Example sentences of "is [adv] [coord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They , in turn , join him in cheerful conspiracy to see that the great cathedral list of France is constantly and step-by-step updated . |
| 2 | Agreed , the weekend trade is down but residential courses have been up 10% and day courses up 50% this year . |
| 3 | All the same Schneidau 's argument is just and illuminating , so far as it goes . |
| 4 | the court is of the opinion that it is just and equitable that the company should be wound up . |
| 5 | the court is of the opinion that it is just and equitable that the company should be wound up . |
| 6 | ( 4 ) An order under this section in respect of any costs may only be made if — ( a ) an order for costs would be made in the proceedings apart from this Act ; ( b ) as respects the costs incurred in a court of first instance , those proceedings were instituted by the assisted party and the court is satisfied that the unassisted party will suffer severe financial hardship unless the order is made ; and ( c ) in any case , the court is satisfied that it is just and equitable in all the circumstances of the case that provision for the costs should be made out of public funds . |
| 7 | it is just and equitable that provision for those costs should be made out of public funds ; |
| 8 | Under the Act it is possible for the purchaser to seek a court order against the vendors and the amount recoverable from any person shall be such as the court holds is just and equitable . |
| 9 | An order may only be made against the legal aid fund if : ( a ) an order for costs would be made in any event ; ( b ) the proceedings were instituted by the assisted party and the unassisted party would suffer severe financial hardship unless an order were made ; and ( c ) in any case the court is satisfied that it is just and equitable for the costs to be paid out of public funds ( Legal Aid Act 1988 , s18(4) ) . |
| 10 | President Bush 's recent pronouncements on what is just and moral during the Gulf war left me feeling empty and bitter . |
| 11 | This category of special relationship is now characterised more by the knowledge of the maker of the statement that the recipient will rely on it : see Lord Denning MR in Ministry of Housing and Local Government v Sharp [ 1970 ] 2 QB 223 at 268G , and 13.11. negligence claims , of ( 1 ) the foreseeability of the damage ; ( 2 ) the proximity of the parties ; and ( 3 ) whether it is just and reasonable in all the circumstances that the duty should exist : see Lord Oliver in Caparo Industries plc v Dickman [ 1990 ] 2 WLR 358 at 379B . |
| 12 | a celestial policeman ; 2. an absentee landlord ; 3. a magician ; 4. a being greater than anything we can possibly think of ; 5. an old man on a cloud ; 6. light which gives life ; 7. the conclusion of a mathematical theorem ; 8. the chairman of a rather boring harp-playing assembly ; 9. a presence who is loving and just ; 10. a crutch for people who ca n't cope ; 11. an all-powerful dictator ; 12. a character in a fairy-story ; 13. a power that is either evil or indifferent to suffering ; 14. a heavenly Santa Claus ; 15. a king who is just and holy ; 16. electricity which is invisible and powerful , useful but dangerous ; 17. a slot-machine whom you can approach with a coin and get out what you want ; 18. the ground without which nothing in this world could exist . |
| 13 | Thus the existence of an alleged defence to a criminal prosecution is merely a matter to be taken into account in the exercise of the court 's discretion when considering whether it is just and convenient that interlocutory relief should be granted ( post , pp. 173D–F , 178H , 179A , 190D–E ) . |
| 14 | In my opinion , the existence of an alleged defence is a matter to be taken into account in the exercise of the court 's discretion , when deciding whether it is just and convenient that interlocutory relief should be granted . |
| 15 | 1.43 It was said in Coenen v Payne [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 984 ( which was a defendant 's application for a split trial ) that such a trial will be ordered whenever it is just and convenient , and not only in difficult and unusual cases , and in Ashworth v Berkeley Walbrood ( 1984 ) The Times , 13 July that the court can be asked to try a preliminary issue whenever there is a real probability that the effect will be to save time and expense and simplify the issues , which need not be limited to questions of law . |
| 16 | The new novel is just and filthy . |
| 17 | However , adoption studies where children of alcoholic parents have been brought up in non-alcoholic families show that genetic inheritance is a stronger predictor of addiction than is home or social background . |
| 18 | He says he is home and dry . |
| 19 | Strathspeld is everywhere white ; the sky is still and shining , hiding the sun in a dazzling , brilliant haze , its light somehow distanced by the intervening layer of high cloud overlooking a chill wilderness of snow . |
| 20 | There seems to be a ring of light round everything — It is still and sunny — so still you could hear a spider spin . |
| 21 | Where Pamela eagerly restores the chapel in the house in Lincolnshire , the one at Sotherton in Mansfield Park signifies an age that is past and irrecoverable . |
| 22 | Once the tank is up and running water quality should be maintained by regular partial water changes of 20–30% each week . |
| 23 | Once everything is up and running drop into the BIOS set-up program and ensure that the Coprocessor field is set to the appropriate value to indicate the presence of a 387DX . |
| 24 | But of course it is important that the box is er in operational use before such a photograph is taken , so I will endeavour tomorrow to er to resolve the situation of actually putting the phones in the box so that er by the time Wednesday comes , and our photograph , then it is up and running as they say . |
| 25 | In the context of the agreement , analysts were quoted as suggesting that acquiring a software base for a new supercomputer has traditionally been the biggest drag on sales , and doubting that Convex and HP had cracked it — but up to now there has been no massively parallel machine that is both hardware-and software-compatible with a big existing applications base . |
| 26 | Long skirts are important , but purely straight is out and impossible to walk in anyway . |
| 27 | Long skirts are important , but purely straight is out and impossible to walk in anyway . |
| 28 | The performance of the instrument belies its humble price ; the action is even and consistent across all twenty-four frets , and even down to the relatively unflappable low B. The minimalist headstock and long top horn combine with the bass 's reasonable weight for a well-balanced and comfortable instrument , with total access to all frets an added bonus . |
| 29 | Its history thereafter is even and steady , and part of the familiar national story . |
| 30 | Make sure that the top edge of the cake is even and neat . |