Example sentences of "is [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is rather like feeling that the dark companion of Sirius is somehow less certainly known because we infer its presence from its gravitational effect upon the Dog Star than it would be if we could actually see it — as if gravity were somehow less real than light . |
| 32 | In string theory , this process corresponds to an H-shaped tube or pipe ( Fig. 10.6 ) ( string theory is rather like plumbing , in a way ) . |
| 33 | But for language learners to learn only the intricacies of the device without knowing how to put it to use is rather like learning about the delicate mechanisms of a clock without knowing how to tell the time . |
| 34 | A lot of speakers think this is what prevaricate means ; it is rather like procrastinate ( put off until tomorrow ) and the ‘ stall ’ meaning makes sense in most contexts where the word is actually used . |
| 35 | It is rather by way of explanation for what followed Ridge . |
| 36 | Black was weak in possession and this is Thomson now Oldfield Lewis moving down the left and here he is eventually in possession . |
| 37 | This garden is overwhelmingly about colour , not just safe and currently rather fashionable pastels , but bold , strong tones . |
| 38 | Prose narrative of the Middle Ages is overwhelmingly in Latin ; vernacular narrative is usually in verse . |
| 39 | In fact , our trade with the EC is overwhelmingly in deficit . |
| 40 | As Table 3.4 columns 4 and 5 show , the discount houses ' business is overwhelmingly in sterling and their ‘ sight ’ liabilities are far greater than for any other banks . |
| 41 | Cash is overwhelmingly in sterling erm , can I just look up and remind my erm , refresh me on that . |
| 42 | He has good fingers and can never be accused of interpretative posturing ; but his phrasing can be unimaginative , his passagework frequently sounds étude - like , and his feeling for dramatic ebb and flow is rarely in evidence . |
| 43 | The outcome is rarely in doubt . |
| 44 | Likewise , efficient marketing of both chlorine and caustic soda is essential as demand for the two chemicals is rarely in balance . |
| 45 | Most of them do all they can for the elderly with their limited resources , but if your parent is badly in need of a telephone and there is no way of your managing to install it for her , you should bring every possible pressure to bear to produce some speedy action on his or her behalf ; for sudden illness , and the need for medical attention , does not wait for lengthy negotiations and committee work to rumble on indefinitely before it puts in an appearance.With very few exceptions , blaming individual social workers for delay in providing any particular service is usually an unfair and useless exercise , for they are only part of a large organisation and if things go wrong an approach to the local Director of Social Services is the best course of action . |
| 46 | ‘ This will be the boost this region is badly in need of , ’ he said . |
| 47 | As the cyclist who organised the commuter challenge , I agree with Bernard Povey ( letters , 5 July ) that the route from Currie to the city centre is downhill for part of the way . |
| 48 | In terms of practical day-to-day administration , which is substantial and significant , the Commission is effectively in charge , but its activities are , in the end , prescribed by the Council . |
| 49 | ‘ Such innuendo , Chief Inspector , is wholly without foundation , and I wish you to know that one of my friends back home is the fiercest libel lawyer — ’ |
| 50 | But a God who can bring good out of the worst of evils is wholly in control . |
| 51 | His signing is wholly in line with Anfield tradition . |
| 52 | Also , given what has been said , that a mental event is wholly within consciousness , it is also true that in speaking of the mental life of people , in a large sense of the term , we are speaking of more than mental events . |
| 53 | Windblowers is right up Road |
| 54 | The fact/belief divide is powerfully at work today as for example the debate on the original National Curriculum proposals with regard to the teaching of history and geography has amply attested . |
| 55 | The ability to communicate extra-sensorily can be seen as a sort of literary emblem of that which is fundamentally beyond expression . |
| 56 | It will be appropriate to end this discussion by recognizing the fact that it is fundamentally on account of Christ 's maleness that still today , throughout the greater part of Christendom ( and in countries where women now play a leading part in public life ) , women may still not be ordained . |
| 57 | Having said that , however , I have to say that from a Christian point of view the Hayekian ( or Friedmanian ) system is fundamentally at variance with what I conceive of as a Christian view of reality . |
| 58 | The princess 's sadness was there for all to see and one guest remarked when they returned : ‘ The marriage is all over bar the statement . ’ |
| 59 | It 's 1967 again and Jim Morrison is all over town . |
| 60 | The total picture is incomplete , partly because not everyone who is disabled is necessarily in receipt of a pension or special welfare service and many of those on the disabled persons employment register , for example , include those with mental handicap as well as those with physical disabilities . |