Example sentences of "[is] the [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An ‘ invention is the solution to a problem , often a technical one , whereas innovation is the commercially successful use of the solution ’ ; so say Bacon and Butler ( 1981 ) . |
| 2 | The strand of the overall Whitehouse philosophy that was referred to above , and which , perhaps , is only implicitly suggested by the two examples discussed , is the particularly vulnerable position which , she feels , young people occupy , especially with regard to the pernicious influences of the mass media . |
| 3 | Cellulite is the particularly ugly type of fat found around the hips , thighs and upper arms . |
| 4 | A justly famous early hominid is the remarkably complete Australopithecus afarensis known as Lucy . |
| 5 | The only exception to the rounded , impregnable exterior is the richly carved stone porch , added in the fifteenth century to the south side . |
| 6 | This is the coldly correct relationship which prevails in these patrilineal societies between the nephew and his paternal aunt . |
| 7 | Alternatively , there is the softly-softly Unionist strategy , based on finding more common ground at district council level time for such an interim stage , many would ask . |
| 8 | It is the generally accepted method of succession in our family , but , ’ the corpse sighed , or at least a sigh came from the air a few feet above it , ‘ it soon became obvious that none of my three children is sufficiently powerful to wrest the lordship of the Wyrmberg from the other two . |
| 9 | Thus , the description ‘ low vision ’ used in the educational context is the generally accepted term for those children who are able to use their vision quite effectively in the near environment under suitable lighting conditions , in an appropriate working position and , in many cases , with the use of magnifiers or individually prescribed optical aids . |
| 10 | This underlying cause is the persistently instilled belief that the universe was created by a ‘ god ’ — and this ‘ god ’ is the maker of humanity and must be worshipped , appeased and generally held responsible for everything ; to be credited with , and thanked for all that brings enjoyment , and outrageously excused for all that brings suffering . |
| 11 | The second tale " Chaucer " tells is the persistently solemn prose of the serious moralist ; a close , careful and caring translation of a French original . |
| 12 | Foremost among these economic constraints is the markedly low level of complementarity in the structure of production of the two regions . |
| 13 | One composer — and arranger ? — who appears prominently in the Morley , Rosseter , and ‘ Walsingham ’ collections is the otherwise dim figure of Richard Allison . |
| 14 | Its brightest star is the slightly yellowish Delta ( 3.6 ) , which makes up an inconspicuous triangle with Gamma and Alpha ( each 4.1 ) . |
| 15 | Finally , there is the primarily southern distribution of his Second Hand coin type of c.985-c.991 . |
| 16 | All you need is the freshly boiled hen lobster And , as it is not a classic regional or other recognized traditional dish , you can call it what you please . |
| 17 | The evidence presented for this by the ‘ New Realists ’ and others is the seemingly inexorable rise of crime and the decline of ‘ clear-up ’ rates ( Lea et al . , |
| 18 | Dustin , with an unbecoming Mexican bandit moustache and frizzy hair , mercifully covered by a cowboy hat for most of the time , is the vastly successful multi-millionaire Bob Dylan-type rock composer George Soloway ( soul away , solo way ) , whose suicidal fall is broken on the couch of his psychiatrist Dr Moses ( Jack Warden with a ginger beard and , naturally , a German accent ) . |
| 19 | And there is the equally striking landscape of the vanished tin-mining industry : the windowless engine-houses , the monolithic chimney stacks against the skyline , the ruined cottages of an old mining hamlet , and the stony spoil-heaps — a purely nineteenth-century landscape , and perhaps because of its setting , the most appealing of all the industrial landscapes of England , in no way ugly but indeed possessing a profound melancholy beauty ( Plate 92 ) . |
| 20 | The only waiting area is the equally chilly station foyer . |
| 21 | The importance of reason in rationalism needs no further elaboration ; our concern here is the equally important role assigned to doubt . |
| 22 | The other end of the spectrum is the equally large population of elderly and retired people of the village who quite simply have nothing . |
| 23 | And it is the equally clear duty of a buyer 's conveyancer , with the buyer , to consider whether a plan correctly and adequately describes the property . |
| 24 | Pearl is the thoroughly Westernised daughter of Chinese immigrants to America . |
| 25 | The third type or landscape is the predominantly Bass farm with animals on permanent pasture , and this is still common in a belt running north-south from Lancashire to Dorset and into the south-west . |
| 26 | The remaining 15% or the Auvergne is not designated under the LFA Directive and this is the predominantly arable lowland in the fertile plains in the centre of the Auvergne ( see Figure 9 ) . |
| 27 | And what I most remember is the wonderfully happy way that you and he taught together — each taking up when the other left off so freshly and amusingly . |
| 28 | An undoubted highlight of this Old Master drawings sale is the previously unknown drawing of ‘ Two Lovers ’ , by Parmigianino , executed in his late manner ( est. £30–40,000 ; $55–70,000 ) . |
| 29 | In addition , because the greater part of resources available to the sector is the freely given time of local people , it is better suited to survival than many larger organisations which are more dependent on cash funding . |
| 30 | There may be occasional discussion of calming principles in the literature and appraisals of such designs in practice , but the lasting impression provided by an examination of residential areas in Britain is the exceptionally slow pace of change by comparison with that on the Continent in general and Holland and West Germany in particular . |