Education ( Schools ) Bill , which is nothing more than English ideology that the Government are transmitting to Wales ? |
| 5 | ‘ Is that where the glue comes in ? ’ |
| 6 | Yes I think , so erm er I , I think really it 's that as the movement gathers pace and landlords , or small landlords and other people who have prospered under the old scheme , try and gain admission they are blocked |
| 7 | Is this because the construction of racialized identities depends on the existence of the Other , while at the same time it is this ‘ alien presence ’ which is seen to be such a threat to identity that its total annihilation is required ? |
| 8 | Here ( and in Prague ) everything is much as no doubt Hamish represented it when he last wrote . |
| 9 | On Wednesday , Taylor hopes they can make fools out of World Cup rivals Turkey because , with David Batty out , Palmer looks certain of an eighth cap and the chance to prove he is more than a court jester . |
| 10 | Probably the best advice is to be wary of any project that is more than a couple of years old , and to be extremely wary of any that were published more than five years ago . |
| 11 | It is more than a decision to buy flowers for your lover or plan a romantic dinner . |
| 12 | One thing you will notice at times when you are watching the barbel is the extraordinary way they flip belly-upwards to take food that is more than a foot or so off bottom . |
| 13 | Yet the real strength of Lloyd Webber , says Black , is that he is more than a composer . |
| 14 | But here on the Rato river , is more than a Donno he 's a king , or at least he acts like one . |
| 15 | In the West , a car is more than a way of travelling ; it represents freedom and flexibility and is a potent status symbol . |
| 16 | British Coal , one of the few companies still nationalised , has the unenviable task of proving to its customers that it is more than a dinosaur of the industrial revolution , slouching towards privatisation and a slow demise . |
| 17 | However , maintenance is more than a cost centre because it affects aircraft availability . |
| 18 | A financier in the Manchester broking community said yesterday : ‘ It is more than a possibility that he will make an offer to get Knighton out of his hole . ’ |
| 19 | For we already have knowledge , ’ said the king , ‘ that our enemy in Wales has sent letters praying aid to all these potential foes of our state , and a joint assault is more than a possibility . |
| 20 | The arrangements for the new style NHS assume a continuing need for a local organisation which is more than a tier of management . |
| 21 | It is more than a coincidence that he is an excellent speech speechreader , a stimulating , well-informed person , recognized by his colleagues as a man of integrity whose opinions are respected . |
| 22 | The waiting period for Entry Certificates at the British Consulate in Bombay is more than a year . |
| 23 | It is more than a year since the red and white surveyors ' poles glinted above the reeds , blazing a trail for the draglines that were soon to follow . |
| 24 | He is more than a year older than Emma , but he lives in Dorset , an area which does n't encourage early school entry . |
| 25 | ‘ There is more than a debt in it , ’ said Cadfael . |
| 26 | The announcement of a link-up with the BBC on to satellite is more than a propaganda coup for Thames Television . |
| 27 | There is more than a grain of truth in the observation by A. P. Herbert that royal commissions were usually appointed ‘ not so much for digging up the truth , as for digging it in . ’ |
| 28 | There is more than a grain of truth in this scenario , despite Mrs Thatcher 's undoubted role in the creation of the new British Library building . |
| 29 | It is not entirely true that people are as handicapped as we , the comparatively unhandicapped , are prepared to handicap them , but there is more than a grain of truth in that statement . |
| 30 | Byron may have been exaggerating a little when he wrote , ‘ Man 's love is of man 's life a thing apart , 'T IS woman 's whole existence ’ , but obviously there is more than a grain of truth in it , and not necessarily a painful or unacceptable one either . |