Example sentences of "is [adv] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 And yet we often find that examinations take place at the very time of year when there is most likelihood of a heatwave .
2 ‘ Perhaps … yes , it is most kind of you . ’
3 it is in those sectors of the housing market where government has taken most control and which provide cheap accommodation , that there is most restriction on entry for migrants .
4 Indeed nearly half our number are employed in the profession that is most flexiblc for married women , whether at school or university level .
5 But the wheels of bureaucracy take time to run , and British winter weather is rarely kind to fliers , while seaplanes have the additional disadvantage of needing several ground-crew and suitable tides as well as suffering all the constraints of more conventional land aircraft .
6 Electromagnetic radiation from a source small compared with the wavelength is predominantly dipole in character with higher multipoles becoming progressively weaker .
7 This magnificent constellation is arguably second in splendour only to Orion .
8 This is necessarily part of the unwritten effect involved in any clinical trial .
9 The Manager using the system is constantly face to face with data and this increases his knowledge of the company and its personnel .
10 It 's knitted in cotton and is basically ecru with a bold , striped jacquard design in shades of terracotta , gold , olive and black .
11 And eventually they said well the stereotype is basically sort of like the equivalent in litho plate making really said that this was , no of course it is metal , sorry it 's not metal , it is letterpress The Guardian and it is , they make these Nyclopone plates or something and they really wanted to keep it for that reason .
12 ‘ And the lady , it is especially kind of her to allow me to stay . ’
13 Erm so Russia decides to intervene and at this point erm is especially concern of Britain .
14 Even though drug testing has attracted the most controversy , it is merely part of a broad movement in America toward a Darwinian worker-selection policy , which has been dubbed ‘ employment of the fittest . ’
15 But , more importantly , a Smiths gig is merely part of a night out , something to talk about in the pub afterwards .
16 In fact the channelling of reports and dissertations towards educationally productive goals is merely part of a wider and far more important issue , that of establishing a new climate of opinion among teachers and those who train them which regards enquiry about the learners and the environment in which they learn as an important part of a teacher 's professional life , which seeks to develop interests and provide skills for them to do so as part of their training and retraining and which rewards initiatives undertaken in college and subsequently .
17 It is a routine which would break most people , but Zarei is a top class ultra runner and this relentless pounding of the streets of London is merely preparation for some of the world 's most gruelling races .
18 Some may argue that this is merely abdication of responsibility ! — I prefer to consider that LM system is more sophisticated in removing any need for the practitioner to make such a judgement .
19 Once it is accepted that the reasonableness of a belief is merely evidence of its actually being held and if it is allowed that other cogent evidence may be admitted to prove the existence of the belief , there seems to be no difference at all between the honest subjectivist and the reasonable objectivist .
20 Thus we see in sociology two strikingly different analyses of crimes of violence against women : one in which they are the infrequent consequence of a few mentally deranged men ( which is supported by the low incidence of such crimes in the criminal statistics ) ; and one in which they are an institutionalized set of practices which are part of an overarching system of gender inequality ( in which the low number of convictions for such crimes is merely evidence of the state 's collusion ) .
21 Any one essay is merely evidence of the degree of skill or technique which has been achieved .
22 In this way , both purpose and foresight of practical certainty are regarded as part of the definition of intent , although there are other statements suggesting that foresight of practical or ‘ virtual ’ certainty is merely evidence from which intent may be inferred .
23 In the situations where the actor does not desire the result , but merely sees it as a foreseeable outcome of his conduct , the House of Lords has said that there is merely evidence from which the tribunal of fact can infer that he intends .
24 It is merely action for some of these reasons which is excluded .
25 Pat 's view that there is enough work to er have another complaint examiner really means instead of exec investigators .
26 It is not snowing , but there is enough wind to be chilling and the day is grey and misty , so I get little sense of where the camp is , with visibility only a few tens of metres .
27 If there is enough demand for our services in areas further afield , then we will attempt to meet it .
28 It is only reference to the gates being closed in the evening .
29 Adult in summer is only gull with grey hood , extending over nape .
30 The sweep is only part of the scoring combination , and an effective punch , strike or kick must immediately follow it .
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