Example sentences of "the main [noun] [is] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suspect one of the main reasons is that the selection of submitted titles is poor . |
| 2 | One of the main reasons is that the connections between terminals and host computers are telecommunication links , usually simple coaxial cables , with what is technically known as low band width . |
| 3 | The main principle is that the secretarial aspect should not be allowed to predominate in the assessment while the more complex aspects of composition are ignored . |
| 4 | The main advantage is that the observer can use both eyes instead of only one . |
| 5 | The main hypothesis is that the social adaptation results in an informal regulation of work-performance to meet the requirement that ‘ actual ’ effort expended by workers of equal status should be rewarded equally . |
| 6 | The main problem is that the stored sound can be lost when the thin layer of aluminium which coats a CD 's plastic surface is oxidised , losing its ability to reflect laser light . |
| 7 | The main problem is that the cost of most new resistors and capacitors is now so low that it is barely worthwhile going to the trouble of removing and testing them . |
| 8 | ‘ The main problem is that the illness makes her foodpipe so sore that she drinks only milk and rarely eats solids . |
| 9 | But Galtung concludes that the main problem is that the target of loyalty , which is the family , is ill-adapted to operating at the level on which new institutions will emerge . |
| 10 | The main problem is that the policy approach that has evolved is no longer seen as efficient . |
| 11 | Possibly the main problem is that the Keynesian model is only short-term and in the short-run , it is not always easy to predict the effects of policy changes , and the management of the economy , therefore , may become very erratic . |
| 12 | The main criticism is that the development of peripheral estates ( public or private ) can create a dual village , in which the new housing is sometimes physically and socially isolated from the existing village core . |
| 13 | The main criticism is that the papacy should not be concerned with temporal matters at all . |
| 14 | The main difficulty is that the theory is only valid if our society is a just one in which all citizens are genuinely equal ; otherwise there is no equilibrium of equality for punishment to restore . |
| 15 | The main difficulty is that the non-business sector is not a homogeneous group of organizations . |
| 16 | The main change is that the periods laid down for these notices are now in days instead of hours : two days notice is required for the commencement of building works . |
| 17 | The main proposal is that the government should support a move that the Energy Bill should give electricity boards responsibility for providing heat . |
| 18 | He says that the main concern is that the mother is receiving the right amount of support . |
| 19 | The grouping of the predator species in terms of incisor loss is almost exactly the same as other indicators of mandibular damage , and the main difference is that the snowy owl , which produced slightly ambivalent results for mandibular breakage , has low proportions of incisor loss ( Table 3.8 ) . |
| 20 | The main difference is that the solutions of the Ernst equation now contain the metric functions explicitly rather than the field potentials as in the stationary axisymmetric case . |
| 21 | the main difference is that the wine is fermented without the skins ( and thus contains virtually no tannin ) and at a lower temperature to preserve the delicate flavour and aroma . |
| 22 | The main difference is that the rates for the Low Country were proportionately higher in relation to the cattle population than to the human population , because there were more humans per cattle in the Low Country . |
| 23 | Photoionization is like electronic excitation ; the main difference is that the upper state is an ion . |
| 24 | The main premise is that the corporatist strategies developed almost universally by authoritarian regimes in order to organize and control civil society , serve simultaneously to create the political context for popular responses ; and special attention will therefore be paid to the ways in which unions , community groups and parties find the political space to organize within the institutions of these regimes . |
| 25 | The main theme is that the duties and responsibilities of each person in the organization are unambiguously defined . |
| 26 | One other benefit of fitting the freewheel in the main gear is that the rotor is not encumbered by the rest of the drive train , including the various reduction gears and tail drive and is allowed to spin much more freely than would otherwise be the case . |
| 27 | The main block is that the London-based mandarins of the BCS still appear to see the world from the seventies standpoint of the large data processing installation or university department , full of Cobol or Fortran programmers , churning out hand-crafted systems for mainframes . |
| 28 | The main disadvantage is that the range and quality of items on offer is often limited , and although there are usually good examples of the most popular groups , you are less likely to find a wide selection of village and nomadic rugs . |
| 29 | Again there are several very competent programs available and they would certainly provide considerable advantages over manual systems But they are general purpose in their construction — ie. they were not specifically designed for personnel applications The main deficiency is that the reporting facilities ( iQ the way in which information can be presented ) do not generally go beyond well formatted listings with totals and subtotals In my view , more advanced numerical analyses are required , especially for factors such as wastage and sickness/absence . |
| 30 | The main effect is that the parties are excused from further performance of the contract . |