Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun sg] is [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is important about this case is that in factual circumstances similar to those before this House the plaintiffs contended for the principle relied upon by Mr. Gardiner and failed to persuade the judge that such a principle existed . |
| 2 | What is unusual about this resource is that at each point in the dialogue it is known what idea the speaker is trying to express , and what information the hearer has which provides the context for its understanding . |
| 3 | That 's correct , and that the further down , I mean it says that er there is a er it says that the reason you 've had been the reason you 've been sent for this treatment is because of er a particular condition you 've got . |
| 4 | The basic reason for this trend is that in general very much more money is awarded in the US courts than anywhere else ; also the courts there tend to favour the individual against the big organisation . |
| 5 | Part of Kinsbourne 's evidence for this view is that on tachistoscopic tasks for which no left.right hemifield asymmetry is normally observed concurrent verbalisation can induce a left.right difference in favour of the right visual hemifield . |
| 6 | The essence of that hope is that through self-knowledge , existing constraints on thought and action can be better appreciated and thereby overcome . |
| 7 | The moral of this passage is that in rejecting criticism you work up from gentle fun-poking and comment , through rebuke before calling your critic a damned liar . |
| 8 | The short explanation of this phenomenon is that in many countries a Constitution is thought of as an instrument by which government can be controlled . |
| 9 | The directing principle of this work is that over the past few centuries sexuality has assumed major symbolic importance as a target of social intervention and organisation , to a degree that differentiates this period from those preceding it . |
| 10 | The practical effect of this wording is that for a claim to be covered the casualty must be reasonably attributable to an identifiable accident the source of which is external to the craft — thus the craft filling with water on its moorings over a period of weeks and then foundering would not be covered . |
| 11 | The great strengths of this book is that in less than 300 pages , in an economical and restrained style , the author delivers a state-of-the-art report . |
| 12 | The practical significance of this distinction is that in the first group of cases there is a greater likelihood of the necessary information being passed rapidly to the defendant , and that will in turn meet the objective of the Convention 's authors and also the standards set by ‘ due process ’ tests . |
| 13 | The practical significance of this distinction is that in cases of ambiguity an exception will be construed against the landlord , while a reservation will be construed against the tenant ( St Edmundsbury & Ipswich Diocesan Board of Finance v Clark ( No 2 ) [ 1975 ] 1 All ER 772 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ The paradox of this reform is that despite the abolition of PRT for new fields , and the reduced rate for existing fields , after 1993-94 it will actually raise revenue for the Exchequer , ’ he added . |
| 15 | The effect of this rule is that at least one share must be owned by a solicitor ; and that the only persons who may own shares in a recognised body are solicitors and RFLs . |
| 16 | The difficulty of this model is that in actuality some businesses are still run by families , and a good deal more have started as family enterprises but , in time , have gone public . |
| 17 | That aside , the real strength of this album is that like all the best and most honest Southern woman singers , Nanci Griffith is insisting that small-town 35 year old housewives ca n't get satisfaction either . |
| 18 | The effect of this endorsement is that in the event of a claim where the sum insured is inadequate , any payment would be limited to the same proportion which the sum insured bears to the value of the property at the time of the loss . |
| 19 | One measure of this demand is that by the 1950s direct expenditure on goods and services by government was on average just over 20 percent of GDP . |
| 20 | The thesis of this study is that through a gender aware approach , we would at least be on safer ground when issuing such invitations . |
| 21 | The cardinal feature of this appeal is that before the judge the appellants , case went substantially by default . |
| 22 | The main argument for the legitimacy of any authority is that in subjecting himself to it a person is more likely to act successfully for the reasons which apply to him than if he does not subject himself to its authority . |
| 23 | All the reason that we have been against each other is because of economism and we , we |
| 24 | The one reservation with this technique is that in certain years the numbers of L3 which overwinter are sufficient to cause heavy infections in the spring and clinical ostertagiasis can occur in calves in April and May . |
| 25 | The objection in another part is that in order to confirm an hypothesis that an effect was in fact the effect of a causal circumstance of a certain type , we do need an enumeration of elements , and often we do not have an enumeration . |
| 26 | Erm , Mr goes on about displaying items of pain in a really rather sort of strange way , erm , the only reason why there 's any pain in this budget is because of the constraints that this Tory government is putting on us . |
| 27 | ‘ The reason why men are pioneering many new ideas in this field is that in terms of numbers they are still the large majority . |
| 28 | My point in this context is that in films of recent years ‘ spectacle ’ — especially if we expand the definition of spectacle to include also images marked by the aggressive instinct — does not any longer become subordinated to narrative . |
| 29 | Summary The main point we have made in this chapter is that in a relatively formal style such as that of academic essay-writing , much of the impact and credibility of what you write is achieved by the way it conforms to conventions . |
| 30 | The only requirement in this respect is that at least 25 per cent ( 10 per cent in respect of USM companies ) of the company 's shares should be in the hands of the public . |