Example sentences of "is [adv] [noun sg] [noun pl] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | At present it is only home helps which local authorities have a duty to provide . |
| 4 | It is only car cases of the larger mammals that kites are interested in and help to remove . |
| 5 | I 'm just wondering whether in fact every Saturday that you 've got , bearing in mind this is not flag days , this is in the street . |
| 6 | The point has therefore now been made with three examples that it is usually carbonate facies that are so remarkably persistent in a lateral sense . |
| 7 | The best defensive weapon is usually interest rates — backed up by whatever policy changes are needed to restore credibility . |
| 8 | And though it is usually Consumer publications that are involved there have been some notable exceptions among even the more staid members of the trade press . |
| 9 | The packing is usually glass beads of 0.1 to 0.3 mm diameter . |
| 10 | erm , and there are two aspects , that they can a stimulant and whilst I 'm , I would agree that many women , it is part of dealing with problems in their lives , coping with stress , that part of that is also withdrawal symptoms from the nicotine , and |
| 11 | It is about time chairmen and administrators started to listen to the managers and worked on fulfilling the pledge . |
| 12 | ‘ As a player , it 's certainly more gruelling doing my own material than Michael 's , because his is mainly rhythm parts with a few solos . |
| 13 | No , this is n't this is n't travel agents making these statements this is us when we go and talk to say an implant |
| 14 | I 've got some olive oil but I 've noticed if you look on the olive oil that some of the , some of it is n't mono unsaturates is it , you know , on a lot of it |
| 15 | However , contrary to popular myth , it is n't heroin injectors who are most at risk of contracting HIV . |
| 16 | Now whether that is that they are annoyed that there is n't childcare facilities , or whether they 're annoyed that they have to make dinner for their husbands , or whether they 're annoyed with what 's on television , or at the kind of newspapers that are coming in the door or whatever . |
| 17 | It is almost contra bonos mores , and certainly contrary to all the principles of natural justice , that a man should institute proceedings against another , when he is conscious that he has no good cause of action . |
| 18 | Also described is how expert systems can enhance human expertise and allow it to be used more efficiently in the specific working environment of aircraft maintenance . |
| 19 | What is crucial for learners to know is how grammar functions in alliance with words and contexts for the achievement of meaning . |
| 20 | The most interesting aspect is how informing breeds informing , which breeds informing and so on , in what can be a time-consuming loop . |
| 21 | This is how estate agents around the country see the market in their regions : |
| 22 | Indeed , it is precisely market forces which bring them about . |
| 23 | It is when ageist attitudes become part of the rules of institutions , govern the conduct of social life , and blend imperceptibly into everyday values and attitudes that they have a drastic effect on the way older people lead their lives . |
| 24 | It is when family duties , responsibilities , roles and expectations are confused , uncertain or even mutually incompatible that problems within families arise . |
| 25 | Yes , it does : and that is why art directors love it — though it has only been fashionable for about 20 years . |
| 26 | The behaviour of physical , nonbiological objects is so simple that it is feasible to use existing mathematical language to describe it , which is why physics books are full of mathematics . |
| 27 | This is why video makers who wish to run third generation copies off second generation edited masters use super-format tapes for all their work . |
| 28 | That is why licence powers are being used to control it and why this Bill , soon to go to Committee , will give the director general still more powers , should he want to use them . |
| 29 | This is why noise groups invariably deal with subject matter that is anti-humanist — extremes of abjection , obsession , trauma , atrocity , possession — all of which undermine humanism 's confidence that through individual consciousness and will , we can become the subjects of our lives , and work together for the general progress of the commonwealth . |
| 30 | This is why union meetings and Labour Party meetings are always conducted in a haze of smoke — or were , until my local party banned it . |