Example sentences of "is [adv] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discounting variant examples of what is fundamentally the same tale , there are at least 127 fabliaux in the medieval French corpus . |
| 2 | Women for Socialism is all the more imperative given the labour movement 's political crisis ’ . |
| 3 | Of course , there are often political reasons why this vision can not yet be fully realised but that is all the more reason why an understanding should be pursued . |
| 4 | That is all the more reason , they believe , for keeping their crusade going , so that a wider public will react positively and begin to recognise the indicators of abuse . |
| 5 | You do n't see luxurious leather-bound books in most homes , which is all the more reason you 'll be proud to see them in yours ! |
| 6 | Of course the reverse may also be possible , that hostility and resentment build up , but this is all the more reason that a social worker should continue to be available for old people in residential care and the families . |
| 7 | If some material is lost already , that is all the more reason to stop a lapse becoming a loophole . |
| 8 | Amazingly the EMI Argerich/Rabinovitch Visions de l'Amen I reviewed only in December 1990 has already been deleted , along with the Labèque sisters in the Erato anniversary edition ( 4/89 ) , so there is all the more reason to welcome the Adès issue and to be quick about snapping it up . |
| 9 | At a time when food and money are shorter , there is all the more need for adequate health care . |
| 10 | Based on the portable 450 unit the R450 is basically the same tuner , only this time rack-mountable . |
| 11 | ‘ You see , ’ Livings said , ‘ they all have part of what is basically the same building . |
| 12 | The engine shares a common block with the 3 litre and the pistons are interchangeable but will give a slightly higher compression ratio To go to 3 litres change the crankshaft and con rods for the 3 litre items It would be beneficial to change the camshaft as well to the 3 litre All the parts interchange as it is basically the same unit |
| 13 | The eye is basically the same shape as ours , but there is no lens and the pupil is just a hole that lets the seawater into the hollow interior of the eye . |
| 14 | Growing tropical nymphaea is basically the same procedure as with ‘ hardies ’ providing you ensure the following : |
| 15 | This is basically the same sort of thing as the filled legs on a horse that has stood in . |
| 16 | As the real FFL costs money , I think the Telegraph one which is basically the same game , but with slightly different rules to set your team up , is the one to follow for us . |
| 17 | As the mite is much the same size as the ant 's head , the ant suffers a considerable burden . |
| 18 | In this sense invention seems to imply that crime is the outcome of the kind of rational decision-making that is associated with the classical criminological view ( and I will suggest later that it is much the same idea ) . |
| 19 | It seems more likely that the knot symbolized the bond between the communicant and the deity , or that it was an attempt to bind the deity by magic , which is much the same thing . |
| 20 | O'Brien is much the same age as Charles , and a man of huge industry and enthusiasm whom Charles is able to spark ideas off . |
| 21 | A few people came back with ‘ O Jesus ! ’ or ‘ Yes , Jesus ! ’ but nobody was ready for talking in tongues or , indeed , listening to people talking in tongues , which I have often thought is much the more taxing of the two options . |
| 22 | This is approximately the same number as occur in Australia where the population is , of course , much smaller but the number of aircraft registered is approximately the same . |
| 23 | Thus a comparative analysis must be sensitive to an ‘ industry effect ’ even within what is broadly the same industry . |
| 24 | The irony of course , is that people involved in what is patently the same activity , are increasingly pulling apart from one another as they pursue their own institutional and professional goals by drawing boundaries around the same very narrow ( possibly non-existent ) patch . |
| 25 | Figure 7 is exactly the same kind of picture as Figure 6 . |
| 26 | and that bit in there from the album is exactly the same equipment |
| 27 | It is exactly the same attitude as we find in Chaucer 's Canterbury Tales ; and it is no exaggeration to say that a Suffolk stallion leader , like Charles Rookyard , was in direct line with the carter in The Friar 's Tale . |
| 28 | Is the hon. Gentleman aware that in East Sussex , where the Conservatives control the county council , there is exactly the same problem because the Conservatives want to close seven old people 's homes ? |
| 29 | She is exactly the same age as Mrs Smith and came to Britain from Jamaica in 1957 as a 20-year old with her father ( a skilled motor mechanic who came to work on the London buses ) , her mother and her three brothers . |
| 30 | It is exactly the same tension that made The Smiths a success , and in their low-key way I suspect that Felt will keep some of the same cult appeal now they are gone . |