Example sentences of "is [adj] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , there would frequently be discrepancies between the meanings of sentences with a predicate qualifier and " fuller versions " when it is replaced by a clause ; for example , consider : ( 31 ) the jury found Ernest guilty the jury found Ernest ; Ernest was guilty ( 32 ) Alastair likes his beef tea strong Alastair likes his beef tea ; his beef tea is strong In the latter case , for instance , there may not be any strong beef tea at all ; the point of uttering the sentence may be to complain about that very point . |
| 2 | Another objection to the notion of ‘ stages ’ is due to the same problem . |
| 3 | The positive charge in a nucleus is due to the several protons it contains , but the protons are not alone ; there is a second type of particle within nuclei — the neutron . |
| 4 | But you see the thing is that how , what complicates all this is that at the same time the Communist Party is trying to achieve greater equality and how that this is n't their , their sole objective . |
| 5 | Is that in the same village ? |
| 6 | hence a larger sample is possible for the same expenditure |
| 7 | While little data is presented here it is clear from the few examples given that the ANLT has problems with ‘ real ’ language — the number of possible parses produced and the failure to parse — which would not be solved by additional computational power . |
| 8 | Thus the pressure , both inner and outer , on teachers to have a clear , articulate rationale for what they are doing is high at the same time as the exploration of the values from which such a rationale must derive is conspicuously out of style . |
| 9 | Like the quatrain poems it is funny at the same time as serious . |
| 10 | Without in any way discouraging them , they may need advice on providing music for worship which is acceptable to the many different people in a congregation . |
| 11 | ( You are rarely able to sample rhythms as often as you would like. ) ( a ) Are your 4 hours of observations made in a single session or a number of sessions ? ( b ) If it is a single session , is this at the same time or at different times each day ? ( c ) If it is at different times , then how do you arrange them ? ( d ) If it is a number of sessions , then how many ? |
| 12 | This is similar to the former method except that plant material does not come into contact with the water ; only the steam is passed over it . |
| 13 | Fox 's kicking is crucial to the All Black 's game but there are inevitably , other great and experienced winners around him . |
| 14 | Notice that light is symbolic in the latter two endings of each section , darkness is seen as a kind of death , light , as a sign of hope . |
| 15 | It is subject to the same mechanisms as other parts of the id . |
| 16 | However , our own observations show that once invited to submit a proposal , a school 's case is subject to the same criteria as any other , and that these criteria are fairly rigorously applied . |
| 17 | Becoming a member and shareholder on an issue by a private company ( or a closely-held public company whose shares are not listed or dealt in on the U.S.M. ) is subject to the same legal requirements of agreement plus entry on the register but in practice both will be achieved with less formality and , in the case of private companies , without the issue of allotment letters . |
| 18 | In this sense he assumes that government policy is subject to the same degree of stickiness as prices . |
| 19 | Thus it appears that the acquisition of the grammar of a new variety of " the same " language is subject to the same difficulties and may lead to the same types of " error " and inconsistency as the acquisition of its phonology . |
| 20 | Pollution control work , then , is typical of the many areas of social control characterized by goals of regulation rather than repression . |
| 21 | ‘ Rose Arey ’ is typical of the many lovely larger hybrid waterlilies suitable for bigger pools with deeper water . |
| 22 | This behaviour is typical of the several meals we have investigated using scintigraphic techniques , and shows that it represents a physiological relevant test meal . |
| 23 | Consistency is explicit in the same time scale of two weeks . |
| 24 | So , since they claim to know the complete and final story about the nature of mental substance , it is incumbent on them to show that it is impossible for the same consciousness to be transferred from one substance to another . |
| 25 | Although it is most obvious and acute when there is an actual death ( and we go on to describe reactions to the death of a partner in the next chapter ) , some mourning is appropriate to the many minor deaths which occur in the course of married life . |
| 26 | This has led to a change in the way in which both physical and social data are collected and combined in an effective conservation policy , or , as Pickering ( 1979 ) puts it , in such a way as to ensure the technical validity of a conservation technique is appropriate over the same area as its social validity . |
| 27 | The idea of freedom which lies behind this kind of demand is confused in the same way as the idea of equality which calls for standardisation . |
| 28 | It is customary for the same body to be designated as the Central Authority for other Hague Conventions dealing with civil procedure , notably that on Service of Process . |
| 29 | The method is not statistically valid , but is viable in the same way as quota sampling , in that it may be based on objective proportions . |
| 30 | It is closer to the former but is restricted by dispensation to working in the 50 metre ( 165 feet ) water depth . |