Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] these [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Michael Peto is somewhat forgotten these days , it is perhaps partly due to his wife 's decision to leave his entire archive to the University of Dundee where , because of limited funding and the Scottish city 's relative geographical remoteness , it is not , for most of us , readily to hand . |
| 2 | We can speculate that there is a psychological motive for this switch , with Adele using a change of code to indicate that she is only reporting these words and does not herself " stand behind " them or vouch for their validity . |
| 3 | Memory training is much discussed these days , and several popular books have been published on the subject , some with extravagant claims built into the titles . |
| 4 | The generally accepted policy is not to treat these tumours unless they are detected in a very young patient . |
| 5 | That is the pathway we have gone down , and in consequence we have reduced the amount of food that is given to our cows that could be eaten by man from 50 per cent to 14 per cent by getting the input from grass and porridge oats : food that would otherwise be wasted in a system that is not using these animals to pick it up on the way . |
| 6 | The returns are related to performance , but that is not surprising these days . |
| 7 | Like an old master in the attic , their value is quickly recognised these days . |
| 8 | An informal group consisting of R. Pankhurst , C. Will , D. Mann and S. Helfer is currently investigating these options . |