Example sentences of "is [adv] [prep] [art] [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 | PERFECT PORRIDGE This easy recipe is rather like a hot version of muesli but uses the best kind of oats , has wheatgerm as a bonus and indulgent toppings . |
| 5 | She is rather like a lyric author herself , a bit of a lyre . |
| 6 | It is rather like a Labour Party conference , without the block vote . |
| 7 | The fruit is rather like a small peach , but the hull dies off towards the end of the season . |
| 8 | Parsley needs far more root-room than it is usually given ; the main or tap root is rather like a small carrot , and this should be allowed for . |
| 9 | Two years later Julian Barnes , in Flaubert 's Parrot ( 1984 ) , entertained the same subversive point in a novel of impish erudition : the past , he suggests in his opening chapter , is rather like a greasy piglet , and anyone who tries to seize it is bound to look ridiculous . |
| 10 | Her life really was that of one of the anawim , the ‘ little ones ’ of God — and the distaste that many of us feel for her is rather like a similar distaste for Thérèse of Lisieux . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've often thought that each person is rather like a different vessel out at sea . |
| 12 | ‘ The frame is rather like a giant Mecanno set which you construct as you need to , ’ said Mr Montgomery . |
| 13 | ‘ The frame is rather like a giant Meccano set which you construct as you need to , ’ said Mr Montgomery . |
| 14 | Since the abalone is rather like a large snail in having a protruding ‘ foot ’ , it does not need to be opened in the same way as a mussel for the otter to eat it . |
| 15 | ‘ It is rather like a human Scud missile . ’ |
| 16 | The first impression is rather like an American city , with the clusters of skyscrapers ( some half-built ) in the ‘ down-town area ’ , but underneath the skyscrapers there are some nice little squares and open spaces full of beautiful exotic trees and lush grass . |
| 17 | The effect is rather like an extended advertisement for Marlboro Lights . |
| 18 | It is rather like an empty filing cabinet waiting for the files to go in . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Our current interest is rather in the inherent feasibility of controlling management objectives by means of legal duties . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I am not saying anything about the short or long-ball game , only what is right at the proper time . |
| 29 | The insiders — and Letterman is right on the inside track — pick up these changing signals constantly ; they have no patience with outsiders ' scepticism . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |