Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] these [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Special Procedure has in fact now become the standard procedure ; it is most unusual these days to have a full hearing on the decree . |
| 2 | Ray was at that time a member of the Morris Side and would be very glad to hear from any of his contemporaries , although his style of dancing is rather different these days . |
| 3 | but Jack is so temperamental these days , I mean the other day he went by he said oh |
| 4 | Because neurological syphilis is so rare these days , the call for lumbar puncture is limited . |
| 5 | Emma Thompson ( below ) is so busy these days , she had to stay in her panto costume to marry Kenneth Branagh |
| 6 | Quite simply , I lost the magazine ! — the distribution is so sophisticated these days that there is a period of two weeks or so when our publication is in hands other than ours and all it needs is a breakdown in communications for the system to come to a halt with all parties oblivious to the standstill , which is what happened with the Autumn edition . |
| 7 | The competition is so fierce these days . |
| 8 | It is much worse these days than it was in 1966 . |
| 9 | By themselves , there is not much these countries could do to stop a determined assault by one of their big neighbours . |
| 10 | Accordingly where the second form of connecting factor is not applicable these Conventions apply only where all three parties involved ( supplier/lessor/lessee and supplier/debtor/factor ) carry on business in Contracting States . |
| 11 | This is not unusual these days from employees while blaming the economic situation to refuse an increase in pay . |
| 12 | That decision was overturned by the Dublin Supreme Court , and the pro-abortion movement in Ireland is now alarmed these gains could be lost . |
| 13 | It is fairly rare these days to find adults who have never been interviewed in any survey . |
| 14 | The seed itself is far superior these days with better germination , and varieties in general are more uniform in colour and height , with the shorter , self-supporting ones now becoming particularly popular . |
| 15 | Costs a fortune to feed all those hounds and keeping a horse is n't cheap these days . |
| 16 | there is n't many these days . |
| 17 | David Penney the scorer and after what happened against Portsmouth last week they realised even a 3-goal lead is n't safe these days . |
| 18 | ‘ It is quite possible these tools have been used by criminals . |
| 19 | The question is how strong these instincts are in us . |
| 20 | Okay , an and so what it said then was that ego , ego is where all these things come together |
| 21 | ‘ Ah yes : and the poem ’ , resumed Eliot , ‘ continued four or five good lines in succession , which is pretty rare these days ’ . |
| 22 | Ben Nevis is seldom lonely these days . |
| 23 | Gonococcal stricture is very rare these days , because of the widespread availability of appropriate medication , and it is largely elderly patients who attend a ‘ sounds ’ clinic , where the strictures can be dilated by means of metal , plastic , or gum instruments . |