Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Industry is constantly roaming the world seeking out more profitable conditions of production , and one important element in that search might be a cheap and unmilitant labour force . |
| 32 | ‘ He really is constantly targeting the homes of IRA figures , but we ca n't prove that in court . ’ |
| 33 | No , not at all , er , but I , I , I , am someone who believes you 've got to have level playing fields , which we do not have , er or wo n't have , er with the implementation of the common market er , regardless of any relationship with the Soviet Union in 1992 , er after all to , what has not been published very much , er is that , you know , got to take into account indirect as well as direct and erm , if you look at for instance the United States er which is constantly packing the common market people , which is of course , er |
| 34 | My son-in-law , being a solicitor , said it was too much like work , as he is constantly attending the funerals of clients in England . |
| 35 | Depends what you mean by ‘ weather ’ , but yes , the countryside of Sussex is constantly suffering the attack of rain and the rain either has to soak into the ground where very often it erm dissolves material and eventually finds its way to rivers so that all rivers are carrying material from inland in solution out to the sea , or if erm you get very heavy rain , then the water actually runs off the surface of the ground , and as it runs off it will carry particulate material out into the rivers and then out to sea . |
| 36 | It is wrongly called the ‘ late hit ’ . |
| 37 | Though Britain is keenest to reform the common agricultural policy , it is foolishly resisting the chance of a change |
| 38 | Although the trend is towards larger farms in terms of both production and acreage , the decline in the labour force is sufficiently outpacing the rate of farm amalgamation to produce a continuing decline in the average number of workers employed on each farm . |
| 39 | So there 's a whole a series of complicated equations that take place at different layers in the furnace and different temperatures , but the end product of of all of these is basically to produce the iron , slag and carbon dioxide , carbon monoxide and nitrogen . |
| 40 | When one is selling , one 's duty is basically to obtain the money agreed , and to relieve one 's client of any obligations relating to the property sold , and the mortgage redeemed . |
| 41 | However elaborate the equipment , it is merely magnifying the natural psychic ability ( or lack of it ) that the individual might have . |
| 42 | STV propaganda appears to take a curious pride in emphasizing this equalization , failing to notice that in so doing it is merely emphasizing the artificiality of the system . |
| 43 | Perhaps it is merely to accommodate the moths , but what the benefits are to either sloth or moth in their relationship is still not understood . |
| 44 | However advantageous it may be either ideologically or strategically to view Nizan 's communist itinerary from a post-Stalinist perspective , the result of such perceptions is merely to obliterate the reality of Nizan 's lived experience beneath contemporary images and stereotypes . |
| 45 | The current excavation at the Globe is merely to assess the site 's archaeological potential . |
| 46 | Maybe he is merely realising the ambitions of a fan . |
| 47 | The aim of this chapter is merely to draw the attention of the reader to some of the main methods of odour abatement currently available , bearing in mind that successful abatement may require a combination of the methods described below . |
| 48 | Any tumultuous exterior I offer is merely to draw the crowds . |
| 49 | Now it is of course always possible to substitute ( x ) Fx for ( Ex ) Fx , replacing the existential quantifier , that is , with a universal quantifier plus negation , but there is nothing much to be gained by such a swap , for to paraphrase the proposition that something is human by saying that it is not the case that everything is non-human is merely to beg the question . |
| 50 | The hon. Member for Angus , East ( Mr. Welsh ) is merely parading the great terror in front of the farmers for his own purposes . |
| 51 | The only doubt about this was raised by the Court of Appeal in Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [ 1985 ] 1 All ER 724 where the court specifically left open the question whether additional protection should be afforded to an employer where the former employee is not seeking to earn his living by making use of the body of skill , knowledge and experience which he has acquired but is merely selling the knowledge to a third party ( see p79 above ) . |
| 52 | Even ITN has had to turn to CNN for some footage of the Gulf , but that does n't cause Phillis any problems : ‘ I 'm a great admirer — Turner 's done a marvellous job , ’ adding that while the US network has received plaudits for its Gulf coverage , it is merely returning the coverage that ITN provided of the Conservative leadership contest . |
| 53 | The remedy of using tough policing is merely tackling the symptoms of the disorder , and is liable to exacerbate the underlying malaise . |
| 54 | Indeed , a minister may even ‘ expressly desire to keep out of the affairs of quangos within the ambit of his department , arguing that to behave otherwise is merely to frustrate the whole purpose of this way of organising public services ’ ( Johnson , 1979 , p. 389 ) . |
| 55 | These restrictions show that the subjective element is merely preparing the ground for the objective element ; it is not part of a broader defence of emotional pressure of the kind discussed in Chapter 6.5(c) above . |
| 56 | In effect it is merely to restate the fact that the intuitions that sustain the case for individualism in explanation are largely our intuitions . |
| 57 | To suggest that Employment Action is merely to massage the unemployment figures is a feeble excuse for the Labour Group to it 's conscience . |
| 58 | It is not necessary for the building society to be joined as a party to a registered land transfer where it is only receiving the benefit of a covenant to observe and perform the terms of the mortgage by the wife ( and not releasing the husband ) because it can enforce the covenant without being a party ( Chelsea and Walham Green Building Society v Armstrong [ 1951 ] Ch 853 ) . |
| 59 | Both topics covered have been studied in much greater depth than we have space to discuss here , but our intention is only to illustrate the breadth of applicability of the B & B philosophy . |
| 60 | ‘ If he says he needs a fresh challenge every six to 12 months , as he did when he left Leeds , he is only expressing the natural motivation every top sportsman requires . |