Example sentences of "a [num ord] [noun] [be] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second trend is that the gap in activity left by the older industries is being filled , at least partially , by new , small companies , many of which make or use electronic products . |
| 2 | A second possibility is that the child is able to employ a set of relatively sophisticated strategies for analysing adult speech . |
| 3 | A second possibility is that the male 's spectacular plumage indicates that he is free of parasites , otherwise he could not have grown such superb feathers . |
| 4 | A second possibility is that the use of violence itself amounts to threatening behaviour . |
| 5 | A second criticism is that the theory assumes that all emotional response is the same . |
| 6 | A second problem is that the SupersPORT has a bastardized type of CGA , known as double-scan CGA . |
| 7 | A second problem is that the calculation of the half-life of carbon 14 is still being refined . |
| 8 | A second problem is that the theory embarrassingly fails to fit the facts of history . |
| 9 | ‘ A second problem was that the Aberthaw Fisher , the heavy-lift ship best suited for the job , was already involved in another charter . |
| 10 | A second limitation is that the duration of the effect with standard doses is confined to only a few minutes before the drug diffuses around the circle of Willis and into the opposite hemisphere . |
| 11 | A second argument is that the system of property rights in which ownership and control are in the hands of shareholders violates the Christian concept of trusteeship and is contrary to the Biblical ideal of community . |
| 12 | A second reason is that the D-mark is already overvalued , not undervalued , against most other member currencies in terms of its purchasing-power parity . |
| 13 | A second reason is that the market for corporate control is thought to be an important disciplining device particularly in those circumstances where competition in product markets is absent . |
| 14 | A second reason is that the very language we use affects the conclusions which we think ought to be reached . |
| 15 | A second property is that the local distances are given by a metric equation in the Gaussian coordinate separations . |
| 16 | A second point is that the method of testing choices draws attention to the relative nature of a measured preference . |
| 17 | A second consequence was that the northern Humbrian confederacy fragmented when , as the Historia Brittonum records , Penda separated the Southumbrians from the Northumbrians ( HB ch. 65 ) , and Oswald 's brother , Oswiu , was able to assume royal power only among the Bernicians . |
| 18 | A fourth concern is that the rules on price discrimination and vertical restraints , for example , do not reflect the ambiguity of economic analysis with respect to the welfare consequences of these practices . |
| 19 | As regards the appropriation of funds for the purposes of planned provision , a first point is that the financial institutions could be short-circuited to some extent by increasing taxation of the wealthy . |
| 20 | A third variant is that the ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ qualities are apportioned to different people outside , in much the same way as children believe in and distinguish between fairies and witches , cowboys and Indians , empires of good and evil . |
| 21 | A third worry is that the Treasury 's decision to finance its budget deficit by selling more short-term securities ( see page 99 ) and issuing fewer long-term bonds will increase the government 's incentive to pursue inflationary policies . |
| 22 | A third possibility is that the Candida provokes antibodies which happen to cross-react with some of the body 's own proteins . |
| 23 | A third point is that the pro file indicates the child 's ability to control aspects of the emerging adult grammatical system and therefore makes the assumption that , for children , language learning is about the acquisition of that adult system . |
| 24 | A third view is that the proportion of students going into permanent employment is what really counts and , here , the polys at least hold their own . |
| 25 | A third suggestion is that the black and white stripes dazzle the lion when it gets very close to its prey and make it difficult for the killer to concentrate on its fast-moving victim . |