Example sentences of "are [adj] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voices are few not only because it takes courage to speak out against the tide of opinion , but because few can see the issue in a wider context and take the longer perspective . |
| 2 | They are contiguous only distally and separated proximally by a wedge of scales . |
| 3 | It is important that this potentially very valuable approach safeguards itself so far as possible against misinterpretation : in particular , that the content of religious belief does not really matter , that knowledge of religious tradition is unimportant , and that any opinions and beliefs are acceptable so long as they are sincerely held . |
| 4 | It may possibly be , as it surely is in ( 22 ) , that , where a single entity is present to the mind of the speaker , the same speaker can not simultaneously entertain the idea of more than one referent corresponding to that entity ( though there may be certain problems for this view in the case of collective nouns such as government or congregation or quartet , for which see Chapter 8 ) ; however , it is much less obvious that , where there is assumed to be only a single referent , there should be only a single intensional entity present to the mind ; rather , it seems to us that the separation of the referential and the intensional elements is precisely what lies behind such examples as ( 23 ) ( from Searle , 1969 ) , or ( 24 ) : ( 23 ) Everest is Chomolungma ( 24 ) the sheriff did not know that he was Arthur 's brother In the latter sentence , of course , we are interested in the interpretation which has he co-referring with Arthur 's brother , and the reason that we do not find a reflexive in the final position is precisely that these two elements are distinct intensionally even though they share the same referent . |
| 5 | Since the majority of species involved are similar both morphologically and in behaviour they will be referred to in this text as trichonemes or small strongyles |
| 6 | If an Act of Parliament says that A ( who may be a minister or a commission or a local authority or an individual ) shall be the person to settle certain specified questions and that there shall be neither appeal to nor review by any other body or person ( including the courts ) , then A's decisions are unchallengeable so long as ( a ) it is A , not another , who decides , ( b ) A decides those specified questions and not others and ( c ) A does not act in bad faith or with similar impropriety . |
| 7 | Conventional gestures are valuable not only because they often appear in the epics themselves , but also because they are universally recognised as a means of communication in real life and have been used on the stage since the earliest days of the theatre . |
| 8 | That the characteristic communities are widespread both latitudinally and longitudinally is not surprising . |
| 9 | The books of Roald Dahl are in the group of books that , due to their appeal to young readers , and perhaps their iconoclastic treatment of the adult world , are suspect as far as critics and prize panels are concerned . |
| 10 | You are innocent as far as Her Majesty 's Government is concerned . |
| 11 | In water it forms aluminosilicates , which are inert as far as living organisms are concerned , so long as the level of acidity stays low — the silicon will make the aluminium separate out harmlessly . |
| 12 | But make m n no mistake , make no mistake , the situation is still difficult , because the Government imposes conditions and changes are all so often that the resolution of problems is difficult , as you will see from the Director of Education 's statement . |
| 13 | They are all now less than one inch in height . |
| 14 | Women , because of their cycles of menstruation and childbearing , are impure more often than men . |
| 15 | In sum , it is probably time to overcome the politics of standardization — ‘ standards are good so long as you adopt mine ’ . |
| 16 | These can be regarded as classics of their kind , and are important not only because of their intrinsic interest as dramatic events in history , but also because they illustrate some of the facets of volcanic eruptions which will be discussed in later chapters . |
| 17 | I got a room in the inn , and despite the windiness of the house and the army of earwigs that people it , I was very snug : a friend who has been there in winter gives amusing particulars regarding the draughts that are vocal as well as felt in this palace of the winds ; he found it necessary to nail up his bed-room windows with many plies of blanket , and thus to allow day and night to glide unnoted past , for all was dark — yet were not the breathings of the winds hushed ! |
| 18 | This seems a paradox but it is not : the system is geared to the needs of the operating units but the units are expendable so long as the system remains intact . |
| 19 | The consequences of these fractures are enormous both socio-economically and as regards morbidity and mortality . ’ |
| 20 | The band would have to be playing a lot of shows so they are available as often as possible for viewing . |
| 21 | A consequence of this is that women with undiagnosed non-insulin dependent diabetes , which is potentially as risky for the pregnancy as insulin dependent diabetes , are lumped together with women who have abnormalities of glucose tolerance that are trivial so far as the index pregnancy is concerned . |
| 22 | One feels that two hours spent in one or other of the jammed little rooms — there are four as far as I remember at this instance , two down , one up , and one in the cellar — will be rewarding , refreshing , and never questioned by the owners . |
| 23 | Any partial hypotheses which end at the same node are equivalent as far as further right context is concerned , and only the highest scoring need be kept . |
| 24 | These incidents are rare not only because national emergencies are mercifully infrequent , but because for much of the time there is an instinctive understanding between the governors of the broadcasting organization and the government of the nation , as the corporation 's behaviour on issues like appeasement demonstrates ; Reith succumbed to the same collective delusion that had seized Chamberlain , his foreign secretary , Halifax , and most of the population . |
| 25 | Actual attacks on humans are rare so far and more likely to be the work of strays than of truly feral animals . |
| 26 | These concepts are relevant both locally and internationally ; a more traditional conception of art is , however , still more prevalent in England the continuous success of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition seems to be an indication of that . |
| 27 | In the UK , the present position is that microbiological processes are patentable so long as there has been a significant human intervention in the discovery of the organism and its isolation . |
| 28 | These ideas are plausible as far as they go , but I find that they do not begin to square up to the formidable challenge of explaining culture , cultural evolution , and the immense differences between human cultures around the world , from the utter selfishness of the Ik of Uganda , as described by Colin Turnbull , to the gentle altruism of Margaret Mead 's Arapesh . |
| 29 | They are significant not only as media for transmitting material , television now being the main source of political information for most people , but also for the choice of what material to transmit . |
| 30 | The basic rules enunciated in ss9 and 12 are unvariable so far as concerns the right of a third party to bring proceedings against a firm or against individual members . |