Example sentences of "is [adv] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Spinal Tap ’ may have been the ultimate send up of the genre but ‘ Spinal Tap ’ is most metal fans ' favourite film . |
| 2 | The business is effectively recession proof , if anything it probably does better when times are hard . |
| 3 | Onyeanusi 's study involved an assessment of the impact of vehicle tyres on off-road tracks in a specific area of what is predominantly grassland savanna . |
| 4 | A WHIFF of competition sent shares in United States chip maker Intel tumbling at the end of March , wiping more than a fifth off the value of what is arguably Silicon Valley 's most important firm . |
| 5 | Located at the very heart of San Francisco on Union Square , this elegant and historic hotel is arguably San Francisco 's finest , and offers a wide range of facilities and excellent accommodation to the discerning traveller . |
| 6 | Feminists working on social representations recognize , in addition , that human experience is highly symbol dependent , that the issue of language can usefully link psychology with other work in the social sciences and humanities , and that a greater focus on this area might be useful for psychological investigations of many gender issues ( e.g. Wetherell et al . |
| 7 | It is now made of a black Nubuk leather trimmed with purple and yellow , and is highly water repellent and quick drying . |
| 8 | Clearly , there are some collocations that are independent of distance , but there are others whose behaviour is highly distance dependent [ Jones & sinclair , 1974 ] . |
| 9 | Community relations in Easton thus amounts to a programme of youth work , but juvenile liaison is altogether different , for it is basically probation work . |
| 10 | That 's just an extension from that , although it is basically neighbourhood watch |
| 11 | Publicity itself is basically news material about the organization which is published in one or more of the media . |
| 12 | The effect of this is illustrated in Fig. 4.5 where the new equilibrium rate of national income Y′ e is below Y o , indicating that DD unemployment will have been created . |
| 13 | Some say this is merely cartoon aggression but some susceptible kiddies could believe that it 's okay to copy such actions because they have no serious effect when Macaulay does them . |
| 14 | Make sure that the story you have for them is interesting and if it is merely constituency information , explain that you are providing it for background briefing and that you are not expecting them to publish it . |
| 15 | Answering machine winks cheerfully , but it is only Mrs Body excusing herself from work tomorrow because of the funeral . |
| 16 | After the frantic design years of the early 1980s board design has now settled down to a fairly stable format and it is only construction techniques that are still changing slightly . |
| 17 | Because at Q M the social marginal benefit of another unit of output is P M but the social marginal cost is only P C . |
| 18 | Currently the EEC Nine is only 64% self sufficient in lamb and mutton and around 95 — 97% in beef . |
| 19 | If I think you I mean you can go into it if you 've erm I mean the minimum qualification they say is only G C S Es |
| 20 | Membership is only £5 p.a . |
| 21 | At present it is only home helps which local authorities have a duty to provide . |
| 22 | > It is only Apolline art that seeks to replace suffering by beauty . |
| 23 | Not all commercials have music , but most do , even if it is only background music bought from a library of such material . |
| 24 | ‘ None of us can understand how he fell — the window is only 2ft square . ’ |
| 25 | The door of my fishhouse is only 2ft 9″ wide . |
| 26 | At the start she is only so cruel as she is only Miss Havisham 's tool for revenge , and later she seems to have a little pity for Pip when she warns him that she has no heart . |
| 27 | The second point which I would make is that despite having had many months indeed years , to come to a view , erm it is only Selby District Council who have stepped forward and said , basically that they would be prepared to accommodate the new settlement . |
| 28 | It is only car cases of the larger mammals that kites are interested in and help to remove . |
| 29 | Della Grice , a service controller at Hygiene Bristol recently wanted to jump out of an aeroplane , a strange idea , thought other branch members particularly as now she is only 4′ 6″ ! |
| 30 | ‘ Simon Osborn is like a choirboy , Gareth Southgate is a clean , fresh player , Bowry is only 9st 7lb , and Ndah is still a youth player . |