Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although power is widely spread it does not necessarily mean that it is evenly spread between all groups . |
| 2 | Usually , the valedictions of old-boy poets are addressed to writers just above them on poetry 's wobbly squash ladder — thus Wright addresses his hello-and-goodbyes to C. H. Sissons , David Gascoyne , Charles Causeley ( Do you remember how we met/In the studio of Patrick Swift … ) , and George Barker ( So long it is since first we met , /And in another world , it seems , /Where , out of pocket , down at heels , /Night after night in Rathbone Place … ) |
| 3 | ‘ Look , it is most urgent I speak to Mr Roirbak . |
| 4 | Unless there are political brownie points from on high it is most unlikely you will receive assistance . |
| 5 | It is most likely they are all linked . |
| 6 | It is rather nice I must admit . |
| 7 | Well this is rather strange you should ask that question , cos I just bought , bought an Engli er , erm dictionary |
| 8 | Coming from the north , er the appearance of the village is rather different I think because it is masked to an extent by the existing vegetation . |
| 9 | Now , what I have learnt at college this week which is rather interesting I think . |
| 10 | Born in Bangkok and based in Bradford , the fifth favourite for the £850,000 event which begins in Sheffield tomorrow , Wattana is acutely aware he has divided his recent years between ‘ two ends of the earth ’ . |
| 11 | Few diseases are incurable , but when a fish is badly diseased it is kindest to destroy it . |
| 12 | As the UK is predominantly urban it follows that our dominant ideology must be urban . |
| 13 | However , if a scheme is commercially sound I see no reason why private risk capital should not be available . |
| 14 | The market for this type of thing is rapidly dwindling , and while the title track is politely inoffensive it has the spark of a box of matches dropped in a swimming pool . |
| 15 | The market for this type of thing is rapidly dwindling , and while the title track is politely inoffensive it has the spark of a box of matches dropped in a swimming pool . |
| 16 | ‘ If both babies had the correct name tags on their wrists , then it is highly probable they are with their correct parents . |
| 17 | More by at least two millennia and although the historical development of the Utopian myth is highly significant it can not be examined here . |
| 18 | But what I want the Hearts Mid-Lothian supporters to know is that if we do n't go to Hermestone , it is highly likely we 'll be remaining at Tynecastle , and we could put together a very attractive proposal there . |
| 19 | ‘ It is highly likely I will be detained . |
| 20 | Only workers at Leyland-DAF 's Albion works in Glasgow , which lost 67 jobs from a total of 550 in Friday 's jobs-cuts announcement , have voted to take industrial action , but it is highly unlikely they will strike . |
| 21 | Only workers at Leyland-DAF 's Albion works in Glasgow , which lost 67 jobs from a total of 550 in Friday 's jobs-cuts announcement , have voted to take industrial action , but it is highly unlikely they will strike . |
| 22 | Erm the bonus element of the Pearson scheme is highly leveraged we are very keen to achieve above-average performance for our shareholders and let me give you an example , if in nineteen ninety erm Pearsons as a company achieved say five percent growth in earnings per share erm the directors ' remuneration , and by the way that 's not a forecast so I want to make that absolutely clear , it 's just an illustration if earnings per share increase by five percent and you could say , er , therefore we would expect directors ' remuneration to be perhaps increased by five percent that would n't be the case at all our directors ' salaries would actually halve erm , Ill say that again , directors ' total take home pay would halve because the salary element would n't , would n't alter . |
| 23 | If m is sufficiently small we can ignore the mutual attraction of the two masses . |
| 24 | When Roger feels that the group is sufficiently quiet he will ask for someone to say ‘ Grace ’ . |
| 25 | The converse situation can arise when cold fresh water ( e.g. from a river formed by melting ice ) flows into the sea ; if it is sufficiently cold it will initially remain close to the sea-bed and thus underlie warmer , salt water . |
| 26 | When one firm is sufficiently large it is difficult for another firm to raise the money to buy out all the first firm 's shareholders in a contested takeover bid . |
| 27 | And as I say I 'm not really , that is basically all I wanted to say . |
| 28 | ‘ Even where a client 's property portfolio is basically sound we are now trying to broaden the scope of the advice we can give . |
| 29 | Smart was deaf to advice , however , and in his play , which is bursting with wit and humour , ‘ He acts five parts himself and is only sorry he cant do all the rest . |
| 30 | If the difference is only minimal it is so easy to " forget " to pronounce a sound in the way it should be pronounced in the new language . |