Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Navy News is widely read both inside and outside the service and achieved a circulation of 100,000 in the mid-1980s . |
| 2 | This will mean that funding will go where it is most needed locally rather than according to a set of priorities determined in Whitehall . |
| 3 | This is the principle , though it is rarely done as nakedly as this . |
| 4 | The view expressed by health economists such as Alan Maynard is still one which is rarely articulated quite so starkly : ‘ We have to demonstrate much more clearly that the spending involved in care for elderly people is spending which is efficient . |
| 5 | Yet the case is rarely put as calmly and pragmatically as this . |
| 6 | When s/he gets to the other side of the circle s/he is gently redirected across again . |
| 7 | The dominant response may at present be a favourable one , but this is only maintained so long as it implicitly accepted that functions are being successfully and rationally fulfilled . |
| 8 | At the centre , deep down , we have ‘ core personality ’ , highly resistant to change , and a part that is perhaps reached most effectively through psychoanalysis . |
| 9 | The scope of corporate discretion in making delegated decisions is obviously extended substantially once uncompetitive product market conditions , and the consequent reduction in the pressure to keep costs down , are taken into account . |
| 10 | ‘ It is somehow seen as trying to soften the cross-examination of an alleged victim , and is somehow seen as more acceptable . ’ |
| 11 | True , at death our essence is finally overcome so far as its actualisation in space and time goes , but as long as we live we can go on realizing it in as full a form as circumstances allow . |
| 12 | It is not merely the case that some subjects have been numerically dominated by men and others numerically dominated by women ; as Keller ( 1983 ) has argued , science is generally regarded as more masculine than the arts : |
| 13 | In contrast , U is generally considered significantly more incompatible than Pb during melting . |
| 14 | Because the distance between each pair of towns is generally entered only once , the table is a stepped triangle , not rectangular , and this produces difficulties in identifying the correct column and row for a reading . |
| 15 | A class is thus said rather vaguely to consist of a group of persons sharing similar occupations and incomes , and as a consequence similar life-styles and beliefs . |
| 16 | advise the bank/organisation if the policy is not renewed as soon as practicable after such non-renewal has come to their knowledge ; |
| 17 | The next stage , provided the accumulation is not destroyed almost as fast as it is formed , is the colonisation of the incipient dune by marram grass , Ammophila arenaria . |
| 18 | ‘ If a co-ordinated effort is not made as quickly as possible , the death toll could increase dramatically to become a major catastrophe , ’ said Mr Demoze Kebebu , regional representative of Ethiopia 's Bureau of Refugee Affairs . |
| 19 | In general , digestion slows down with age , and food is not absorbed so efficiently . |
| 20 | Chung gains too from the fact that she is not balanced quite so closely as Perlman . |
| 21 | That is , we continue to work with God , or maybe even without him , but the thought of self-sufficiency is not expressed so boldly : Finally , we reach a stage at which , whatever our external life is saying , our internal attitude is one of complete autonomy and arrogant self-sufficiency , though this may not be evident , especially to ourselves . |
| 22 | Moreover , the regular repetitive features of a language have only a secondary kind of importance , whereas what is primarily important is the meaning which is not related significantly either to a causal order or to a statistically treatable random order . |
| 23 | The vendor should ensure that the sale agreement provides that the purchaser is obliged to pay that part of the price that is not disputed as soon as possible and that interest is paid on the additional amount if any that the purchaser is subsequently required to pay . |
| 24 | Dr Roy Brown estimates that 12,000 hectares of moorland in the North York Moors National Park is not grazed intensively enough because farmers are reducing sheep flocks . |
| 25 | It is heartening to see the Precautionary Principle being applied to potential risk situations , even though it is not applied more widely throughout the PPG Note . |
| 26 | On the other hand the Ailsa Craig case established that the contra proferentem rule is not applied quite as rigorously in interpreting clauses which merely limit the defendant 's ( usually the seller 's ) liability , as it is to clauses which claim to exclude his liability . |
| 27 | The sense of Britishness has been supplanted or supplemented by Scottish and Welsh nationalism ; the sense of identity with the nations of the United Kingdom is not felt so strongly by minorities in the population — Moslems from Pakistan and India , Afro-Caribbeans , Indians , Bangladeshis and others who experience discrimination in the British community while also experiencing a sense of belonging to their own religious and ethnic communities . |
| 28 | Because it is a large fish , it is not kept as often as it should be , as it is a very peaceful fish for its size . |
| 29 | It will therefore affect what happens during the interview , and if it is not done well enough it may prevent you reaching the interview stage at all . |
| 30 | However , unlike with the front kick , the fact you have leaned back means that your centre of gravity is not thrust so far forwards , and you can at least land comparatively lightly . |