Example sentences of "is [adj] [conj] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that both tobacco and alcohol are risk factors in the development of oral carcinoma . |
| 2 | Being a Special is unpaid and therefore commitment to the job is all important . |
| 3 | As the administration of platelet activating factor was reported to increase the release of leukotriene C 4 that is known to cause a potent vasoconstriction , it is likely that both platelet activating factor and LTC 4 play a synergistic role in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis . |
| 4 | It is evident that only pre-exposure to saline itself produced latent inhibition and that an aversion was established perfectly readily after all other conditions of pre-exposure . |
| 5 | Organisations and individuals in the many Tory marginals to which I have referred will know by the end of next week exactly who is responsible and where responsibility lies . |
| 6 | The method suffers from the disadvantage that it is slow and consequently diffusion of low molar mass material could be large enough to introduce serious error in the measurement . |
| 7 | Our reception is most gratifying — for it is enthusiastic and really kind in the highest degree … |
| 8 | It follows from this that the failure of an employee to exercise reasonable skill and care in making his basic valuation is faulty and therefore maladministration . |
| 9 | To take away false self-reliance is constructive but even self-deception may be better than having nothing to put in its place . |
| 10 | Even if it is true that only intention is relevant , this is no argument whatsoever for the admissibility of such trusts . |
| 11 | The jaw action is scissor-like and both tooth and jaw bone can perform the cutting function . |
| 12 | JustText 's typographic control is excellent but currently type can only be set in increments of a single point and leading control is similarly limited . |
| 13 | ( 1985 : 687 ) suggest something quite similar to Jespersen — " the infinitive marker to may be viewed as related to the spatial preposition to through metaphorical connection " — and illustrate this by the series : How far this metaphorical connection extends is not specified , but it is significant that both Quirk et al. |
| 14 | For a classical lawyer this argument would be absurd : it is quite meaningless to state that a controversial disposition is valid because only intention is relevant . |