Example sentences of "is [conj] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now where that centre of that V is where the black ball will go . |
| 2 | . This is where the posh chaps sat . |
| 3 | because they do n't give a specific definition as to what a landlord is or a rich peasant or a middle peasant meant that how that there was a lot of flexibility within that and it 's only later that they have to reissue those two documents on how to analyze the classes which erm which had been published in nineteen thirty which they felt that you know the Party 's moving too far away , but why did n't they do it at the time ? |
| 4 | Copsey is nor a dirty player and it would have been tragic had he been sent off in his first international ’ — IEUAN EVANS ( Wales captain ) on the Tony Copsey incident in Dublin against Ireland . |
| 5 | What you will not find , however , is that every individual Broca 's patient is lower on all six measures ( see , e.g. Berndt , 1985 ) . |
| 6 | The last major problem potentially caused by changes in Labour rules in 1980 is that every Labour MP must undergo a reselection process . |
| 7 | The fact is that every other gentleman there I can tell it 's a hairpiece , yours I could n't . |
| 8 | But the most shocking thing about this new black-humour novel is that every life-or-death horror story is true , says its author , consultant anaesthetist Dr Philip Keep . |
| 9 | The danger in exclusively privileging the socio-cultural context in the interpretation of human institutions and behaviour is that every social phenomenon becomes so context-dependent that it can not be translated across cultures . |
| 10 | Asked how he rates himself as a novelist , he replies : ‘ All I can say is that every single book has sold more than the last . |
| 11 | No such luck : what makes sex much more complicated but also much more interesting and rewarding is that every single one of us has to learn what it 's all about for ourselves — as unique individuals . |
| 12 | The only belief I 'll never recant is that every single undamaged baby is born with fabulous , infinite intellectual potential . |
| 13 | The theology of SPRED is that every human experience contains a hidden truth about God , His plan , His world and our lives . |
| 14 | If there is one certainty in a crisis , it is that every Tory MP will put party before country . |
| 15 | The difference is that a protected tenant has security by virtue of his contract with the landlord ; a statutory tenant has security by virtue of the protection given by the Rent Acts . |
| 16 | It had been the custom from early times to name children after their godparents ; precisely because the paternal grandfather was an obvious choice to fulfil such an office for the eldest-born son , the impression we often receive — wrongly , perhaps — is that a specific Christian name was perpetuated just because it was that borne by the male-line grandparent . |
| 17 | The special significance of this number is that a similar long-term cyclic pattern shows up in the record of the changing number of sunspots , modulating the stronger 11 year rhythm . |
| 18 | The result is that a complete flowchart of both wings of the Chemical Products business — which manufactures up to 800 different specific chemicals — strongly resembles a bowl of spaghetti . |
| 19 | And the feeling in Washington is that a great pile of it is lying around ( under the name of Noriega M. ) at banks in London . |
| 20 | The problem is that a great many of such units are needed , far more than are being built , if the numbers of larger hospitals are to be reduced . |
| 21 | As I think Mr Gillett already suspects , the truth is that a great part of the Willesden Green library stock was sacrificed on the altar of Community Librarianship . |
| 22 | The major disadvantage with audio recorders is that a great deal of contextual information is not recorded and therefore , unless some other method of recording the context , such as note-taking , is employed , it may not be possible to recover a ‘ rich interpretation ’ of the child 's language . |
| 23 | But the point is that a great variety of inputs and outputs are employed and interact with each other . |
| 24 | What must be clear in a transcript of this kind is that a great deal of interpretation by the analyst has gone on before the reader encounters this ‘ data ’ . |
| 25 | My problem is that a great deal of business needs to be done , and I have to try to accommodate that business as well . |
| 26 | The reason is that a great many " inventions " would not be obvious to a layman but would be to someone who knew something of the technology involved . |
| 27 | The theory is that a strong culture , good two-way communication , cooperation and motivational leadership will ‘ eliminate ’ conflict . |
| 28 | Another advantage is that a hooked bream can be persuaded — with a little not-too-gentle pulling and guidance — to fight it out in the shallower water and therefore not disturb the remainder of the feeding shoal . |
| 29 | One of the inherent weaknesses of the modern squad system is that a close-knit clique becomes impervious to failure and criticism . |
| 30 | What happens , I believe , is that a Federal institution like the FRCN tends to report Federal Government news more often and thus leans towards support for the NPN 's view of things . |