Example sentences of "is a [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friedman has written that ‘ there is a consistent though not precise relation between the rate of growth of the quantity of money and the rate of growth of nominal income ’ . |
| 2 | Indeed , ‘ mixed ability teaching ’ is a major if not often acknowledged problem in higher education , particularly in English , where the extent of prior knowledge is so variable . |
| 3 | The White Dwarf pulls material away from its companion , and builds up a shell around itself ; when enough hydrogen has accumulated there is a violent though short-lived outburst . |
| 4 | But if you 're an individual or small business buyer , then you 'll probably be better off taking the following steps to make sure purchasing your computer is a painless as possible . |
| 5 | It is a complex if naive set of attitudes , including the beliefs that human beings have free will , that they must be strictly disciplined by restrictive rules , and that they should be harshly punished if they break the rules or fail to respect authority . |
| 6 | The use of decoys by police officers to aid in the detection of crime is a similar though less analogous form of deception . |
| 7 | This is a brilliant if , as we can now see , over conjectural study of the development of legal ideas and forms of social organization . |
| 8 | Associated with this is a higher than average birth rate , a comparatively high level of natural increase , relatively heavy out-migration and a young population age structure . |
| 9 | Anorexia nervosa sometimes contributes to poor metabolic control in patients with type I diabetes , leading to a high rate of serious physical complications , but whether there is a higher than expected co-incidence of the two disorders remains controversial . |
| 10 | According to the MRE , that is right and oaf is a powerful though mysterious germicide , thought to be , perhaps , a combination of ozone and olefins that was the conjecture at the time of my notes , any way . |
| 11 | ‘ the witness of history is a stirring as it is unmistakable . |
| 12 | The fact that a large percentage of those visitors were British suggests there is a better than average chance that Graham Taylor 's England could be based there . |
| 13 | The fact that he was an outstanding , if not completely graceful athlete , that he played anything with a racquet commendably well — I remember battling him at tennis in the oppressive heat of Guaruja to an 8–8 deadlock before we both gave up to avoid heat prostration — that he is a better than average golfer and could just as well have played football or cricket and enjoyed all sports , made him less exclusively obsessive about racing . |
| 14 | Compared with most other shingle features in the British Isles the beach is a simple though large ridge , reaching its maximum size at the Portland end , where it is 60 m ( 200 yd ) wide and just over 12 m ( 40 ft ) high . |
| 15 | Furthermore , let us suppose that it becomes established , to the satisfaction of most experts , that there is a definite if slight possibility of the spread of BSE to human beings , similar decisions will remain to be made . |
| 16 | No this is a flat as well ? |
| 17 | And third , if — and admittedly , this is a huge if — the next decade sees a retreat from the brash consumerism of the mid-1980s , one can not resist the thought that it is small , local businesses which will better cope with , pander to and profit from the change in mood . |
| 18 | , intake operator , is a larger than life character and is extremely popular around the maltings , which is just as well when you see his size ! usually takes the barley samples and generally attends to the drivers . |
| 19 | Sydney is a big as Los Angeles , and I was now far from the two teams I liked — Wests and St George . |
| 20 | If — and it is a big if — MoD ‘ recognises ’ another supporters ' operation , it will be in the form of a well-constituted and long-established body , taking the Vulcan under its wing . |
| 21 | Children will clearly need to be taught all these things and , as the Bullock report points out ( DES , 1975 ) , there ought to be little difficulty in teaching these things if , and it is a big if , they are taught in a practical manner so that children can see that they do actually help them . |
| 22 | It is a reputable if rather dull book , but Lord Derby was a dull man . |
| 23 | While it does seem to be a little less pernicious , in that male respondents less often say that they want to marry only a woman who is a virgin than they used to , it is still alive and well in that women are more often criticized than men for engaging in non-marital sexual activity . |
| 24 | The nearby village of Trans is a charming if undistinguished little place , ignored by passing traffic . |
| 25 | ‘ Prospero ’ is a handsome for of Phlox paniculata with mauve-washed flowers |
| 26 | The only other significant documented difference in the cash flow is a smaller than usual increase in the amount allowed for the imputed earnings of family labour , which rose by £1m to £56m . |
| 27 | The question then is to distinguish cases in which the public benefit is direct and entire from those in which it is indirect and partial , and thereby to obtain a definition which , unlike Lord Macnaghten 's , is a sufficient as well as a necessary condition of charity . |
| 28 | It is a different though related concept . |
| 29 | Concern with the nature and structure of knowledge is a continuing if not always explicit aspect of many subjects , but few discussions go beyond the single discipline or field . |
| 30 | However , the Census is a diachronic as well as a synchronic dataset . |