Example sentences of "is [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As we saw above , and Lyons would not disagree , it is mostly in the paralinguistic features that English performs this function .
2 ( The facts that Rousseau never used the phrase ‘ noble savage ’ , and that Hobbes has been widely misinterpreted are irrelevant here , since my concern is not with the conceptions that two seminal thinkers actually articulated , but is rather with the stereotyped dichotomous conceptions of human nature and human society that have come to be associated with their names . )
3 Current educational thinking is moving away from the whole concept of labelling children by closely defined categories , and the emphasis is rather on the individual needs of children and on the shared aspects of their development and learning .
4 It seems " fair " to both parties only because it is not obviously unfair to either of them , It is rather like the resultant of mechanical forces pulling in different directions .
5 The scientist who proposes new interpretations or principles is rather like the fictional detective ( they may exist in reality too ) who is faced with the same evidence as the reader and the police , but sees that it forms a different pattern when seen from the right angle .
6 Hypnosis is rather like the former situation ; you are aware of all that is happening but , because it feels so right and so pleasant , you allow it to happen .
7 This is rather like the big bang at the beginning of time , only it would be an end of time for the collapsing body and the astronaut .
8 ‘ It is rather like the older generation 's fascination with the Royal Family . ’
9 It is rather like the older generation 's fascination with the Royal Family , ’ he added .
10 Buying a second-hand board is rather like the second-hand car or computer market in that there are plenty of bargains but unless you are careful you can be ripped off .
11 The collapse of a star to form a black hole is rather like the later stages of the collapse of the whole universe .
12 Our current interest is rather in the inherent feasibility of controlling management objectives by means of legal duties .
13 The Tenant shall on the making of this Agreement pay to the Landlord the sum of £ ( pounds ) as a contribution towards the legal and other professional costs incurred by the Landlord in relation to this agreement Obviously , the tenant should try to avoid paying the landlord 's costs if possible as the transaction is presumably to the equal benefit of both the landlord and the tenant .
14 We see her so with Theseus again on a near-contemporary Attic cup ( fig. 98 ) ; and it is presumably in the same role that she dominates the latest and best preserved of all archaic pediments , at the two ends of a temple on Aegina , dedicated to Aphaia , a local deity associated with Artemis rather than Athena .
15 Most contemporary feminist politics is somewhere between the first and second stages , that is , it oscillates between deploring and celebrating difference , between the negative and positive motivations I outlined above , without realistically expecting — yet — to transcend current gender divisions .
16 As a simple rule of thumb we could say that major differences in thermoregulation are determined by whether heat is derived solely from the environment , or is entirely internally generated , or is somewhere between the two .
17 Also with other beacons often within receivable range on frequencies only one kHz apart , sometimes if the aircraft is somewhere between the two , both become unusable .
18 Halfway up I 'm bombarded by icicles falling from the overhangs above , while Graham is somewhere in the swirling mist , pulling off an impressive lead .
19 It turns out that if I choose a direction and look at the electron 's spin in relation to that direction then either its axis of rotation points along that direction or it is wholly in the reverse direction .
20 Sir , it is my opinion that any development in area D thirty nine , which is wholly within the conservation area , would have those deleterious effects , and the same applies for D forty two D forty two .
21 The correct way to cut this type of joint is right through the two points where the sections of border intersect , although care must be exercised to avoid marking the main wallcovering where it would show .
22 I am not saying anything about the short or long-ball game , only what is right at the proper time .
23 The insiders — and Letterman is right on the inside track — pick up these changing signals constantly ; they have no patience with outsiders ' scepticism .
24 At this time modernization as a planning theme emphasized job creation and industrial diversification , but only at Killing worth , which is right on the outer edge of the inner ring , was there any integrated public sector planning in which even in principle housing and industrial development were associated ( see Byrne and Parson , 1983 ) .
25 The Superdrug is right on the main and they 've got a they 've got a great big car park now at the back of the new gallery .
26 As our work has sometimes been interpreted as conflicting with that of Labov , it should be noted here that the above characterization of the speech community is fundamentally of the same type as his and can be seen as derivative from his insights .
27 It is necessarily of the same quality as the data used to support managerial control , because it is that data , used for a different purpose ; and because the data is of a type already in currency , its use needs no special explanation or defence .
28 The professional 's role is necessarily at the supervisory and organisational level , guiding the parents by offering them techniques and skills to use themselves .
29 These influences will not always incline him to the view that revelation of particular legal or political material is necessarily in the public interest .
30 The visiting service is especially for the housebound , lonely or depressed .
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