Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [is] [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What in effect happens is that the system stabilizes in such a way that the slider of potentiometer VR1 is maintained at a constant level .
2 The question that this variability raises is whether the decline in morale is an inevitable consequence of the increase in pressure and uncertainty .
3 One aspect of the integration of information presented in discourse which Thorndyke 's experiment ignores is that the listener or reader may also call on more general knowledge in order to integrate information into an organised whole .
4 True , the occurrence of the phrase about ‘ harbours and agora ’ is striking , but what Plato says is that the murderers should not be allowed to pollute the temples or the agora or harbours , etc .
5 What line B specifies is that the reckoning is God 's : the indicates " the efficient cause ( or personal agent ) " with the passive .
6 What all this work suggests is that the human 's body clock and rhythms show several periods and that the combination of life-style and environment tends to accentuate one of these .
7 What Willis emphasises is that the culture of the shop floor is bounded and has a special sense of completeness about it .
8 What Einstein requires is that no messages should be transmitted which would , for example , permit clocks at A and B to be synchronised simultaneously .
9 So what this example shows is that a sentence which seems to contain one assertion can turn out to contain many different assertions , some in the form of presuppositions .
10 We might agree that coercion ‘ in any evil sense ’ is not involved in the practice of satyāgraha , and it could be argued that what the phrase implies is that no abandonment of the principle of non-violence is involved .
11 The principle on which the Coulter counter operates is that the particles are suspended in an electrolyte which is drawn through the aperture .
12 What this condition of the theatre indicates is that the establishing of a singular text for many plays is extremely difficult .
13 What the experienced communicator recognises is that the effectiveness of what is said is as dependent upon how it is said and perceptions and impressions others have of the person presenting the argument as it is upon the quality of argument itself .
14 Too often the reason that a project fails is that the team leader enters a department to be met by its manager who sees someone only equal , if not subordinate , in status and , fearing an incursion on his empire , makes it nigh impossible to achieve progress .
15 What this model suggests is that the acquisition of complex behaviour is analogous to constructing a wall , a process of building up a structure brick by brick .
16 What my analysis suggests is that the denials of professional responsibility , and the attempts to limit the economic consequences of being professionals , are not very convincing to a public that can observe auditors in a position of power dominated by economic self-interest .
17 The answer that Hawking proposes is that the universe is neither created nor destroyed : It just is .
18 No because section fifty four A and all section fifty four A says is that a decision should be made on a planning application , in accordance with the development plan .
19 What that experience demonstrates is that the teacher very rarely uses the voluminous information , which is nevertheless conscientiously stored and retained .
20 I I there is no evidence that it 's an inherited or venereal problem and this is the , you know you we have there has been lots of sort of studies done to see which woman might be more at risk and which women , you know , might have symptoms and th , the fact is that the reason why you , why the menopause occurs is because the ovaries stop functioning , they stop producing oestrogen and every woman 's ovaries does this and they do it you know , at all varying ages the average age is fifty .
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