Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is practicable to make repeated visits to the same site over a period of months or years a programme of capture/mark/release and recapture will add a further dimension to the whole range of topics available . |
| 2 | The Student Cook Book is exceptionally good at providing basic , helpful advice without sounding patronising or comic , and it is refreshing to have clear , reasonably technical explanations of , for instance , what chemical changes happen to the yeast in bread dough . |
| 3 | All encrustment and blisters must be scraped off and then the metal is wire-brushed to remove loose fragments . |
| 4 | All encrustment and blisters must be scraped off and then the metal is wire-brushed to remove loose fragments . |
| 5 | Much has been added to the house over the years and today , with its elegant 18th-century front rooms , there is little to remind one of its humble beginnings . |
| 6 | Internationally , there is little planned this season , following the failure of the Irish team to qualify for the World Cup finals in Australia . |
| 7 | There is little to please those who want to hear merely a beautiful sound or a neat , well- tailored style , everything to move those who believe that , like her great predecessors , Lehmann and Fischer-Dieskau or her co- eral Schrier , the word should have equal place with the music . |
| 8 | At present , there is little to suggest continued occupation at Ilchester by the time of full Saxon penetration in the seventh century . |
| 9 | There is little to suggest any aesthetic vulgarity or antipathy to culture on their part . |
| 10 | For those in social housing in or close to the LDDC , there is little to suggest any short-to medium-term improvement in housing conditions . |
| 11 | It is unnecessary to give more than the following sketch of the widespread litigation which has attended the efforts made to bring this case to trial . |
| 12 | Because this is so it is unnecessary to make extravagant claims ; the provision of a multimedia library , with the fullest integration of catalogues and shelves , and the finest collection of viewing and listening equipment , still meets only questions 1,2,3,6,7 and 8 . |
| 13 | Normally it is unnecessary to make special provision for this since the rent the tenant pays is linked to the rent he receives . |
| 14 | In those circumstances , it is unnecessary to express any view on the proper construction of the charter and statutes beyond saying that I have heard nothing which persuades me that the views of Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle and the Court of Appeal [ 1991 ] 1 W.L.R. 1277 were wrong . |
| 15 | With the Sim-Fix it is unnecessary to punch extra fixing points in the slate and the strap is quickly and easily nailed to the batten with three optional fixing points , making it possible to use it with any size of slate . |
| 16 | The knitting is 120 stitches wide , so the edge needles are at 60 on each side , with the point cams lined up with the edge needles ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 17 | It 's a strange voyeuristic sensation to hear people talking when they have no idea you are there , and the temptation is strong to make frightening bellowing noises and then hide behind a rock . |
| 18 | Sir David , who piloted Rolls-Royce Motors back to success after the ‘ 71 crash and who is due to retire next month , says : ‘ It depends how we do it — there are so many ways of developing a new Rolls-Royce . |
| 19 | The panel is due to report late next year . |
| 20 | The review of wave energy currently under way is due to report early next year . |
| 21 | The study is jointly financed by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Education Trust and is due to report prior to the implementation of the new valuation list in 1990 . |
| 22 | All this variety of opinion , assessment and recommendation will be considered by The Royal Commission on Criminal Justice , which is due to report this month . |
| 23 | Whilst no such boycott is due to happen this year , Testing is not compulsory and parents would still be able to withdraw their children if they so wished . |
| 24 | Executing 0.9 instructions per cycle , HyperSparc uses 0.65 micron , two-layer metal CMOS technology , has 1.2m transistors , is taped-out now and is due to sample next month . |
| 25 | Harsh reality has arrived , or is due to arrive next year . |
| 26 | He is due to arrive this morning at the Divulje barracks near Split on the Croatian coast and travel on , weather permitting , to a camp known as The Redoubt near Tomislavgrad in south-west Bosnia . |
| 27 | Prince Charles is due to visit two of the four main bases used by the 2,500 British troops serving as peacekeepers with the United Nations Protection Force , arriving this morning at the Divulje barracks near Split on the Croatian coast and travelling on , weather permitting , to a camp known as The Redoubt , near Tomislavgrad in south-west Bosnia . |
| 28 | Ellie is due to foal any day and naturally Margaret is on tenderhooks . |
| 29 | The security project which is due to go live in October will introduce site and building access control systems and perimeter closed circuit TV monitoring . |
| 30 | His paper , born during the German occupation of the Balkans , is due to celebrate 50 years of publication later this year . |