Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [conj] [art] [noun] [is] " in BNC.

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1 Complaints about noise have increased tenfold in the past fifteen years , and all the signs are that the problem is still getting worse .
2 A second reason for isostatic anomalies is that the lithosphere is not capable of adjusting instantaneously to a change in load .
3 Unless there is personal identification and commitment , then there is no responsibility for making things work — one of the reasons for the generally poor attendance levels at meetings where governors present their annual report to parents is that the system is imposed on schools .
4 One reason why British figures look less reliable than those of other countries is that the CSO is too honest .
5 And the latest news on the travellers movements is that a convoy is still moving along the A-forty-six between Cheltenham and Stroud .
6 A paraphrase usually substantially changes the language of the original , because all that matters is that the idea is conveyed .
7 He merely notes that the bad news for technological illiterates is that the world is not as they think it is , and if they are interested in the truth his book will fill some gaps .
8 Where unemployment is not defined as per the Act the only common requirements within the policy wordings are that the claimant is in receipt of unemployment benefit ( or registered as unemployed with the DOE/DHSS ) and is available for/actively seeking employment .
9 The disadvantages are that the technique is very ambitious , is sensitive to data inaccuracies and incompleteness , and technical problems of model validation are formidable .
10 The stock answer to defence procurement questions is that the information is commercially confidential or that the Department does not normally give the information .
11 A further major difference between many of the search firms is whether a consultant is really working under the umbrella of a big name in the executive search business or working truly as part of a team .
12 One of the deficiencies of our arrangements is that no provision is made for young barristers obtaining a salaried position in chambers , allowing them to do minor work under supervision .
13 In business sales cases the conflicting public interests are that a man is not at liberty to deprive himself or the community of his labour and expertise unreasonably and yet he must have a freedom to sell his business for the best price ; which may be only obtainable if he precludes himself from entering into competition with the purchaser ( see James VC in Leather Cloth Co v Lorsont ( 1869 ) LR 9 Eq 354 ) .
14 The reason there have been few accidents is that the road is so dangerous pedestrians avoid it and both Scorton residents and the many visitors to the area are denied pedestrian access to the village .
15 The general sentiment among lawyers is that the Commission is likely to favour plea bargaining if sufficient safeguards can be built in .
16 In general , what the theory of dialectic materialism states is that every society is structured around its material basis of production .
17 The consequences , as pointed out in Schroeder ( A ) Music Publishing Co v Macaulay [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 1308 in the Court of Appeal , is that all acts taken under the clause prior to judgment remain undisturbed but that future ones will , assuming the successful party chooses to rely on the judgment , be unenforceable. 8 Consideration In any contract there has to be consideration but the question which has frequently arisen in restraint of trade cases is whether the court is at all concerned as to the adequacy of the particular consideration in the instant case .
18 The important thing to bear in mind when cutting cornices is that the veiling is represented by the horizontal table .
19 The chief objection to the use of several nouns as adjectives is that the sense is very much obscured .
20 The chances are that the answer is no .
21 Later the trade unions Turk-Is and the Genel Maden-Is challenged the version of events which referred to a sudden surge in the level of methane gas and said that human negligence was probably responsible .
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