Example sentences of "is [adj] [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little to suggest which the mice prefer , and cages are chosen to suit the management system and the scientists ' preference . |
| 2 | He has said , and subsequently confirmed , that he will step down shortly after March 27th , when the King is due to award him a medal . |
| 3 | The only problem is that to make it a meaningful rule it would be necessary to find a way of drawing a line between humour ( forbidden ) and wit ( encouraged ) . |
| 4 | Textbooks should be quoted only if they express an individual opinion , and the lecturer ( qua lecturer ) not at all , When quoting authors , if the author is dead he may be referred to by his surname only , but if he is still with us it is polite to give him a handle — Sir or Prof. or Dr or Mr. As regards judges the customary J. , etc. , should be used irrespective of whether they are alive or dead . |
| 5 | But it is possible to give yourself a massage at home , after your bath , using a rich lubricating cream or body oil . |
| 6 | If Pollard 's architecture is so disposable and flippant that it is odd to call him a ‘ patron ’ , Palumbo 's patronage is so single-minded that he can hardly be called a developer . |
| 7 | There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " . |
| 8 | It is easier to state what the movement was against . |
| 9 | It is interesting to speculate what the consequences would have been for the curriculum if his view had prevailed . |
| 10 | Although I believe they are improved as a class , many of them are rough diamonds ; at times they are light-fingered , they are not invariably sober , their education leaves much to be desired and it is impossible to allow them the run of the works after closing hours . |
| 11 | IT is impossible to know what the IRA hopes to gain from its current wave of bombing . |
| 12 | Earlier Griffin has bemoaned the fact that ‘ throughout our educational system students are taught that it is unscientific to ask what an animal thinks or feels ’ ( 1984 : vii ) . |
| 13 | But it is easy to see what the sceptic will say at this point , quite apart from the implied oddity that there is a claim which I could not be justified in making but which another can be justified in making for me . |
| 14 | When other , identical examples exist , it is easy to establish what the value should be . |
| 15 | Neither group had the bilingual competence which could form a sound basis for interpreter training but it is easy to forget what a considerable achievement the language skills they did possess demonstrated . |
| 16 | It is instructive to see what the reviewer in The Planner thought of it |
| 17 | It is unprepared to offer them the skilled attention that they need . |
| 18 | We are delivered onto the twenty-second floor with an incessant warning pong-pong-pong sound which is supposed to inform you the door has opened . |
| 19 | But each member of the Chapter has a set and Wheeler is supposed to check them every now and again . |
| 20 | A news sequence made at the time of the invasion of Suez in 1956 may present gripping pictures , but is likely to say what the audience of the day wants to hear . |
| 21 | This simple appraisal of size is likely to give you a good , accurate picture of physical shape ; use it in conjunction with the other methods in this chapter . |
| 22 | Spend your time in the way that is likely to give you the maximum return in marks . |
| 23 | Recent issues of the journal Nature have featured new research on the sea-level rise which is likely to give us the biggest clues : the rise at the end of the last Ice Age . |
| 24 | Moreover British Telecom 's interest and experience , in using fibres for telephony and data transmission , is likely to guarantee it an option on providing optical trunk lines between the switch points of star networks . |
| 25 | In truth , this image was never entirely fair , but it is a testament to our ability to respond to customer demand that , today , a visit to any supermarket bakery is likely to offer you the choice and quality to rival that of any traditional bakers . |
| 26 | Hands off : the splendid form of Dewi Morris ( left ) is likely to win him the nod as the second scrum-half in the British Lions ' squad , pushing Robert Jones out of the picture |
| 27 | Any reader wanting the right detector to suit his pocket and plenty of sound advice is welcome to give me a ring . |
| 28 | At this point in this kind of argument it is customary to wonder what the West — more precisely , the United States — has done wrong in the Middle East , and how it could bring improvements faster . |
| 29 | It is hard to say what the theme of the book is , but I would say that it was probably about the development of the relationship between Finn and Jim through their adventures . |
| 30 | ‘ It is hard to understand what the panic is all about . |