Example sentences of "is [adj] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the role of Campylobacter pylori in ulcer formation is controversial with some clinicians claiming that its property of promoting excess gastrin and gastric acid secretion is a primary ulcer inducing factor , while others argue that it is a secondary factor . |
| 2 | — ( 1 ) Where , at the beginning of the transitional period , there is no students ' association established for the students of the college , the college council shall , as soon as is practicable after that date ( after consultation with such persons as appear to them to be representative of students of the college ) , make a scheme for the establishment of a students ' association for students of the college . |
| 3 | A guide is self-controlled in all she thinks , says and does . |
| 4 | IN THESE days when money is scarce for most rugby clubs Morley earned themselves £1,500 on the toss of a coin over the weekend . |
| 5 | Ancient history is scarce around these parts , and you take it where you can get it — even from people you wiped out in more recent times . |
| 6 | A blurred shape is perceptible to those who look hard enough , but the process is more amorphous than the stereotype might suggest . |
| 7 | If it 's to be helpful if if Mr is saying on behalf of the Parish Council that by showing it in this way on the key diagram , he feels is prejudicing or the Parish Council 's position is prejudiced at some future date , then it 's to be helpful to that that the County Council is saying it is prepared to show it simply as a an arrow and similarly for consistency it would seem to make sense to show the western in the same fashion . |
| 8 | ’ It is vain for these Arabs to endeavour to resist the consummation of that which is written in the Book of Fate , ’ fulminated Lord Palmerston , when he was foreign secretary . |
| 9 | Late Cenozoic volcanism , which is extensive over much of the area , and low seismic wave velocities together suggest that the lithosphere below the Tibetan Plateau is still unusually hot and is therefore probably weaker than in adjacent areas . |
| 10 | Indeed , the scope of s2(2) is extensive in this respect : ( 2 ) A person who , not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment , in the course of any trade or business and with a view to obtaining any payment for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent as aforesaid ( a ) threatens to bring any legal proceedings ; or ( b ) places or causes to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threatens to do so ; or ( c ) invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure or threatens to do so , shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [ level 5 on the standard scale ] . |
| 11 | Part of the case is anatomical in that some parts of the brain are scarcely connected to others . |
| 12 | I , I mean if , we know how much is outstanding on each one , we know when it 's due to be paid , we know it 's gon na be about eight hundred policies a section , is it , ten thousand ? |
| 13 | His mountaineering record is outstanding by any standards : Mont Blanc , the Matterhorn and the Eiger ; Muztagh Ata , Aconcagua , Huascaran . |
| 14 | ‘ There is little of that left now , she says . |
| 15 | Down there they will escape the buffetings of the storms to come and there too , where temperatures are much lower , their bodily process will slow down and so use less energy at a time in the year when there is little for these animals to eat . |
| 16 | There is little in this paper with which Reich need have disagreed . |
| 17 | So , there is little in this study to sustain the hopes of nineteenth-century liberal-democrats or to confirm the adequacy of the responsible party model as a realistic characterisation of the behaviour of voters in our politics . |
| 18 | There is little in this which is peculiar to a solicitors ' partnership dispute but with regard to the last noted remedy the court recognises the great and possibly irreparable harm that could be done by appointing a receiver over a professional firm and may be reluctant to make such an order at the behest of one disaffected partner ( see Floydd v Cheney [ 1970 ] Ch 602 and Sobell v Boston [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 1587 ) . |
| 19 | The hostel at Whitby is housed in the old abbey stables , all that is habitable of this splendid cliff-top ruin where Caedmon , the simple cowherd regarded by many as the father of English music , once sang of the Creation with a voice like an angel . |
| 20 | ( a ) Applying a false trade description to goods Proof of dishonesty is unnecessary for this offence . |
| 21 | His modest apology for tardiness in producing this volume is unnecessary in any terms , considering the magnitude of his task , and when in addition one realises that he has pressed on with the completion of the work during his convalescence from a serious illness , it is clear that his apology should be replaced by the public 's commendation . |
| 22 | I entirely agree with the right hon. Gentleman that it is undesirable for any delegation to stay away . |
| 23 | The suggestion that conventionalism reduces surprise must assume , then , not that surprise is unfair but that it is undesirable for some other reason : that it is inefficient , for example , or imposes unnecessary risks , or frightens people , or is otherwise not in the general interest . |
| 24 | When a horse is shy of any object , and reluctant to approach it , the rider must try to make him feel that there is nothing terrible in it , especially to a horse of spirit ; but if he can not succeed , the rider must himself touch that which appears so alarming , and lead the horse up gently to it . |
| 25 | It is understandable of any man . ’ |
| 26 | The reluctance of translators to use it is understandable to some extent . |
| 27 | As an actor Brando is a great politician , but because of that he is destructive to those he works with . |
| 28 | A useful piece of advice to avoid this is to tell users that they should be trying to decide how attractive the industry is for some SBU that is strong in that industry . |
| 29 | In which of the five types of landscape is each of these local changes ? |
| 30 | I mean the convention is each of these ex I mean what you could have , you could put brackets round everything . |