Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the ‘ great white hare ’ is most likely a ruse invented by long-ago Cornish pirates and smugglers who wanted to deter people from walking along the shore on a brightly moonlit night . |
| 2 | It is such an amateurish effort that it is little wonder the Government has tried to ensure that it is not widely available . |
| 3 | Our windsurf centre , is right one the beach in Ponti , 20 minutes walk from Vassiliki . |
| 4 | Alternatively if the process is highly complex the emphasis may be on the pattern of events as indicated by a network of blocks with a specialist symbol indicating the many points within the system for which information for the operator might appear and another symbol for points where he can interfere in the system dynamics ( Fig. 1.27 ) . |
| 5 | Because of shouting by Opposition Members when I made my statement , I was not able to point out that the increase in the ratio of total Government expenditure to gross domestic product , both central and local , is only half a percentage point next year . |
| 6 | It is only half a mile away , near the Docklands Arena at the other end of the Mudchute . |
| 7 | Caliban is only half a person at the best of times . |
| 8 | When first formed the embryo is only half a millimetre long , and bears no resemblance to its future form . |
| 9 | GETTING THERE IS ONLY HALF THE FUN . |
| 10 | ‘ Remember , though , this is only half the case . |
| 11 | I draw attention to their provenance because commentators have focused on the family-magazine question , on the attempt , that is , to get the chapter past Katkov in some shape or form , and I think this is only half the story . |
| 12 | Moreover , this is only half the story . |
| 13 | These days many people know that they should bend their knees when they bend down to pick up an object , but this is only half the story . |
| 14 | Obviously , television has heightened awareness of the sport , but that is only half the story . |
| 15 | ‘ Greg is only half the story though is n't he , Dad ? ’ she said quietly . |
| 16 | But this is only half the story , for Norris also believes that the lower jaw acts as an acoustic channel or probe for the returning sound . |
| 17 | The output stage is only half the story however . |
| 18 | Kingsley Paige dealers were saying to their old clients : " Everything you 've read , heard , or suspected about Harvard , I can assure you is only half the story . |
| 19 | But this is only half the story . |
| 20 | But this is only half the story . |
| 21 | But police say getting the message to the public is only half the battle : |
| 22 | For police forces struggling to cope with record levels of crime , arresting people and locking them up is only half the battle . |
| 23 | Deloitte has an impressive list of audit clients although its management consultancy practice is only half the size of Coopers . |
| 24 | Indeed , a number of studies have shown that the rate of relapse following CBT is only half the rate for clients taking anti-depressants . |
| 25 | The fact that the priest is showing tourists rather than the illiterate the paintings is only half the point that Mac Caig is trying to put across . |
| 26 | But leaving is only half the commitment . |
| 27 | But that is only half the picture , for sensory perception is always linked to motor response , to outward behaviour . |
| 28 | He stood up , stony-faced , and was turning to the door when James Menzies held up his hand and said , ‘ Wait — wait — that is only half the business . ’ |
| 29 | This is only half the truth . |
| 30 | ‘ And they say , all those people say … ’ she was gasping , half unable to get the words out , terribly frightened , ‘ … they say the other train , the regular Canadian , is only half an hour behind us , and will smash into … will smash into … do n't you see ? ’ |