Example sentences of "is [adj] [conj] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply to live in the world performing one 's proper biological and mental functions , eating , engaging in physically healthy activities , appreciating the beauties of nature and of art , trying to understand the way things work , developing one 's skills is joyous and an end in itself . |
| 2 | Also it is strange that an action which is an abuse of court process can be allowed to proceed simply because no party to the action objects . |
| 3 | However , it should be stressed that this implementation requires the assumption that the distribution of returns in the past is stable and an accurate proxy for future returns . |
| 4 | It is possible that an IC will eventually emerge to perform the function but , until then , the following description should allow people to develop their own system . |
| 5 | It is possible that an enabling bill will be brought before Parliament next year , and the first trial could be within a year . |
| 6 | The canopy slates are old and similar to the main roof and it is possible that an earlier gallery stood here . |
| 7 | By analogy with other Zechstein carbonate units , it is possible that an oolitic-barrier or reef complex also may have been deposited at the edge of the platform but no evidence of this has been reported so far . |
| 8 | It is possible that an individual 's echolocation system is impaired or disrupted when the whale is close to gentle sloping sandy beeches . |
| 9 | With other constants which define array sizes , such as maxExp , minExp and the various constants related to the number of rows and columns in the picture it is possible that an increase will lead to a memory overflow or long waits for some actions to terminate . |
| 10 | It is known that approximately 30% of benign tumours will become ‘ invasive ’ and therefore it is possible that an increase in protein synthesis , which would be needed for further growth , might herald the development of the malignant phenotype and invasion by the tumour cells . |
| 11 | It is possible that an increased mucosal blood flow due to the inflammation per se can contribute to increased absorption . |
| 12 | It is conceivable that an advice session on site is too public , so Stockton have developed an educational role in the school instead . |
| 13 | Indeed , it is doubtful that an inanimate entity can meaningfully be said to have interests , or if it could , what they would be . |
| 14 | Now , new offices were being built for it on the other side of the road , but they were not quite ready , and meantime , the new publisher from the East and his editors functioned in an atmosphere of such utter confusion that it is doubtful if an efficiency expert could even have fought his way in through the door . |
| 15 | The skeletal width of the shoulders is hereditary but an illusion of breadth can be created by fully developing the shoulder muscles . |
| 16 | However , it is clear that an imaginative treatment of this form of interior could show off the texture and complexity of the original timber structure to dramatic effect . |
| 17 | From this single example it is clear that an investigation , of the outside poses immense problems since there are so many outside factors to be taken into account . |
| 18 | While it is clear that an enormous range of interest groups exist in Japan , few would argue that small firms , non-unionized labour ( who make up over 70 per cent of the total ) , minority groups or the elderly have the same continuous access to the state as do large companies . |
| 19 | In their efforts to master Congress , presidents have normally given a high priority to working through their party 's legislative leaders , but it is clear that an amicable and productive relationship with such leaders was not established during the Nixon years . |
| 20 | Following this , it is clear that an understanding of any ‘ deviant ’ phenomena will require two avenues of investigation . |
| 21 | If the meanings of these latter concepts are themselves established by definition , it is clear that an infinite regress will result unless the meanings of some terms are known by some other means . |
| 22 | Now it is clear that an answer was implicitly given to 5 Corps " request , by a conference which included representatives both of Eighth Army and of AFHQ itself . |
| 23 | And it must be flexible — defining the kind of flexibility required is difficult , but it is clear that an entirely rigid system is impractical . |
| 24 | Since autonomous expenditure helps determine the position ( intercept ) of the curve ( equation 10–35 ) , it is clear that an increase in government spending will shift the curve to the right . |
| 25 | It is clear that an element of contrast is intended , with a meaning something like " in writing Othello , Shakespeare becomes an exception , and so stands in contrast to other writers ' . |
| 26 | Whilst it is clear that an employee can not be prevented from using his general skill and knowledge once employment is over , there has been some doubt until recently as to whether the employer could exert any control over such use during employment or whether the law would imply such control . |
| 27 | To synthesise such band-pass response , notice that if an inductance of the prototype low-pass filter with unit cut-off pulsatance was then its reactance must become where Thus it is clear that an inductance of the low-pass prototype must be replaced by a series combination of an inductance and capacitance , the values of which are given by equations ( 12.45 ) and ( 12.46 ) . |
| 28 | The do be construction does not correspond in any simple way to standard English forms of BE ( as is clear if an attempt is made to ‘ translate ’ the second example ) , but encodes aspectual distinctions which are not always syntactically marked in standard English ( Kallen 1986 ; J. Harris 1984 ) . |
| 29 | The 3i chairman is convinced that an enterprise economy does now genuinely exist in Britain . |
| 30 | The special levy , in years when it is levied , is payable where an RFL has held or received clients ' money in connection with an MNP , or where the MNP has held or received clients ' money . |