Example sentences of "is [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Differentiation between remission/mild and moderate disease is mostly a function of stool frequency . |
| 2 | But Bill 86 , admittedly , is mostly a bit of fine-tuning . |
| 3 | Most ( although not all ! ) horses do become less worried about strange objects as they get older , but some old horses are just plain silly about some things , but it is mostly a bit of a game to them and if ignored , they soon settle down ! |
| 4 | For the vast majority of the work that we do there is very seldom any criticism , and in actual fact there is mostly a clamour for more activity and more and better work . |
| 5 | In addition , as with music , the improvisation and performance side is mostly a group activity , and therefore this brings a different emphasis to the assessment of individual contributions , as well as posing its own particular problems . |
| 6 | Whether or not it is properly a part of literary studies may be a matter for dispute , but it undoubtedly constitutes an important position concerning the relationship of linguistics and literature . |
| 7 | Implicit in this stance is a conception that criminal law enforcement is properly a matter of compulsion , which leads , inexorably it seems , to a conclusion that regulation has failed . |
| 8 | In modern times we have come to associate the very word ‘ ecology ’ with a concern for the environment — yet ‘ ecology ’ is properly the name of the science that deals with the ways in which living things interact with one another and with their environment . |
| 9 | However , we were not keen for housing benefit to be used in place of housing support for care , which is properly the provision of income support . |
| 10 | As the Duke of Montrose commented , ‘ such a list is properly the business of the representative of the shire , who certainly will look to his own interest in that matter ’ . |
| 11 | The Association of Investment Trust Companies ( AITC ) has no formal regulatory powers , but is rather a voice for the investment trust industry . |
| 12 | Curiosity satisfied , it is rather a relief to emerge from darkness to daylight . |
| 13 | One that it is rather a myth . |
| 14 | But maybe it is rather a response to the real threat which we single expatriate women , with all our means and mobility , present to family structures here . |
| 15 | This is rather a pity , for the reasons we explained in Chapter 5 . |
| 16 | This is rather a surprise . |
| 17 | A particularly interesting pair of variables to which to apply this is provided by the energy E and the time t : unc At first sight this is a puzzling relation , because time is not quite an observable property of a system in the normal sense but is rather a parameter marking when an observation is made . |
| 18 | ‘ It is rather a find , ’ she agreed . |
| 19 | Thus , for example , the seller may argue that a sale is not by description but is rather a contract for the sale of a specific unique chattel . |
| 20 | But for the young , it is rather a question of the scales falling from their eyes , and having nothing to believe in any more . |
| 21 | The far end of Avenida do Mar is rather a mess , with parked buses , cars and trucks together with fishermen 's huts and boats . |
| 22 | It is rather a perspective that recognizes and takes full account of the reality of such crime within the world and which stands at a distance from it . |
| 23 | It is not exhaustive , of course , but is rather a list of " good bets " : categories which in our experience , are likely to yield stylistically relevant information . |
| 24 | They look rather sickly and there is rather a lot of black dust on the leaves and fruits . |
| 25 | There is rather a lot of evidence that what laymen especially valued was the propitiatory function with God of beautiful worship , with splendid chants , vestments woven by the most skilful women , and lavish expenditure of gold on the book covers seen in church and on the altar crosses . |
| 26 | Which is rather a lot I think . |
| 27 | One example of this is the dinner at the forge , when there are guests , and they all talk about Pip as if he were inferior and Joe almost trying to comfort him , adds more and more gravy to his plate every time they say something negative about him , which is rather a lot . |
| 28 | For this I gave them about 30p , which is rather a lot , & since then they have been running up to me when they see me , offering to polish up my briefcase etc . |
| 29 | It is rather a place to make a man forget that there is any necessity for treason ! ’ |
| 30 | The reason for this , according to the attitudinist , is the distinction between belief , which sets out to represent how things are , and attitude , which is rather a matter of how one wishes ( not merely idly , but in a way which can produce appropriate action ) them to be . |