Example sentences of "is [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we saw above , and Lyons would not disagree , it is mostly in the paralinguistic features that English performs this function . |
| 2 | ( The facts that Rousseau never used the phrase ‘ noble savage ’ , and that Hobbes has been widely misinterpreted are irrelevant here , since my concern is not with the conceptions that two seminal thinkers actually articulated , but is rather with the stereotyped dichotomous conceptions of human nature and human society that have come to be associated with their names . ) |
| 3 | Current educational thinking is moving away from the whole concept of labelling children by closely defined categories , and the emphasis is rather on the individual needs of children and on the shared aspects of their development and learning . |
| 4 | PERFECT PORRIDGE This easy recipe is rather like a hot version of muesli but uses the best kind of oats , has wheatgerm as a bonus and indulgent toppings . |
| 5 | She is rather like a lyric author herself , a bit of a lyre . |
| 6 | It is rather like a Labour Party conference , without the block vote . |
| 7 | The fruit is rather like a small peach , but the hull dies off towards the end of the season . |
| 8 | Parsley needs far more root-room than it is usually given ; the main or tap root is rather like a small carrot , and this should be allowed for . |
| 9 | Two years later Julian Barnes , in Flaubert 's Parrot ( 1984 ) , entertained the same subversive point in a novel of impish erudition : the past , he suggests in his opening chapter , is rather like a greasy piglet , and anyone who tries to seize it is bound to look ridiculous . |
| 10 | Her life really was that of one of the anawim , the ‘ little ones ’ of God — and the distaste that many of us feel for her is rather like a similar distaste for Thérèse of Lisieux . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've often thought that each person is rather like a different vessel out at sea . |
| 12 | ‘ The frame is rather like a giant Mecanno set which you construct as you need to , ’ said Mr Montgomery . |
| 13 | ‘ The frame is rather like a giant Meccano set which you construct as you need to , ’ said Mr Montgomery . |
| 14 | Since the abalone is rather like a large snail in having a protruding ‘ foot ’ , it does not need to be opened in the same way as a mussel for the otter to eat it . |
| 15 | ‘ It is rather like a human Scud missile . ’ |
| 16 | The first impression is rather like an American city , with the clusters of skyscrapers ( some half-built ) in the ‘ down-town area ’ , but underneath the skyscrapers there are some nice little squares and open spaces full of beautiful exotic trees and lush grass . |
| 17 | The effect is rather like an extended advertisement for Marlboro Lights . |
| 18 | It is rather like an empty filing cabinet waiting for the files to go in . |
| 19 | It seems " fair " to both parties only because it is not obviously unfair to either of them , It is rather like the resultant of mechanical forces pulling in different directions . |
| 20 | The scientist who proposes new interpretations or principles is rather like the fictional detective ( they may exist in reality too ) who is faced with the same evidence as the reader and the police , but sees that it forms a different pattern when seen from the right angle . |
| 21 | Hypnosis is rather like the former situation ; you are aware of all that is happening but , because it feels so right and so pleasant , you allow it to happen . |
| 22 | This is rather like the big bang at the beginning of time , only it would be an end of time for the collapsing body and the astronaut . |
| 23 | ‘ It is rather like the older generation 's fascination with the Royal Family . ’ |
| 24 | It is rather like the older generation 's fascination with the Royal Family , ’ he added . |
| 25 | Buying a second-hand board is rather like the second-hand car or computer market in that there are plenty of bargains but unless you are careful you can be ripped off . |
| 26 | The collapse of a star to form a black hole is rather like the later stages of the collapse of the whole universe . |
| 27 | Our current interest is rather in the inherent feasibility of controlling management objectives by means of legal duties . |
| 28 | The Tenant shall on the making of this Agreement pay to the Landlord the sum of £ ( pounds ) as a contribution towards the legal and other professional costs incurred by the Landlord in relation to this agreement Obviously , the tenant should try to avoid paying the landlord 's costs if possible as the transaction is presumably to the equal benefit of both the landlord and the tenant . |
| 29 | We see her so with Theseus again on a near-contemporary Attic cup ( fig. 98 ) ; and it is presumably in the same role that she dominates the latest and best preserved of all archaic pediments , at the two ends of a temple on Aegina , dedicated to Aphaia , a local deity associated with Artemis rather than Athena . |
| 30 | Most contemporary feminist politics is somewhere between the first and second stages , that is , it oscillates between deploring and celebrating difference , between the negative and positive motivations I outlined above , without realistically expecting — yet — to transcend current gender divisions . |